RESIDENT.NGO has helped uncover a malware attack targeted at a Belarus-based journalist by the Belarusian secret service (KGB). This document serves as a short synopsis of the case, offering safety recommendations and indicators of compromise (IoCs).
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s Digital Security Lab (DSL), working with the Eastern European organisation RESIDENT.NGO, has uncovered a previously unknown spyware tool used by the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus to target, among others, journalists and media workers. RSF assesses that this exposure is a serious setback for the KGB’s operations, not least because the software appears to have been in use for several years.
This publication explores the growing surge of online abuse faced by women in the public sphere—and how digital attacks are increasingly leading to real-world harm. Drawing on global survey findings, it shows how social media, misinformation, and new AI technologies are intensifying risks for women human rights defenders, activists, and journalists. It offers clear insights and calls for stronger protections to ensure women can participate safely and freely in public life.
The widow of slain Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi Monday filed a legal complaint in France accusing Saudi Arabia of using Israeli spyware to steal data from her phones before he was killed, her lawyers said.