Apparently there exists a system for deep dredging of public Internet data about specific people, called #Hermes, and it was bought by the Polish national prosecutor's office in 2021.
Seems like it was sold by the #NSOGroup, but they were only a reseller for another, unnamed Israeli company.
There's been quite the brouhaha about it in Polish media, but it's kinda difficult to find any mentions of it anywhere outside Poland.
Weird.
Does anyone have any info on this?
Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users - A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/jury-orders-nso-to-pay-167-million-for-hacking-whatsapp-users/ #security #exploits #nsogroup #whatsapp #pegasus #biz #policy
NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages - Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/technology/nso-meta-damages-whatsapp.html #surveillanceofcitizensbygovernment #compensationfordamages(law) #computersandtheinternet #cyberwarfareanddefense #cyberattacksandhackers #mobileapplications #computersecurity #metaplatformsinc #instagraminc #socialmedia #facebookinc #whatsappinc #nsogroup
Serbian student’s Android phone compromised by exploit from Cellebrite - Amnesty International on Friday said it determined that a zero-day exploit... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/android-0-day-sold-by-cellebrite-exploited-to-hack-serbian-students-phone/ #amnestyinternational #cellebrite #security #nsogroup #zerodays #android #biz&it
Great!!! 
#NSOGroup admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its #Pegasus #spyware, say unsealed court documents
"new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by #Israeli #surveillance tech maker NSO Group.
“The #evidence unveiled shows exactly how NSO’s operations #violated U.S. law and launched their cyberattacks against journalists, human rights activists and civil society,”..."
#TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/nso-group-admits-cutting-off-10-customers-because-they-abused-its-pegasus-spyware-say-unsealed-court-documents/
WhatsApp prevailed against #NSOGroup over NSO’s abuse of the messaging app to enable the infiltration of phones of journalists, activists and dissidents with its #Pegasus hacking tool https://www.ft.com/content/e5b770d7-07af-4e27-a686-a0c473e93770
Nation-state activity on mobile devices: Seven infections by the notorious #NSOGroup malware known as #Pegasus revealed by $1 phone scanner https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/12/1-phone-scanner-finds-seven-pegasus-spyware-infections/
$1 phone scanner finds seven Pegasus spyware infections - In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors again... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/12/1-phone-scanner-finds-seven-pegasus-spyware-infections/ #syndication #security #nsogroup #pegasus #spyware #biz&it
When was the last time you heard this from a #spyware company like #NSOGroup ...?
"Sorry, we are not selling any phone spyware licenses today because Apple/Google have all the vulns patched for the time being..."
This never happens! OTOH, a large array of malware tries to detect if its running in a VM and promptly gives up if it is.
Russian APT29 hackers use iOS, Chrome #exploits created by #spyware vendors
"APT29 used exploits that were almost identical to those used by commercial #surveillance-ware vendors like #NSOGroup and #Intellexa, who created and leveraged the flaws as #zeroDays when no fix was available."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-apt29-hackers-use-ios-chrome-exploits-created-by-spyware-vendors/
#Israel #Surveillance #CyberSecurity #NSOGroup #Spyware #Pegasus: "The Israeli government took extraordinary measures to frustrate a high-stakes US lawsuit that threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets about one of the world’s most notorious hacking tools, leaked files suggest.
Israeli officials seized documents about Pegasus spyware from its manufacturer, NSO Group, in an effort to prevent the company from being able to comply with demands made by WhatsApp in a US court to hand over information about the invasive technology.
Documents suggest the seizures were part of an unusual legal manoeuvre created by Israel to block the disclosure of information about Pegasus, which the government believed would cause “serious diplomatic and security damage” to the country."
A joint report by Citizen Lab and independent digital security expert Nikolai Kvantiliani presents evidence that journalists and activists from Russia, Belarus, Latvia, and Israel have been targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware within the EU.
Source: https://www.accessnow.org/publication/civil-society-in-exile-pegasus/
WhatsApp finally forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)
WhatsApp w... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2007345 #pegasusspyware #nsogroup #whatsapp #malware #pegasus #spyware #policy #israel #meta
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp
Exiled Russian journalist claims “European state” hacked her iPhone with Pegasus spyware - The founder of a news outlet outlawed in Russia for its independent reporting and stance ... https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/exiled-russian-journalist-claims-european-state-hacked-her-iphone-with-pegasus-spyware/ #guestblog #lawℴ #nsogroup #privacy #pegasus #latvia #russia #apple #ios
BLASTPASS: Government agencies told to secure iPhones against spyware attacks - CISA, the United States's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has ordered f... https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/government-agencies-told-secure-iphones-against-spyware-attacks #vulnerability #guestblog #nsogroup #malware #pegasus #spyware #apple #macos #ios
@heiseonline Dass #nsogroup an Terrorstaaten verkaufen würde, kann ich mir beim besten Willen nicht vorstellen.
Exiled Russian journalist reportedly hacked using NSO Group spyware
#rr #nso #NSOGroup #spyware #russia #germany #security #pegasus @citizenlab #citizenlab #accessnow
#CR281 ist draußen: Auftragshacks mit Staatstrojanern – Was der Untersuchungsausschuss des Europaparlaments über den #Staatstrojaner #Pegasus & den Anbieter NSO-Group rausgefunden hat; mit https://chaos.social/@ilf, https://mastodon.social/@monoxyd, #constanzekurz und mir, yay. https://chaosradio.de/cr281-auftragshacks-mit-staatstrojanern #nsogroup #chaosradio
