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Jordanians wave the national flag and shout anti displacing Palestinian slogans during a protest over U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks on Gaza on Feb. 7, 2025 in Amman, Jordan. The protest followed recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump that the U.S. would “take over” and “own” Gaza after the end of the current war between Hamas and Israel, and that Palestinians in Gaza would leave for neighboring countries like Jordan and Egypt. (Photo by Jordan Pix/Getty Images)

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists

The incidents occurred amid Gaza protests and suggest human rights violations, Citizen Lab said.

Jan 22, 2026 By Tim Starks

Cellebrite to acquire mobile testing firm Corellium in $200 million deal

Both companies have faced controversy in recent years, primarily for their work in circumventing mobile device security features

Jun 5, 2025 By Greg Otto

Cyber experts offer lukewarm praise for voluntary code governing use of commercial hacking tools

The Pall Mall Process guidelines for nations could be useful, they said, but have obvious limitations.

Apr 10, 2025 By Tim Starks

A view of the Google offices in New York City on May 19, 2020. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

Google addresses 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities in security update

Serbian security services exploited one of the actively exploited vulnerabilities to break into the phone of a youth activist in Serbia, according to Amnesty International.

Apr 7, 2025 By Matt Kapko

Students, behind a banner reading “15 minutes for 15 lives,” block a street in Belgrade on Dec. 12, standing in silence to honor the 15 victims of the tragedy that occurred at the railway station in Novi Sad in November. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

Amnesty International exposes Serbian police’s use of spyware on journalists, activists

The comprehensive report showed how Serbian law enforcement combined Cellebrite’s tech with a novel Android-focused spyware program.

Dec 16, 2024 By Tim Starks

An employee opens a drawer where phones are stored at the research lab of the Israeli firm Cellebrite. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Turnabout: It looks like phone-cracking company Cellebrite had its own vulnerabilities exposed

Signal uncovered the apparent security gaps in a company that makes a living breaking into smarphones.

Apr 21, 2021 By Tim Starks

Apple’s iOS 11.4.1 blocks tools governments use to crack open iPhones

After months of hints and restarts, Apple has included a key new security feature in the newly released iOS 11.4.1: USB Restricted Mode.

Jul 9, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

Cellebrite IoT data — See that Amazon speaker? Cellebrite has a way to examine its data. (Amazon)

Cellebrite’s newest target: Your IoT-filled home

A new set of technical updates, commercial webinars and sales pitches from Cellebrite outline the company's drive into IoT.

Jul 9, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

iphone jailbreak — Photo by Paul Hudson/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

No, Apple is not making it harder for cops to hack iPhones

Tuesday's report spread quickly after it was initially published on Tuesday including being re-blogged on several prominent outlets and reaching the top of the popular Hacker News…

May 8, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

The company known for cracking iPhones is making tons of money

On the back of newly achieved breakthroughs against Samsung Galaxy S phones and LG products, Cellebrite announced record-high revenue for 2017.

Nov 28, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill