Serbia, spyware

Serbian authorities are reportedly hacking and installing spyware on activists’ phones
Amnesty International calls for the Serbian government to end these surveillance practices: Serbian authorities must stop using highly invasive spyware and provide effective remedy to victims of unlawful targeted surveillance and hold those responsible for the violations to account.
Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware on, a journalist’s phone
Amnesty said it found NoviSpy, an Android spyware linked to Serbian intelligence, on the phones of several members of Serbian civil society following police stops.
Authorities abroad use phone-cracking tools to install spyware, report says
As tech companies make it harder to infect phones remotely, governments are using physical access to the devices of activists to insert spyware programs.
Serbian police use mobile phone spyware to keep track of opponents and journalists, Amnesty says
Amnesty International says Serbia’s secret service and police have been spying on journalists and opposition activists by installing spyware on their mobile phones.
NoviSpy Spyware Installed on Journalist's Phone After Unlocking It With Cellebrite Tool
Serbian police allegedly used Cellebrite and NoviSpy spyware to compromise a journalist's phone, exploiting a CVE-2024-43047 vulnerability.
Amnesty: Serbia is monitoring activists' mobile phones with spyware
Serbia's security services are monitoring the mobile phones of journalists and activists critical of the government using illegally installed spyware, Amnesty International claimed on Monday. Experts from the human rights group were able to detect data-transmitting software on the devices of 13 activists and journalists,
Israeli spyware maker Paragon bought by US private equity giant
Paragon, an Israeli spyware maker that has largely kept a low profile in recent years, was acquired last week by American ...
Israeli spyware firm Paragon acquired by US investment group, report says
A U.S. investment group has acquired Israeli spyware vendor Paragon, a competitor to digital surveillance provider NSO Group, ...
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Android Zero-Day Exploited in Spyware Campaigns, Amnesty International Points to Cellebrite
Israeli forensics firm Cellebrite has been linked to an Android zero-day used to secretly install spyware on Serbian ...
New Android NoviSpy spyware linked to Qualcomm zero-day bugs
The Serbian government exploited Qualcomm zero-days to unlock and infect Android devices with a new spyware named 'NoviSpy,' ...
New iPhone Spyware Warning—Here’s What You Need To Do
Security experts at iVerify are warning that the iPhone spyware issue could be more widespread than previously thought.
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
The mobile device security firm iVerify has been offering a tool since May that makes spyware scanning accessible to ...