“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.
From product demonstrations at a secret villa in Rabat to training sessions at NSO’s Herzliya headquarters, Forbidden Stories and its partners retrace the early stages of Morocco’s use of Pegasus.
This technical analysis provides the most detailed view yet into the inner workings of the Pegasus spyware system. This includes confirmation of key technical capabilities such as the infection vectors and methodologies used to infect devices, supported by analysis of internal NSO Group documents, that until now had only been identified via forensic investigations. It also presents new material further validating the accuracy and significance of the dataset underpinning the original Pegasus Project investigation. Finally, this research provides an updated analysis, drawing on previously published Pegasus forensic evidence and newly released materials, to validate the technical methodology used to forensically link Pegasus spyware attacks targeting different victims as originating from the same Pegasus customer.
Trailing targets, monitoring internet cafes, deploying spyware: Morocco has mobilized a massive arsenal of surveillance tools against journalists and dissidents in recent years.
However, new evidence reviewed by the consortium confirms “traces of compromise” by Pegasus on the phones of seven members of the government at the time: Jean-Michel Blanquer, Jacqueline Gourault, Julien Denormandie, Emmanuelle Wargon, François de Rugy, Florence Parly and Lecornu.
The minister also did not recall the details of her meeting with Benny Gantz, the Israeli minister of defense, who, according to NSO co-founder Shalev Hulio, handed her a report certifying that no French political figure had been targeted by Pegasus.
We found that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee, which investigated Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had access to confidential documents and committee deliberations.
WhatsApp caught and disrupted spear phishing attempts linked to NSO, a spyware firm blacklisted by the US government.
The Barcelona High Court reopens the investigation into Pegasus espionage against three Òmnium members, requesting information from the CNI.
Selon les informations de « Mediapart », deux anciens dirigeants de la société israélienne NSO ont été placés sous le statut de témoins assistés dans le cadre de l’information judiciaire ouverte sur …
La exjefa del CNI Paz Esteban vuelve a ser investigada, por quinta vez, en una pieza que indaga también el uso del programa intrusivo Candiru
Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.
High court finds kingdom responsible for hacking phones of Ghanem al-Masarir and for physical attack on him
The case dates to May 2022, when the court launched a probe into the alleged spying on devices belonging to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Defence Minister Margarita Robles.
Andrés Idárraga tiene pruebas de contaminación de su teléfono con Pegasus. Las órdenes para acecharlo ilegalmente vendrían de miembros del Gobierno.
After First-term Trump Ambassador Friedman Was Appointed Chair of Pegasus-maker NSO as Part of a Takeover by a Hollywood Producer, the CEO Steps Down Amid a Possible Shift in U.S. Spyware Policy Under Donald Trump
NSO Group had sought to stay the order pending a decision on its appeal in the case, which centers on allegations that it targeted 1,400 WhatsApp users with its powerful zero-click Pegasus spyware in 2019.
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.
In a court filing ahead of the ruling, NSO told the judge that blocking it from targeting WhatsApp infrastructure to implant its spyware could “put NSO’s entire enterprise at risk” and “force NSO out of business.”
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds takes controlling stake, appoints former Trump official David Friedman
A U.S. court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business.