Italian lawmakers seek answers from government on spyware scandalThe move marks the latest twist in a months-long saga that has left Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conservative government facing oppositi...
04 Jul, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
US jury awards WhatsApp $168 million in NSO Group cyberespionage suitA US jury awarded WhatsApp $168 million in damages against Israeli firm NSO Group for using Pegasus spyware to hack users’ phones. The cour...
07 May, 2025, 06.40 AM IST
WhatsApp Hack Alert: Your phone might be hacked without clicking any link. Know about the 'Zero-Click' spywareWhatsApp has warned that nearly 100 users across more than two dozen countries were targeted by a "zero-click" spyware attack linked to Isr...
06 Feb, 2025, 04.57 PM IST
Google calls out spyware firms and advocates for tighter regulationSpyware firms often say their products are meant for the use of governments for national security, but the technology has been repeatedly f...
06 Feb, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online: reportSpyware lets the user see the contents of the target's device, including calls, texts, email and voicemail. Some forms of spyware can take ...
24 Sep, 2023, 02.07 PM IST
What's Cognyte, the spyware Congress alleges the government is buyingCongress leader Pawan Khera claimed today that the Modi government is looking to acquire new spyware by spending Rs 986 crore of taxpayers'...
10 Apr, 2023, 08.13 PM IST
Lok Sabha: Manish Tewari gives adjournment notice to discuss govt reportedly in "market for new spyware"Tewari has cited a report in the Financial Times dated 31st March 2023 which claimed that the Indian Government is in the market for new sp...
05 Apr, 2023, 09.51 AM IST
How the global spyware industry spiralled out of controlThe Biden administration took a public stand last year against the abuse of spyware but the global industry for commercial spyware - which ...
09 Dec, 2022, 10.28 PM IST
Congress seeks privilege motion against IT Minister on PegasusCongress House leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Sunday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, giving notice for the Privilege Motion...
31 Jan, 2022, 08.30 AM IST
US lawmakers call for sanctions against Israel's NSO, other spyware firmsTheir letter sent late Tuesday also asks for sanctions on top executives at NSO, the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter,...
15 Dec, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
Israel's NSO blocks some government clients from using its spyware over misuse claims: ReportIsraeli cybersecurity company NSO Group, has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its spyware technol...
31 Jul, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
Pegasus issue: Rajya Sabha MP moves Supreme Court seeking court-monitored probeA massive political row has erupted after media reports claimed that Pegasus spyware was used to conduct surveillance on about 300 Indians,...
25 Jul, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
Pakistan voices 'serious concern' over reports about India's alleged use of Pegasus spywareAccording to reports, Imran Khan was a potential target of the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware programme by clients of the NSO Group cyberespi...
23 Jul, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
Parliamentary panel likely to question officials on Pegasus phone tapping allegations on July 28: SourcesThe 32-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology headed by Tharoor is scheduled to meet on July 28. The agenda ...
21 Jul, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
Pegasus: What is it? How does it operate?In 2019, messaging major WhatsApp revealed that the Israeli technology had been used to infect close to 1,400 phones with the application i...
19 Jul, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
WhatsApp says alerted govt of spyware attack in September too; IT Min says past info was inadequateWhatsApp had said it is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entitie...
03 Nov, 2019, 03.42 PM IST
- Hackers cracking mobile phones too
Hackers, who are already wrecking websites and e-mails, are now targeting mobile phones, say cyber experts.
25 May, 2008, 04.16 PM IST