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This aerial photograph shows demonstrators and students as they gather in front of Serbia’s Constitutional Court building during a protest to demand accountability for the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, in Belgrade, on January 12, 2025. Thousands of Serbians protested in the capital Belgrade on January 12, 2025, against corruption and demanding justice for those killed in a train station roof collapse. The demonstrations have been ongoing for two months since a roof in a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad, which had recently undergone restoration work, collapsed on November 1, 2024, and killed 15 people. (Photo by TADIJA ANASTASIJEVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

It’s the first Pegasus infection of 2026 that Citizen Lab is forensically confirming, and the SHARE Foundation said it’s the biggest wave of spyware surveillance in Serbia…

Sep 2, 2026 By Tim Starks

Google has been ramping up the new feature, Intrusion Logging, since last year, and has now begun rolling it out on Pixel devices. (Getty Images)

Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide

Intrusion Logging marks the first feature from a major device vendor to aid with forensic detection of sophisticated threats, Amnesty International said.

May 12, 2026 By Tim Starks

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