Pegasus

Meta claims Israeli spyware firm NSO Group failed to complain, demands further pressure by US gov't

The complaint accuses the Israeli firm of running a phishing campaign that tricks users into clicking links leading to malicious websites, and of testing its products on WhatsApp accounts and groups.

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.
 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

Spanish judge shelves investigation of Pegasus use for attacks on PM Sanchez, ministers

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

NSO group names David Friedman chairman amid efforts to overcome US blacklist

Knesset plenary session. September 29, 2025.

Knesset cm’tee holds heated debate on spyware probe, Arab sector crime


Grapevine February 13, 2022: No surprise

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Daniel Friedmann, Avi Dichter, Yaakov Edri and Yitzhak Aharonovitch in a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem in 2007.

My Word: Pegasus, the police and Trojan horses

Apart from asking why the police would undertake such an operation, I wondered who leaked the information to the paper, why and why now?

 THE HEAD of a ‘Cyber Horse,’ made from discarded electronic bits, is displayed near the entrance to the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University in July 2021.

Are we in Tel Aviv or Pyongyang?

Illegal police use of NSO spyware, if true, would constitute the gravest assault on civil liberties and fundamental human rights in Israel's modern history.

 WHEN TOO much unchecked power is vested in the hands of faceless bureaucrats, even the strongest of democracies can slide toward oblivion.

NSO threatens Calcalist with defamation suit

NSO has threated Calcalist with a defamation lawsuit for its report alleging the cyber attack firm offers clients an option to delete the logos from its cyberattacks on others’ cell phones.

 A man walks past the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel July 22, 2021

Police cannot be allowed to use anti-terror tools against suspects - opinion

The debate as to how to define the Pegasus software in legislation and when it may or may not be used misses the point entirely.

 FORMER ISRAELI police commissioner Roni Alsheich during a visit to the Western Wall in 2016. It was during Alsheich’s tenure that spyware became increasingly used by the police

Who is profiting off the NSO Pegasus spyware affair?

The NSO affair has shaken up public opinion and the political system, but there are also big gainers.

An aerial view shows the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel, July 22, 2021.

Why have state probes become so popular in Bennett's government? - analysis

In a government that has a consensus about seeking punishments for its predecessors and not about what should be accomplished now, state commissions are a useful tool.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset plenum, February 7, 2022.

Bennett adds Shin Bet, Mossad to team probing police hacking scandal

Since Monday’s latest Calcalist disclosures, the political ground has shifted to focusing on what kind of state inquiry to approve.

 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Public Security Omer Barlev, Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai and Head of the Northern Command Police District Shimon Lavie seen during a ceremony after the largest ever police operation against illegal gun dealers, in Tel Aviv, November 9, 2021.

Pegasus intelligence capabilities threaten state security - opinion

The majority of those Israelis being monitored by the system were fearful even before they were fully aware of the system’s substantial capabilities.

 ISRAELIS DESERVE security from both external and internal threats.

NSO's Pegasus: How to know you're being tracked - and how to stop it

Do you think your phone is being targeted? These signs could help determine if you've been hacked and what you can do about it.

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