Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Following the story this week that No. 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were infected with the Pegasus spyware, Bruce Schneier put me onto this article about the NSO Group and Pegasus spyware. It provides some amazing background into the way the software has developed and how …
I know the job of Prime Minister is a demanding one, add to that Brexit, a difficult economy, keeping up with all the issues about COVID-19, Ukraine, etc. but basic security and with that basic cybersecurity is something that naturally should be a key part of how he conducts himself. …
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It is being reported by a Canadian investigation team, Citizen Lab , that devices at No. 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were infected with the Pegasus spyware during 2020/2021. The attack is being linked to operatives in the UAE, India, Cyprus and Jordan. No 10 network targeted with …
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.
The Israeli government, following an enquiry, has found that the use of Pegasus against it’s own citizens, who were not suspects in any criminal case, was not illegal. I wonder how many other countries, in that situation would return the same result? Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli …
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