The multiple suppliers of commercial spyware (nearly) all claim to only sell their products to national governments or authorised law enforcement agencies – yet the use of these products by other agencies seems widespread. Then there is who the national government is! The Canadian based research group Citizen Lab have …
Disinformation to help Pegasus
I have written a number of articles about the commercial spyware Pegasus. It has attracted the the interest of the European Parliament who are investigating the use of Pegasus around the world. Now MEPs are being warned about disinformation campaigns that are being pout out there to derail their investigation: …
Spyware across Europe
Here is a great weekend read, which I found very interesting: It is an excellent article by Morgan Meaker at Wired UK, examining the apparent plague of spyware, being discovered on the smartphones of activists, journalists and politicians, across Europe Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe | WIRED UK All …
Predator
The Pegasus commercial spyware gets a lot of press, but there are other companies out there selling malware and spyware to law enforcement agencies and governments. Cytrox is one and their product is called Predator. Predator spyware uses in Chrome, Android zero-day exploits • The Register Here is a report …
Pegasus spyware cyberweapon software targeted at European Commission officials
There are reports of the commercial spyware, Pegasus, being targeted at European Commission officials last year, by as yet unidentified hackers. European officials reportedly targeted by NSO spyware • The Register Pegasus is commercially available from the Israeli company NSO Group, to “approved” organisations.
At last – a call to ban Pegasus Spyware
The European Union Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is citing the risks and damage to personal freedom as reasons for banning the commercial spyware Pegasus. EU privacy watchdog wants Pegasus spyware banned – The Record by Recorded Future But banning it would probably just force it into the shadows – hackers …
Pegasus has not gone away…
Finland is reporting a cyber security incident, having found the commercial spyware Pegasus on smartphone belonging to diplomatic staff. Finland says it found NSO’s Pegasus spyware on diplomats’ phones – The Record by Recorded Future
