Message-ID: <20211109144004.54F4177F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:40:04 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Amnesty International says NSO's Pegasus used to hack
phones of Palestinian rights workers
Reuters
JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The mobile phones of six Palestinian
rights workers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were hacked using
Israeli technology firm NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, Amnesty
International and internet security watchdog Citizen Lab said on
Monday.
The new findings followed NSO's blacklisting last week by the
U.S. Commerce Department amid allegations its spyware targeted
journalists, rights activists and government officials in several
countries.
https://www.reuters.com/world/amnesty-says-nsos-pegasus-used-hack-phones-palestinian-rights-workers-2021-11-08/
Message-ID: <20211109145025.2D60077F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:50:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Forensic Methodology Report: How to catch NSO Group's
Pegasus
A copy of this report is available for download here:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/doc10/4487/2021/en/
NSO Group claims that its Pegasus spyware is only used to "investigate
terrorism and crime" and "leaves no traces whatsoever". This Forensic
Methodology Report shows that neither of these statements are
true. This report accompanies the release of the Pegasus Project, a
collaborative investigation that involves more than 80 journalists
from 17 media organizations in 10 countries coordinated by Forbidden
Stories with technical support of Amnesty International's Security
Lab.[1]
Amnesty International's Security Lab has performed in-depth forensic
analysis of numerous mobile devices from human rights defenders (HRDs)
and journalists around the world. This research has uncovered
widespread, persistent and ongoing unlawful surveillance and human
rights abuses perpetrated using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/
Message-ID: <20211109143221.E5BAE77F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 14:32:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: US blacklists Israeli firm NSO Group for use of spyware
By Sean Lyngaas
(CNN Business)The US Commerce Department on Wednesday blacklisted
Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru, accusing the companies of
providing spyware to foreign governments that "used these tools to
maliciously target" journalists, embassy workers and activists.
Commerce officials added the Israeli firms to its so-called "entity
list," effectively banning the companies from buying software
components from US vendors without a license.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/tech/nso-group-us-blacklist/index.html
