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.....»»
Israel"s Vaccination Drive Reduces Covid Cases Among Older Citizens
Israel's vaccination drive has reduced confirmed Covid-19 cases among older Israelis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. From a report: Netanyahu cited a 45% drop in confirmed cases and a 26% decline in hospitalizations of seriously.....»»
Police Dismantle World"s "Most Dangerous" Criminal Hacking Network
International law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday they had dismantled a criminal hacking scheme used to steal billions of dollars from businesses and private citizens worldwide. Reuters reports: Police in six European countries, as well as Can.....»»
No Cases? No Chance. The Truth About North Korea and Covid-19
The real impact of Covid-19 on North Korea -- and its citizens -- remains a mystery. Faced with a global health crisis, the country has turned inwards more than ever. From a report: "North Korea, in general, is more difficult to know this year or las.....»»
Conflict and environment: Building sustainable democracies
In the face of ongoing conflict and environmental degradation, how might a nation, such as Nigeria, build a democracy that might be sustained? That is the question addressed by work published in the International Journal of Sustainable Society......»»
French court to hear landmark case on climate inaction
A Paris court will begin hearing Thursday a complaint brought by NGOs backed by two million citizens accusing the French state of failing to act to halt climate change......»»
Social media manipulation by political actors an industrial scale problem, report finds
Social media manipulation of public opinion is a growing threat to democracies around the world, according to the 2020 media manipulation survey from the Oxford Internet Institute, which found evidence in every one of the 80+ countries surveyed......»»
Russia May Fine Citizens Who Use SpaceX"s Starlink Internet Service
An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica: Russia's legislative body, the State Duma, is considering fines for individuals and companies in the country that use Western-based satellite Internet services. The proposed law seeks to prevent accessing the.....»»
Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service
Russia is planning its own Internet from space plan, called Sphere. Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches five dozen Starlink satellites on August 18, 2020. (credit: SpaceX) Russia's legislative body, the State Duma, is considering fines for i.....»»
World"s Worst Internet Shutdowns Cost India $2.8 Billion in 2020
Internet shutdowns cost India $2.8 billion, putting the South Asian nation at the top of a list of 21 countries that curbed citizens' web access in 2020. From a report: India -- the second-worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of overall.....»»
NSO used real people’s location data to pitch its contact-tracing tech, researchers say
Spyware maker NSO Group used real phone location data on thousands of unsuspecting people when it demonstrated its new COVID-19 contact-tracing system to governments and journalists, researchers have concluded. NSO, a private intelligence company bes.....»»
NSO Used Real People"s Location Data To Pitch Its Contact-Tracing Tech, Researchers Say
Spyware maker NSO Group used real phone location data on thousands of unsuspecting people when it demonstrated its new COVID-19 contact-tracing system to governments and journalists, researchers have concluded. From a report: NSO, a private intellige.....»»
Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes
A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the citizens of the ancient Roman city who were partial to eating out......»»
Zero-click iMessage zero-day used to hack the iPhones of 36 journalists
Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords. Enlarge (credit: Apple) Three dozen journalists had their iPhones hacked in July and August using what at the time was an iMessage zero-day exploit that did.....»»
Google, Cisco and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case
A coalition of companies have filed an amicus brief in support of a legal case brought by WhatsApp against Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group, accusing the company of using an undisclosed vulnerability in the messaging app to hack into at least 1,4.....»»
Google, Cisco, and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case
A coalition of companies have filed an amicus brief in support of a legal case brought by WhatsApp against Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group, accusing the company of using an undisclosed vulnerability in the messaging app to hack into at least 1,4.....»»
Zero-click iMessage zeroday used to hack the iPhones of 36 journalists
Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords. Enlarge (credit: Apple) Three dozen journalists had their iPhones hacked in July and August using what at the time was an iMessage zeroday exploit that didn.....»»
Dozens of Journalists" iPhones Hacked With NSO "Zero-Click" Spyware, Says Citizen Lab
Citizen Lab researchers say they have found evidence that dozens of journalists had their iPhones silently compromised with spyware known to be used by nation states. From a report: For more than the past year, London-based reporter Rania Dridi and a.....»»
Al Jazeera journalists ‘hacked via NSO Group spyware’
NSO Group says a report that its software was used to target journalists “lacks evidence”......»»
Dozens of journalists’ iPhones hacked with NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab
Citizen Lab researchers say they have found evidence that dozens of journalists had their iPhones silently compromised with spyware known to be used by nation states. For more than the past year, London-based reporter Rania Dridi and at least 36 jour.....»»
Kazakhstan spies on citizens’ HTTPS traffic; browser-makers fight back
Kazakhstan gov required citizens to install self-signed root certificate. Enlarge (credit: Thomas Jackson | Stone | Getty Images) Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft said they’re joining forces to stop Kazakhstan’s government from decryp.....»»