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מימין מתן גוטמן אלי מרזל CRT

Former Israeli Watchdogs Launch Startup to Monitor Human Rights Violations in Tech

20.05.20|Sophie Shulman
CRT has formulated an ethical code and methodology through which technologies are examined to make sure they adhere to international human rights and privacy guidelines and prevent misuse
נפתלי בנט יו"ר מפלגת הימין החדש

New Israeli Covid-19 Infection Ranking App Reminiscent of China’s Citizen Ranking System, Experts Say

01.04.20|Omer Kabir
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett is pushing a new system that gathers data on Israeli citizens and automatically rates their coronavirus infectability. Privacy, tech, and law experts say the system endangers democracy
עמרי לביא מייסד אורקסטרה ו NSO

A Look Inside Orchestra - Omri Lavie's New Cyber Startup

24.03.20|
Founded by NSO co-founder Omri Lavie in 2018, Orchestra has already made two acquisitions and is in the process of integrating new products into its end-to-end cybersecurity service
שלו חוליו מייסד ומנכ"ל NSO

NSO Buys Counter-Drone Company Convexum

12.02.20|Meir Orbach
The Israeli cyber surveillance company will pay $60 million in cash to add a new business segment to its operations
ביל מרזק עמית מחקר בכיר ב מכון סיטיזן לאב של אוניברסיטת טורונטו

We Do Not Target NSO, but Most Evidence Leads to Them, Says Digital Human Rights Researcher

04.02.20|Omer Kabir
Bill Marczak, a senior research fellow at Citizen Lab and at University of California, Berkeley, is behind much of the research that exposed NSO’s operations
משרדי NSO ב הרצליה

Israeli Court Agrees to Keep NSO Legal Proceedings in Chambers

16.01.20|Omer Kabir
An appeal was submitted by the Israeli state attorney to the Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday, asking that no information on petition against the cyber-surveillance company could be made public
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

Israel Wants NSO Proceedings to Remain Secret

14.01.20|Omer Kabir
The state has appealed to the court requesting proceedings regarding a petition filed by members of human rights organization Amnesty against cyber surveillance company NSO be conducted in chambers
אריאלה בן אברהם צנזורית

Israel’s Military Censor Asks for Early Release From Service Following NSO Job Offer

05.01.20|Golan Hazani
Ariella Ben-Avraham is in talks to join the infamous surveillance company as its head of public relations
תמי מזאל שחר נשיאה משותפת NSO בשיחה עם הגר רבט כתבת כלכליסט ועידת ניו יורק 2019

Former NSO Co-President Appointed CEO of Software Company IncrediBuild

29.12.19|Meir Orbach
Tami Mazel Shachar spent five months at the head of surveillance company NSO before stepping down in May
אבו דאבי איחוד האמירויות קו רקיע

Emirati Spying App Is Linked to Company Employing Former NSO Programmers, Report Says

23.12.19|CTech
On Sunday, the New York Times reported that popular chat app ToTok is, in fact, a spying tool. The app was linked to Emirati government company DarkMatter, previously reported to have poached several employees from Israeli surveillance company NSO
ועידת Mind the tech TLV שירי דולב נשיאה NSO

If We Could Share What NSO Really Does, Media Discourse Would Change, Says Exec

25.11.19|CTech
Shiri Dolev, president and chief product officer of Israeli cyber surveillance company NSO, spoke Monday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
יחידת 8200 ב גלילות

High Profile Spy Companies Are Damaging Israel’s Image

20.11.19|Omer Kabir
Israel’s tech ecosystem is world-renowned for its innovation, but companies like NSO, Black Cube, and AnyVision are casting a sinister shadow over it
ג'ון סקוט

Anywhere You Look, Civil Rights Activists Are Surveilled, Says Citizen Lab Researcher

05.11.19|Omer Kabir
John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, spoke to Calcalist about his work with WhatsApp to uncover NSO Group's alleged hack of its servers
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

NSO Denies Using WhatsApp to Infect Hundreds of Users With Surveillance Malware

30.10.19|Omer Kabir, Hagar Ravet, and Adi Pick
WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook are suing Israeli surveillance company NSO, according to an op-ed published Tuesday by the Washington Post, which was authored by Whatsapp CEO Will Cathcart
NSO  עמרי לביא

NSO Spyware Used to Target Moroccan Human Rights Activists, Says Amnesty

10.10.19|Omer Kabir
According to Amnesty’s report, the two activists received SMS messages with malicious links that would have installed NSO’s Pegasus spyware on their devices if clicked. Both previously faced harassment from the Moroccan regime over their activism
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

NSO Commits to U.N. Human Rights Principles

10.09.19|Hagar Ravet
The Israeli cyber surveillance company, which has been previously linked with the alleged persecution of journalists and social activists, published on Tuesday a human rights policy to which it said clients would be required to adhere
תמי מזאל שחר נשיאה משותפת NSO בשיחה עם הגר רבט כתבת כלכליסט ועידת ניו יורק 2019

Tami Mazel Shachar Steps Down as Co-President of NSO

20.05.19|Golan Hazani
Mazel Shachar served as co-president of the Israeli spyware developer for three years
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NSO’s Spyware Used to Tap Phones via WhatsApp Voice Calls, Report Says

14.05.19|CTech
WhatsApp said a vulnerability in its app enabled attackers to infect devices with the Israeli company's spyware, according to a Monday Financial Times report
משרדי NSO ב הרצליה

Amnesty International Takes Legal Action Against Israeli Surveillance Company NSO

13.05.19|Hagar Ravet
Members of the human rights organization filed a petition with Tel Aviv district court, asking for NSO’s export license to be rescinded after its malware was allegedly used to spy on an Amnesty staff member