Federal Judge Says NSO Group Violated CFAA, Holds It Liable For Malware Delivered Via WhatsApp’s Servers

WhatsApp has scored a limited win in its lawsuit against NSO Group. The allegations were that NSO used WhatsApp’s servers — located in California — to deliver its malware to targe…

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US court finds spyware maker NSO liable for WhatsApp hacks

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices.

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Meta’s WhatsApp wins ruling holding spyware maker NSO liable for hacking - The Washington Post

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Meta’s WhatsApp wins ruling holding spyware maker NSO liable for hacking

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.

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Cheap Phone Scanner Shows Lots Of People Are Still Being Targeted By NSO Group Spyware

NSO Group may be on the ropes but its flagship product continues to satisfy its customers — customers that include some of the worst human rights abusers in the world. Sure, recent developmen…

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NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in zero-click attacks, even after getting sued.

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Pegasus Spyware Maker Said to Flout Federal Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist

On the same day lobbyists for NSO met with Rep. Pete Sessions, a lawyer from the lobbying firm gave $1,000 to “Pete Sessions for Congress.”

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Apple Dumps Suit Against NSO Group After Israeli Government Walks Off With A Bunch Of The Company’s Files | Techdirt

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Apple Dumps Suit Against NSO Group After Israeli Government Walks Off With A Bunch Of The Company’s Files

Well, it worked. We’ll have to see how this plays out in the lawsuit WhatsApp brought against NSO Group, but it has managed to shed one litigant thanks to intervention from the home team: the…

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These Human Rights Defenders Were Hacked by Pegasus. Now They Want Police to Charge the Spyware Maker.

Victims of phone hacking by Pegasus software asked a U.K. court to investigate and charge the spyware maker NSO Group.

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NSO Malware Discovered On The Phones Of Critics Of Putin And His Allies

Here’s yet more unsurprising news about Israeli malware developer NSO Group and its preferred customers. More phones infected by NSO’s flagship Pegasus malware have been discovered by C…

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