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Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking WhatsApp, says US judge
22.12.24|ReutersThe hack exposed the surveillance of more than 1,400 users, including journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents
Inside Hezbollah’s efforts to thwart Israel’s surveillance technology
09.07.24|ReutersIsrael's electronic eavesdropping - including hacking into cell phones and computers - is widely regarded as among the world's most sophisticated. Hezbollah has learned from its losses and adapted its tactics in response.
Israel Cyber Directorate releases urgent warning to disconnect home and business security cameras
20.10.23|Omer KabirThe Directorate explains that cameras connected directly to the Internet can be easily compromised and that "any such camera, particularly those overlooking public areas or sensitive facilities could be exploited by adversaries for intelligence gathering"
Quickfire round: Aporia’s CEO answers our AI questions
07.08.23|James SpiroArtificial intelligence has a good, a bad, and an ugly - Liran Hason is here to guide us through it
Israeli spyware used to hack journalists, opposition figures, Microsoft and watchdog say
12.04.23|ReutersQuaDream, a lower-profile competitor to the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, reportedly develops surveillance software used to hack iPhones
“The surveillance industry is heading towards a squeeze”
18.09.22|CTechDr. Bill Marczak, Research Scientist at ICSI and Research Fellow at Citizen Lab, was speaking at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in New York
Report: Israeli authorities request most Big Tech user data across Middle East and Western Asia
04.08.22|James SpiroCybersecurity company Surfshark analyzed the data requests by local authorities from companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft
The wanted Mexican that is hiding out at the luxury home of the Rayzone group entrepreneur
18.05.22|Tomer GanonTomás Zerón, a former senior agent in the Mexican FBI, is wanted in his country on suspicion of torture and tampering with the investigation into the disappearance and murder of 43 students. He currently lives in the Neve Tzedek Tower in Tel Aviv together with David Avital, a shareholder in a subsidiary of Rayzone, which has operations in Mexico
No one was immune: Israel Police Pegasus surveillance list revealed
07.02.22|Tomer GanonCEOs of government ministries, journalists, tycoons, corporate executives, mayors, social activists, and even the Prime Minister’s relatives, all were police targets, having their phones hacked by NSO’s spyware, prior to any investigation even opening and without any judicial authorization
Police confirm for the first time: There have been irregularities in the use of NSO software
02.02.22|Zvi ZerahiaMinistry of Justice orders the establishment of an investigation team that will submit conclusions within 5 months
NSO Chairman quits company amidst ongoing turmoil
25.01.22|Meir OrbachAsher Levy, who served as Chairman since April 2020, has left the embattled company behind the Pegasus spyware
Israeli police used NSO’s Pegasus to spy on local mayors, their relatives
23.01.22|Tomer GanonPolice tapped phones of three heads of local authorities, whom law enforcement suspected of engaging in corrupt activity, but no evidence was found and no indictment filed; some were detained, with their homes searched
Step-by-step: How Israel Police used NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens
20.01.22|Tomer GanonMarking the target, hacking the phone, filing the information, real-time tracking and data analysis - Calcalist reveals what every step of the spyware operation looked like
Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens
18.01.22|Tomer GanonMayors, leaders of political protests against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former governmental employees, were among those tracked by police without a search or bugging warrant authorizing the surveillance
Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group, saying U.S. citizens were targets
23.11.21|ReutersThe iPhone maker is the latest in a string of companies and governments to come after NSO, the maker of the Pegasus hacking tool that watchdog groups say targeted human rights workers and journalists
NSO CEO exclusively responds to allegations: "The list of 50,000 phone numbers has nothing to do with us"
20.07.21|Omer Kabir and Hagar Ravet“I'll give you a simple statement: Journalists, human rights activists, and civil organizations are all off-limits,” said Shalev Hulio
Israel's Supreme Court curbs use of phone tracking for Covid-19 carriers
01.03.21|ReutersJudges say that the practice that was imposed as a temporary emergency measure, was slowly becoming permanent
IAI unveils MegaPOP, its new electro-optical surveillance system
17.02.21|James SpiroThe multi-sensor camera offers solutions for marine or land border control and other surveillance missions
Verint Systems supplied South Sudan with surveillance technology says Amnesty
02.02.21|Omer KabirAmnesty International obtained documents that prove that between March 2015 and February 2017, the South Sudanese government paid the company $762,000 for surveillance equipment that was used to illegally wiretap citizens’ phones
Tech Trends: Five reasons why 2021 will be as least as bad as 2020
02.01.21|Omer KabirTech companies will grow stronger, computer systems will continue to leak private data, and elections are still at risk of manipulation

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