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: …
M.P.s warned about the risk of being spied on
The House of Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to all M.P.s making them aware that the information they have on their mobile phones would be valuable to a “hostile state” and that they should take appropriate steps to protect that information. Hostile states are targeting you, Speaker warns …
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Was there a security breach at the top of government?
It is being reported that when Lis Truss was Foreign Secretary her phone was hacked: Liz Truss phone hack claim prompts calls for investigation – BBC News This hack was discovered when she was campaigning to be PM (she is now the record holder for the shortest Premiership in UK …
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Cold War spying is a long way from today’s cyber-espionage weapons but they both successfully stole information – #BeCyberSmart
This article comes via Bruce Schneier, and fits nicely into the Weekend Project – it is about security and has some connections to the posts we run here at Smart Thinking. Both Clive and I have attended Bruce Schneier speaking events, and through Clive’s links with Edinburgh Napier University have …
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 …
WhatsApp will not lower security
“If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be “very foolish” to accept, Will Cathcart told the BBC.” BBC News website Will Cathcart is Head of WhatsApp at Meta. WhatsApp: We won’t lower security for any government – BBC News
Who decides who the good guys are? Don’t worry though NSO only sells it’s spyware to approved governments and law enforcement agencies
Here is another report from the well respected Citizen Lab about the use/misuse, sale/mis-sale of the spyware Pegasus by the Israeli NSO Group. GeckoSpy: Pegasus Spyware Used Against Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement – The Citizen Lab The sale of these types of cyber weapons on the open market, is enabling governments …
