Protecting Phones From Pegasus-Like Spyware Attacks

Pegasus spyware from the Israeli firm NSO Group is nearly invisible. It sends messages to compromise targeted phones without setting off any alarm bells to the phone’s user. There’s little you can do to protect yourself, say experts. But little isn’t nothing. Our guest today is Adam Weinberg, whi...

Leaked NSO Group Data Hints at Widespread Pegasus Spyware Infections

Israeli-based NSO Group is being blasted in a groundbreaking report that alleges that the company’s controversial Pegasus malware is being used to target activists, journalists, business executives and politicians on a widespread level, using a variety of exploits — including a zero-click zero-da...

Israeli spyware used in hacking phones of activists, journalists globally

By Waqas In groundbreaking research, it has been revealed that governments and regimes around the world used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israeli spyware used in hacking phones of activists, journalists globally...

New Leak Reveals Abuse of Pegasus Spyware to Target Journalists Globally

A sweeping probe into a data leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers has revealed an extensive misuse of Israeli company NSO Group's Pegasus "military-grade spyware" to facilitate human rights violations by surveilling heads of state, activists, journalists, and lawyers around the world. Dubbed th...

Zero-Click Apple Zero-Day Uncovered in Pegasus Spy Attack

Four nation-state-backed advanced persistent threats APTs hacked Al Jazeera journalists, producers, anchors and executives, in an espionage attack leveraging a zero-day exploit for Apple iPhone, researchers said. The attack, carried out in July and August, compromised 36 personal phones belonging...

iPhones of 36 Journalists Hacked Using iMessage Zero-Click Exploit

Three dozen journalists working for Al Jazeera had their iPhones stealthily compromised via a zero-click exploit to install spyware as part of a Middle East cyberespionage campaign. In a new report published yesterday by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, researchers said personal phones of 36...

iPhones of 36 Journalists Hacked Using iMessage Zero-Click Exploit

Three dozen journalists working for Al Jazeera had their iPhones stealthily compromised via a zero-click exploit to install spyware as part of a Middle East cyberespionage campaign. In a new report published yesterday by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, researchers said personal phones of 36...

tog-pegasus bug fix and enhancement update

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section...

tog-pegasus bug fix and enhancement update

An update is available for tog-pegasus. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky...

ALBA-2020:4678 tog-pegasus bug fix and enhancement update

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section...

Facebook's NSO Group Lawsuit Over WhatsApp Spying Set to Proceed

Facebook’s lawsuit against NSO Group over alleged spying on WhatsApp users will be allowed to go forward. WhatsApp-owner Facebook is alleging that NSO Group exploited a vulnerability in WhatsApp to deploy its spyware against human rights activists, journalists and political dissidents. A federal...

NSO Group Impersonates Facebook Security Team to Spread Spyware — Report

According to an investigative journalist team, the Israeli authors of the infamous Pegasus mobile spyware, NSO Group, have been using a spoofed Facebook login page, crafted to look like an internal Facebook security team portal, to lure victims in. The news comes as Facebook alleges that NSO Grou...

Access Control Bypass

tog-pegasus is vulnerable to access control bypass. After re-basing to version 2.7.0 of the OpenGroup Pegasus code, these additional security enhancements were no longer being applied. As a consequence, access to OpenPegasus WBEM services was not restricted to the dedicated users as described in...

Arbitrary Code Execution

top-pegasus is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the PAM authentication code in the OpenPegasus CIM management server. An unauthenticated remote user could trigger this flaw and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges...

NSO Group President Defends Controversial Tactics

In a rare public appearance by Shiri Dolev, the president of the secretive NSO Group Technologies, the company leader vented over what she called “false myths” about the firm. Dolev also took indirect aim at secure messaging platforms, offered by the likes of Facebook, explaining surveillance...

CVE-2011-4967

tog-Pegasus has a package hash collision DoS vulnerability...

Design/Logic Flaw

tog-Pegasus has a package hash collision DoS vulnerability...

CVE-2011-4967

tog-Pegasus has a package hash collision DoS vulnerability...

CVE-2011-4967

CVE-2011-4967, titled tog-Pegasus hash collision DoS vulnerability, affects the tog-Pegasus package (hash collision in its XML table) and is described across multiple sources as a DoS vector with a network attack surface. NVD lists CVSS2/3.1 base scores of 5.0 (Medium) and 7.5 (High) respectively...

Facebook Sues Israeli NSO Spyware Firm For Hacking WhatsApp Users

Finally, for the very first time, an encrypted messaging service provider is taking legal action against a private entity that has carried out malicious attacks against its users. Facebook filed a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance firm NSO Group on Tuesday, alleging that the company was...