Spyware and Pegasus: How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens
Writing for the New Yorker, Ronan Farrow reports on Pegasus, "a spyware technology designed by NSO Group, an Israeli firm, which can extract the contents of a phone, giving access to its texts and photographs, or activate its camera and microphone to.....»»
Climate action can lessen poverty and inequality worldwide
If all countries adopted the same tax on carbon emissions and returned the revenues to their citizens, it is possible to keep the global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius while also benefiting well-being, reducing inequality, and al.....»»
Social distancing compliance linked to high voter turnout rates
"Social capital" refers to connections between citizens that generate trust, reciprocity and participation in social and political life......»»
Multi-platform spyware tracks users across Windows and Android
Attackers could keep an eye on their victims, irrespective of the device they used......»»
Israel and Iran Broaden Cyberwar To Attack Civilian Targets
Iranians couldn't buy gas. Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online. The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens. From a report: Millions of ordinary people in Iran and Israel recently found themselves caught in the.....»»
Apple files suit against the NSO Group for spying on iPhone users
The suit was filed against the NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies, neither of which are strangers to making security headlines. The Israeli-based company is responsible for developing and deploying Pegasus, a mobile spyware application.....»»
Are you a target of Pegasus spyware? Get an iPhone and stay safe
Apple is coming to the rescue of those targeted by the alleged NSO’s rogue Pegasus software. Apple will send security alerts to customers whose devices may have been compromised......»»
Apple sues Israeli spyware firm NSO Group
Apple is the latest in a string of firms and governments to go after the hacking tool firm......»»
Apple sues Israeli spyware group NSO
"Egregious, deliberate, and concerted effort" to target and attack iPhone users. Enlarge / A man walks by the building entrance of Israeli cyber company NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert on November 11, 2021, in Sapi.....»»
Apple sues NSO Group over spyware
Apple on Tuesday sued NSO Group and its parent company, accusing the Israeli firm of violating a federal anti-hacking law by selling potent software that clients have used to spy on Apple customers......»»
Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking To Block Its Access To iPhones
Apple sued the NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance company, in federal court on Tuesday, another setback for the beleaguered firm and the unregulated spyware industry. From a report: The lawsuit is the second of its kind -- Facebook sued the NSO Grou.....»»
Advisor To EU"s Top Court Suggests German Bulk Data Retention Law Isn"t Legal
The battle between the appetites of European Union Member States' governments to retain their citizens' data -- for fuzzy, catch-all 'security' purposes -- and the region's top court, the CJEU, which continues to defend fundamental rights by reiterat.....»»
"We thought he had COVID but it was smog": Life in polluted Pakistan
Red-eyed residents cough, everything smells of smoke, and cars shine their headlights in the middle of the day. Smog has again blanketed Pakistan's Lahore, and its citizens are becoming desperate......»»
Delhi shuts schools as government considers "pollution lockdown"
New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a "pollution lockdown" to protect citizens from toxic smog......»»
More than 1,000 Android phones found infected by creepy new spyware
PhoneSpy records video and audio and steals contacts, images, messages, and more. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than 1,000 Android users have been infected with newly discovered malware that surreptitiously records audio.....»»
Women"s participation is essential to achieve global climate targets
We are engineers and scientists. We happen to be women, but first and foremost we are citizens of this planet who believe that immediate action is imperative to address the climate emergency......»»
US sanctions NSO Group, others, for trafficking spyware and exploits
The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is updating its list of sanctioned entities with a document it plans to fully publish on Thursday, but is viewable in a PDF now. It claims all four groups are engaged in activities "c.....»»
Privacy commission demands Clearview AI delete all facial recognition data collected in Australia
Australian regulators have demanded that facial-recognition firm Clearview AI cease scraping the biometric data of Australian citizens and destroy all information and images previously gathered on them. According to the Office of the Australian Infor.....»»
US blacklists maker of Pegasus spyware that helps governments spy on activists
NSO Group added to Entity List to stem spread of "digital tools used for repression." Enlarge / KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA: On July 25, 2021, protesters criticized the Indian government for using Pegasus spyware to snoop on journalist.....»»
US blacklists Israeli firm NSO Group for use of spyware
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......»»
International group of citizens and scientists creates feasible visions of a resilient, net zero future
As part of COP26, we asked people in six regions to imagine a globally net zero, climate-resilient future. Here's what they came up with......»»