Is your government spying on you? How safe are you from Pegasus, a Spyware that can invade your privacy with just a click? The chief of Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Tuesday confirmed that it had sold the country's police a variant of the Pegasus hacking tool that can access local cellphones.

What is 'Saifan' spyware? A weakened version of Pegasus for surveillance on Israeli citizens?

The Israeli government on Monday announced to conduct a state commission of inquiry to probe into the alleged claims of the country police using sophisticated spyware to hack into the phones of top government officials and journalists.

Israel PM vows action against Pegasus, to investigate claims

Israel's domestic spying scandal widened with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vowing government action following new reports.

Israel PM Naftali Bennett vows action on Pegasus spyware

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced a state inquiry into the widening Pegasus spying scandal. "Things allegedly happened here that are very serious," he said in a statement that also credited Pegasus as "an important tool in the fight against terrorism and severe crime".

Pegasus spying scandal: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announces state inquiry

Asher Levi, the chairman of the NSO Group, has announced Tuesday he is stepping down. The group is facing backlash over its controversial Pegasus spyware that has recently been accused of snooping on Israeli citizens.

NSO Group's chairman Asher Levi quits amid row over use of Pegasus spyware on Israeli citizens

NSO spyware software is back in the news. Israel's parliament will seek an explanation from police over reported use of the software against Israeli citizens. According to sources, Israeli police have now put the controversial hacking tool Pegasus to use, the spyware was developed by Israel's NSO group.

Pegasus row: Israeli citizens targeted by police using NSO spyware software

Israeli parliament will seek an explanation from police over reported use of the Pegasus on citizens

Israel's justice minister on Wednesday said that a full investigation would be carried out into allegations that Pegasus spyware was used to spy on Israeli citizens, including those who protested against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel to probe allegations of Pegasus spyware use against own citizens

The leader of Poland’s main opposition party, Donald Tusk, has called the hacking of his own phone through sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group as the ''biggest crisis of democracy.

Poland's opposition party leader calls hacking of phone through Pegasus software 'biggest crisis of democracy'

Amid worldwide uproar over NSO's Pegasus surveillance software allegedly used by various government agencies on individuals, Google in a blog post has tried to explain how the Israel-based company hacked into iPhones without anybody's knowledge.

'Zero-click exploitation': Google describes how NSO's Pegasus hacked into iPhones

French police officials detain a man suspected in the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Meanwhile, the Saudi embassy refutes the detained man's involvement and has demanded immediate release.

French police arrests possible suspect in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Apple has said that it will alert the users whenever their iPhones and other Apple products are targeted by “state-sponsored” spyware attacks. When Apple detects that a user has been targeted by state-sponsored hacking, it will send an iMessage and an email to the addresses on file, and a ‘Threat Notification’ will be displayed when the user signs into Apple ID, Apple said.

Pegasus snooping effect: Apple to alert users whenever iPhones get hacked by spyware

In light of the Pegasus spying scandal, Apple on Tuesday has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent NSO Group from targeting the over one billion iPhones in circulation.

Apple sues Israeli spyware firm NSO, seeks a permanent injunction to ban NSO

Palestine has accused Israel of using military-grade Pegasus software, developed by the NSO Group, to eavesdrop on the country. The spying software has been detected on the phones of three officials as per the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.

Palestine accuses Israel of using military-grade Pegasus software for eavesdropping

The United States Commerce Department has blacklistsed NSO, the maker of Israeli spyware Pegasus for maliciously targetting journalists. According to US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, ''The United States is committed to aggressively using export controls to hold companies accountable that develop, traffic, or use technologies to conduct malicious activities that threaten the cybersecurity of members of civil society, dissidents, government officials, and organisations here and abroad.

Pegasus snooping: US blacklists spyware maker NSO Group for maliciously targetting journalists

India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday formed a committee of experts to look into the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said the three-member committee will be headed by former apex court judge RV Raveendran.

India’s top court forms committee to probe snooping using Israeli spyware Pegasus

The mobile phones of at least five French ministers and a diplomatic advisor to President Emmanuel Macron were infected by the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware, sources told AFP on Friday, confirming a report by the Mediapart investigative website.

Five French Ministers targeted by Israel's Pegasus spyware, says report

In a revelation on Tuesday, the federal government said that the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) had bought notorious Pegasus spyware from the Israeli firm NSO in 2019.

NSO's notorious Pegasus spyware secretly bought by police in Germany: Reports

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to "parallel debate" on social media by petitioners who are seeking a court-monitored probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journalists.

Pegasus issue: Indian Supreme Court urges petitioners to refrain from parallel debate on social media

Pegasus's list of alleged targets includes at least 600 politicians, 180 journalists, 85 human rights activists and 65 business leaders.

Israel Defence ministry to share initial findings on NSO with France

Terming the recent spying allegations on governments a "global human rights crisis", UK-based human rights NGO Amnesty International, has asked for a moratorium on the sale and use of surveillance technology.

Pegasus scandal: Amnesty International calls for moratorium on surveillance technology

Algeria on Thursday expressed "deep concern" following press reports that it may have been the target of the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware as it launched a probe.

Algeria launches probe into Pegasus spyware claim

Emmanuel Macron is one of a number of world leaders named in a recent leak of 50,000 contacts alleged to have been Pegasus targets, including the prime ministers of Pakistan, Egypt and Morocco and the presidents of Iraq and South Africa.

France's Macron changes phone in light of Pegasus case

An official at Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group said Wednesday that the firm's controversial Pegasus spyware tool was not used to target French President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Macron 'was not a target' of spyware, says Pegasus maker NSO 

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