NSO Group
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Herzliya |
| Israel | |
| Key person | Shalev Hulio |
| Subsidiary | OSY Technologies SARL |
| Founders | Shalev Hulio |
| Niv Carmi | |
| Omri Lavie | |
| Type of business | Privately held company |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2159241 |
About NSO Group
NSO Group Technologies is an Israeli technology firm known for its Pegasus spyware enabling the remote surveillance of smartphones. It was founded in 2010 by Niv Carmi, Omri Lavie, and Shalev Hulio. It reportedly employed almost 500 people as of 2017, and is based in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv.
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... Nso Group says its tools are made to target terrorists and criminals and insists it only supplies Pegasus to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies from countries with good human rights records...
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... Pegasus is sold by Nso Group to governments to carry out surveillance through infecting phones with malicious software...
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... And in a further twist, seized on by critics of normalisation, the mobile phones of nine Bahraini activists were hacked in 2020 using " Pegasus" spyware made by the Israeli firm Nso Group, according to researchers at the University of Toronto s Citizen Lab...
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... The hack was made using invasive spyware called Pegasus, which infects targeted phones and was produced by the Israeli firm Nso Group...
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...Apple is suing Israeli spyware firm Nso Group and its parent company for allegedly targeting iPhone users with a hacking tool...
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... The tech company claims, Nso Group, an Israeli private security company, is responsible for and is currently being sued in the US courts...
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... It was allegedly built and sold by the Israel-based Nso Group and sold to governments around the world...
WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims
...Facebook-owned WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit against Israel s Nso Group, alleging the firm was behind cyber-attacks that infected devices with malicious software...
Apple launches Lockdown Mode to block spyware attacks on at-risk users
Apple has announced a new security feature to protect high-risk users from Spyware cyber-attacks.
Lockdown Mode will be available in the autumn with The Next Operating System across all of The Company 's iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The setting blocks certain functions and prevents unknown users from calling.
It Comes after Apple devices owned by activists, politicians and journalists were infected with Spyware .
accusing it of targeting victims in 150 different countries with its powerful Pegasus Spyware .
The Firm 's software could infect both iPhones and Android devices, allowing operators to extract messages, photos and emails, record calls and secretly activate microphones and cameras.
Nso Group says its tools are made to target terrorists and criminals and insists it only supplies Pegasus to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies from countries with good Human Rights records.
When the extent of the alleged surveillance was revealed last July, Apple faced criticism from privacy and security experts for not protecting users.
It quickly released an emergency software update to all devices to patch up the vulnerability that Pegasus had secretly been using for years.
Now The Company is releasing Lockdown Mode as a wider security feature it claims can protect devices from all known Spyware currently on The Market .
Lockdown Mode will include The Following protections:
At launch, Lockdown Mode will be available to all users in The Device settings, but Apple suggests it should only be activated if someone is a risk of what it calls " mercenary Spyware attacks" - for example A Journalist or opposition leader in a repressive regime.
" While the vast majority of users will never be victims of highly targeted cyber-attacks, we will work tirelessly to protect the small number of users who are, " said Ivan Krstić, Apple's head of security engineering and architecture.
Apple announced it will double The Bounty threshold it pays out to ethical hackers who discover security flaws in Lockdown Mode to $2m (£1. 7m).
The US firm will also donate $10m to a fund helping organisations expose the misuse of Spyware .
" The global Spyware trade targets Human Rights defenders, journalists, and dissidents, and facilitates violence, reinforces authoritarianism, and supports political repression, " said Lori McGlinchey, director, technology and society at the Ford Foundation , which will oversee the grant.
In November, US officials placed Nso Group on a trade blacklist, saying the software had " enabled foreign governments to conduct transnational repression, which is The Practice of authoritarian governments targeting dissidents, journalists and activists".
Nso Group is also being sued by WhatsApp, which accuses it of using the messaging service as a vehicle to spread Pegasus .
Source of news: bbc.com
