A developer works on a late-night project. (PeopleImages/Getty Images) Google: Governments need to do more to combat commercial spyware The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it. Feb 6, 2024 By AJ Vicens
Safe Mode Supercomputers for AI and the proliferation of commercial spyware Rasha Abdul Rahim, Director, Amnesty Tech at Amnesty International Nov 30, 2023 By CyberScoop Staff
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) Commerce Department blacklists spyware companies Cytrox and Intellexa The actions are the first major initiative on spyware since Biden issued an executive order restricting on government use of surveillance software. Jul 18, 2023 By Tonya Riley
The White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Caroline Purser/Getty Images) Executive order sets up guardrails for US use of commercial spyware At least 50 devices belonging to U.S. personnel have been targeted by commercial spyware. Mar 27, 2023 By Tonya Riley
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo on February 9, 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. Several spyware vendors, including one co-founded by an NSO employee, appear in a Meta report on the surveillance-for-hire industry. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Meta takes down surveillance-for-hire firms, calls for government action against the industry The surveillance-for-hire industry is growing quickly as new firms crop up around the globe to meet market demand. Dec 15, 2022 By Tonya Riley Suzanne Smalley
(Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) More than a dozen journalists sue NSO Group in U.S. court over alleged spyware targeting The lawsuit is the third against the Israeli firm in the U.S., but the first brought by journalists. Dec 1, 2022 By AJ Vicens
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said an executive order on spyware is coming. (Photo by Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images) White House expected to issue executive order reining in spyware The prospect of an executive order limiting use of spyware within U.S. intelligence unleashes potentially even more debate in Washington. Nov 18, 2022 By Tonya Riley
A woman uses her phone at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2022 in the Emirati capital on May 25, 2022. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP/Getty Images) State Department debars ex-NSA cyber mercenaries who aided vast UAE surveillance operation The former intelligence operatives worked in a hacking unit of the cybersecurity firm DarkMatter, which is known for developing spyware. Aug 31, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo on February 9, 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. Several spyware vendors, including one co-founded by an NSO employee, appear in a Meta report on the surveillance-for-hire industry. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Will spyware maker NSO Group’s struggles reduce use of its eavesdropping tech? Critics doubt it. The company announced layoffs and a reorganization on Sunday, but spyware researchers doubt that will reduce the use of its technology. Aug 22, 2022
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee on the January 6th insurrection in the Cannon House Office Building on June 28, 2022 in Washington. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) House Intel Chairman vows to put ‘greater emphasis’ on fighting spyware Spyware such as NSO Group-produced Pegasus is proliferating quickly and poses a threat to privacy and national security, experts said. Jul 27, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley