WhatsApp is suing NSO Group, saying that the Israeli company was behind a cyberattack that installed spyware on users’ phones and targeted at least 100 human rights defenders, journalists and ...

WhatsApp just took a hard new line against the malware industry, suing notorious Israeli surveillance contractor NSO Group for attacks on more than a thousand of its users.The case could mark a ...

WhatsApp’s suing the NSO Group is, undoubtedly, a publicity ploy — but it’s also an important step forward for trying to stem the spread of corporate spyware across the globe by drawing ...

The lawsuit by WhatsApp parent company Facebook into NSO Group, he said, is a “certified big deal” and will have widespread implications for commercial spyware companies in general.

Last week, Israeli firm NSO Group, best known for its Pegasus spyware targeting iPhones and Android devices, was ordered to pay Meta more than $167M for targeting WhatsApp users.. Now, TechCrunch ...

NSO’s three exploits targeted WhatsApp users. One technique that NSO used to allow its customers to target WhatsApp users, described in one document, was to set up something the company called a ...

Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users. On Tuesday, after a five-year legal battle, a jury ...

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus spyware, alleging that it was behind the massive WhatsApp hack earlier this year.. In May 2019, a zero-day ...

The decision in favor of WhatsApp and parent company Meta follows a U.S. Commerce Department rule blacklisting Israel's NSO Group for allegedly developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments.

Facebook has sued the NSO Group, a security software maker, alleging it was responsible for using the WhatsApp message platform to spread spyware earlier this year.The lawsuit claims the NSO Group ...

WhatsApp is suing NSO Group, saying that the Israeli company was behind a cyberattack that installed spyware on users’ phones and targeted at least 100 human rights defenders, journalists and ...