🚨 Apple has sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries informing them that they 'are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack'. amn.st/6010wWjDi

Kudos to lawyer eitaymack for exposing Cognyte’s unlawful business with #Myanmar .

If Israel won’t impose consequences on the surveillance company for violating human rights & export controls, other governments should.

$CGNT

#Predatorgate

❕Η μητρική εταιρεία του Predator, #Intellexa παρουσίασε #spyware το οποίο μολύνει συσκευές μέσω online διαφημίσεων, κάτι που θεωρείται η αιχμή του δόρατος της ισραηλινής βιομηχανίας κυβερνοεπιθέσεων.

Anastasios Telloglou Eliza Triantafillou Haaretz.com bit.ly/4as9kEN

🚨Apple has sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries informing them they 'are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack'

If you're a member of civil society + received an alert, you can request forensic support using our Get Help form👇securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/04…

Lots of interesting insights on the struggles and changes inside the offensive cyber industry from Maor Shwartz

I spoke with Israeli intelligence officers about the AI-based target machine they used which marked 37,000 Gazans as suspects for assassination. These whistleblowers expose numerous machines & policies that killed thousands of civilians since October.
972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

It's stunning to me that this administration in particular, the US gov in general, 'the West' by extension, doesn't seem to understand that the credibility they've torched cannot be regained.

Revealed: Amid a crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest, decisions on which slogans are illegal in Berlin are made with the special task force 'BAO Nahost,' criminal police set to investigate 'left wing & foreign ideologies.'

me for Al Jazeera English
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/…

🇵🇱Poland has launched an investigation into its previous government’s use of Pegasus #spyware , with a parliamentary inquiry under way & the possibility of criminal charges being brought against former government officials in future, writes Shaun Walker.

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Hi! We’re confident this IS NOT a 0click attack.

It’s a bug in our phone number privacy+usernames implementation, fix coming soon.

I’ve asked OP to clarify/delete in service of minimizing harmful misinfo ❤️🙏

Incredible article from Meredith Whittaker outlining the great danger of conceding and concentrating more power to an increasingly authoritarian United States in the name of controlling TikTok which currently lies outside of the US hegemonic consensus.

NSO sold Pegasus to a Colombian government authority in 2021, receiving $13 million in cash flown to Israel on a private jet.

A senior MoD official backed the deal, aiding in persuading a bank to deposit the cash despite money laundering concerns.

haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Quite remarkable to see a multilateral regime forming to counter the proliferation of mercenary spyware 👏

* Now the hard work comes putting words on paper into action

* Civil society has a job to do: hold those governments accountable, and make sure they follow up

El nostre company Donncha O Cearbhaill Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, cap del Security Lab Amnesty Tech compareix ara a la comissió d'investigació de Parlament de Catalunya sobre l'espionatge amb els Programes Pegasus i Candiru. Ara, torn de preguntes. El directe des d'aquí: parlament.cat/ext/f?p=700:DI…