WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long …
Dec 23, 2024 · A U.S. judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with its Pegasus spyware. In a historic ruling on Friday, a Northern ...
Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group is liable for attacks on 1,400 …
Dec 21, 2024 · NSO Group, the organization behind the Pegasus spyware, has been found liable in a lawsuit brought by Meta’s WhatsApp over attacks on about 1,400 devices, as reported by The Record.
Court finds Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group liable for
Dec 23, 2024 · Before 2020, approximately 1,400 mobile devices were infected with Pegasus malware, which was used to surveil WhatsApp users. Last week, the US district court found NSO Group accountable for violating key computer crime laws, marking a major victory for WhatsApp and spyware victims.
Judge rules Israeli firm NSO Group liable for damages in …
Dec 20, 2024 · Messaging service WhatsApp claimed a major legal victory over Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Friday after a federal judge ruled that NSO was liable under federal and California law for a...
US court finds spyware maker NSO liable for WhatsApp hacks
Dec 23, 2024 · A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices.
NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused …
Nov 15, 2024 · Newly unsealed documents brought by a WhatsApp lawsuit shows NSO Group's spyware, Pegasus, was used to hack as many as "tens of thousands” of devices.
Judge finds spyware-maker NSO Group liable for attacks on
Dec 21, 2024 · A federal judge in California has agreed with WhatsApp that the NSO Group, the Israeli cybersurveillance firm behind the Pegasus spyware, had hacked into its systems by sending malware...
U.S. Judge Rules Against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware …
Dec 23, 2024 · WhatsApp originally filed the complaint against NSO Group in late 2019, accusing it of accessing its servers without permission to install the Pegasus tool on 1,400 devices in May of that year. The attacks leveraged a then zero-day vulnerability in the app's voice calling feature ( CVE-2019-3568 , CVSS score: 9.8) to trigger the deployment of ...
Spyware Maker NSO Group Liable for WhatsApp User Hacks
Dec 24, 2024 · NSO Group’s zero-click attacks are a common feature of commercial spyware makers, who operate in a legal grey area, despite efforts from the Biden administration to clamp down on their practices. NSO Group was placed on a US export blacklist in 2021 , while similar firms such as Intellexa were sanctioned in recent years.
Meta’s WhatsApp wins ruling holding spyware maker NSO liable …
Dec 20, 2024 · Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday against the best-known maker of spyware when a federal judge in California ruled that NSO Group had hacked into the Meta unit’s systems by ...