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لعبة الغمّيضة: تتبع عمليات برنامج بيغاسوس من شركة NSO في 45 دولة
عَمِلنا في هذا البحث على تطوير تقنيات جديدة لمسح الإنترنت لتحديد 45 بلداً قد يقوم فيها مشغلو برامج التجسس بيغاسوس من شركة NSO بإجراء عمليات تجسس. النتائج الاساسية بين آب 2016 و آب 2018، قمنا بمسح...
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جاءت المملكة إلى كندا: كيف وصل التجسس الرقمي المرتبط بالسعودية إلى الأراضي...
في هذا التقرير ، نَصِف كيف تم استهداف المقيم الدائم في كندا، والمنشق السعودي؛ “عمر عبد العزيز”، عبر إشعار مزيف عن “تتبع شحنة بريد”. نحن وجدنا -وبثقة عالية- أن هاتف عبد العزيز قد تم استهدافه ببرنامج...
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The Kingdom Came to Canada: How Saudi-Linked Digital Espionage Reached...
In this report, we describe how Canadian permanent resident and Saudi dissident Omar Abdulaziz was targeted with a fake package delivery notification. We assess with high confidence that Abdulaziz’s...
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Reckless VI: Mexican Journalists Investigating Cartels Targeted with NSO...
This report is Part 7 of a series on the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware in Mexico Part 1: Bittersweet: Supporters of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted With NSO Exploit Links Part 2: Reckless Exploit: Mexican...
View ArticleLitigation and Other Formal Complaints Concerning Targeted Digital...
This is a living resource document providing links and descriptions to litigation and other formal complaints concerning targeted digital surveillance and the digital surveillance industry. If you...
View ArticleStatement from Citizen Lab Director on Attempted Operations Against Researchers
Over the last month, two Citizen Lab staff members were contacted by two separate individuals in what appears to be an attempt to compromise our work. Each of the contacts purported to show an...
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Reckless VII: Wife of Journalist Slain in Cartel-Linked Killing Targeted with...
This report is Part 8 of a series on the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware in Mexico Part 1: Bittersweet: Supporters of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted With NSO Exploit Links Part 2: Reckless Exploit: Mexican...
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Burned After Reading: Endless Mayfly’s Ephemeral Disinformation Campaign
Endless Mayfly1 is an Iran-aligned network of inauthentic websites and online personas used to spread false and divisive information primarily targeting Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Israel....
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Tibetan Groups Targeted with 1-Click Mobile Exploits
Key Findings Between November 2018 and May 2019, senior members of Tibetan groups received malicious links in individually tailored WhatsApp text exchanges with operators posing as NGO workers,...
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NSO Group / Q Cyber Technologies: Over One Hundred New Abuse Cases
The May 2019 WhatsApp Incident As reported in May 2019, WhatsApp identified and shortly thereafter fixed a vulnerability that allowed attackers to inject commercial spyware on to phones simply by...
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Stopping the Press: New York Times Journalist Targeted by Saudi-linked...
Key Findings New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware via a June 2018 SMS message promising details about “Ben Hubbard and the story of the Saudi Royal...
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Dark Basin: Uncovering a Massive Hack-For-Hire Operation
This report will be followed by additional forthcoming reports providing a more comprehensive overview of certain targets and technical indicators. Key Findings Dark Basin is a hack-for-hire group...
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Nothing Sacred: Religious and Secular Voices for Reform in Togo Targeted with...
This Research Note identifies NSO Spyware targeting in Togo originating from the 2019 WhatsApp incident. Key Points NSO spyware was used in 2019 to target Togolese civil society, including a Catholic...
View ArticleThe Dangerous Effects of Unregulated Commercial Spyware
In recent days, United Nations Special Rapporteurs have released two revelatory reports that demonstrate the dangerous effects of unchecked technology in the hands of autocrats: one relating to the...
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Running in Circles: Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm Circles
Summary & Key Findings Circles is a surveillance firm that reportedly exploits weaknesses in the global mobile phone system to snoop on calls, texts, and the location of phones around the globe....
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The Great iPwn: Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage...
Summary & Key Findings In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al...
View Articleالاختراق العظيم: صحفيون تم اختراقهم باستغلال ثغرات غير معروفة “Zero-click”في...
الملخص والنتائج الرئيسية في شهري يوليو وأغسطس 2020 استخدم عملاءٌ حكوميون برنامج التجسس بيغاسوس “Pegasus” من مجموعة “NSO” لاختراق 36 هاتفاً شخصياً لصحفيين ومنتجين ومراسلين و مدراء تنفيذيين في قناة...
View ArticleResponse to NSO Group on the Great iPwn Report
January 11, 2021 To Whom It May Concern: The Citizen Lab is in receipt of the correspondence from NSO Group dated 23 December 2020 in response to the Citizen Lab’s report titled “The Great iPwn:...
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Hooking Candiru: Another Mercenary Spyware Vendor Comes into Focus
Summary Candiru is a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments. Reportedly, their spyware can infect and monitor iPhones, Androids, Macs, PCs, and cloud accounts....
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From Pearl to Pegasus: Bahraini Government Hacks Activists with NSO Group...
Summary & Key Findings We identified nine Bahraini activists whose iPhones were successfully hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between June 2020 and February 2021. Some of the activists were...
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