Hackers used booby trapped text messages to retrieve data stored in cellphones

Amnesty International’s report details how booby-trapped text messages were used to collect information stored locally on cellphones. A research by Amnesty International has uncovered that hackers armed with sophisticated spying software have been targeting Moroccan human rights activists midst a government crackdown on protests in recent years. The report released by the British non-profit human…

Blackstone Group annuls its plans to acquire a 40% stake in mobile surveillance developer NSO Group

It would appear that the talks were annulled midst a series of complaints over the usage of spyware developed by the NSO Group and how these would reflect on Blackstone. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, the Blackstone Group has pulled out of advanced talks to acquire a stake in Israel’s NSO…

Researchers find clues on how Macron’s data leak spread on the net

As you might expect, prompted by the success in the U.S. elections, the same players tried the same tactics in France. Computer security researchers have come to the conclusion that far-right activists from the United States, armed with automated bots, along with WikiLeaks, have helped amplify the leak of hacked emails belonging to the French…