NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Caught Targeting Journalists Again
Amnesty uncovers new Pegasus attacks on Serbian journalists, exposing NSO Group's spyware.
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NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Caught Targeting Journalists Again
On Thursday, Amnesty International published a new report detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly carried out with NSO Group’s spyware Pegasus. Image Credits:Amir Levy / Getty Images The two journalists, who work for the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), received suspicious text messages including a link — basically a phishing attack, according to the nonprofit. In one case, Amnesty said its researchers were able to click on the link in a safe environment and see that it led to a domain that they had previously identified as belonging to NSO Group’s infrastructure. “Amnesty International has spent years tracking NSO Group Pegasus spyware and how it has been used to target activists and journalists,” Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, the head of Amnesty’s Security Lab,said. “This technical research has allowed Amnesty to identify malicious websites used to deliver the Pegasus spyware, including the specific Pegasus domain used in this campaign…
