We’re sharing an update on suspected state-backed attacker APT29 and the use of exploits identical to those used by Intellexa and NSO.
A spyware vendor was behind a recent campaign that abused a vulnerability in WhatsApp to deliver an exploit capable of hacking into iPhones and Macs.
Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity.
This report examines trends in cyberattacks, content management, digital rights violations, and arrests in the first six months of 2025, based on data from Miaan Group's Digital Security Helpdesk(DSH).
The spyware maker was banned from the surveillance industry in 2021, but was caught flouting the ban less than a year later. Now the founder wants the ban lifted altogether.
The investigation comes in response to an account in the Israeli business publication TheMarker, which reported that the contracts included a deal to buy Pegasus — the powerful spyware manufactured by Israel-based NSO Group.
The appellate court on Tuesday sent the case back to the lower court for further consideration, saying it had “abused its discretion” and improperly applied the law when deciding Salvadoran journalists had no right to sue in U.S. courts.
The far-right former president is accused of using Brazil’s intelligence agency to conduct illegal spying.
Despite sanctions and global scrutiny, Predator spyware operations persist. Insikt Group reveals new infrastructure links in Mozambique, Africa, and Europe, highlighting ongoing threats to civil society and political targets.
We conducted a forensic analysis of devices belonging to two journalists who were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware.
Israel-based spyware maker Paragon and Italy's government had a falling out over the company's offer to help investigate what happened on journalist Francesco Cancellato's phone.
A parliamentary investigation answered some — but not all — the questions related to a spyware scandal involving the use of the Israeli company’s spyware, Graphite.
An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Jamal Khashoggi's widow against spyware maker NSO Group, citing lack of jurisdiction.
The landmark trial between WhatsApp and NSO Group unearthed several new revelations. We recap some of them here.
It’s a major ruling in a landmark lawsuit that has had plenty of twists and turns — with more likely to come.
Our investigation of a spearphishing campaign that targeted senior members of the World Uyghur Congress in March 2025 reveals a highly-customized attack delivery method. The ruse used by attackers replicates a pattern in which threat actors weaponize software and websites aimed at preserving and supporting marginalized and repressed cultures to target those same communities.
This is the first time representatives for the spyware maker have publicly named its government customers.
Spyware maker NSO Group wants to call expert witnesses as a jury decides on damages in a civil case involving WhatsApp. A federal judge appears disinclined to honor the request, saying their testimony about the company's practices might not be relevant.
The list of 1,223 victims in 51 countries hints at the “true scale of the spyware problem,” per one researcher.
The 21 signatories support a number of steps, such as banning vendors who behave illegally, in a document agreed to last week in Paris.