The Serbian government exploited Qualcomm zero-days to unlock and infect Android devices with a new spyware named 'NoviSpy,' used to spy on activists, journalists, and protestors. One of the ...

This is what happened to Serbian journalist Slaviša Milanov, who later discovered an undocumented Android spyware called “NoviSpy” installed on his phone. According to Amnesty International ...

Amnesty’s analysis of the NoviSpy spyware and a series of operational security, or OPSEC, mistakes point to Serbian intelligence as the spyware’s developer. According to Amnesty’s report ...

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It also found spyware that Amnesty said was previously unknown to it – a programme called NoviSpy – which had been installed on Milanov’s phone. Milanov said he was never advised that the ...

The report uncovered the use of NoviSpy, a previously unknown bespoke Android spyware tool. The Serbian police and the Security Information Agency (Bezbedonosno-informativna Agencija – BIA) have been ...

It also reveals how the Serbian police and the Security Information Agency (Bezbedonosno-informativna Agencija - BIA) have used a bespoke Android spyware system, NoviSpy, to covertly infect ...

During this time, police would plant “Novispy” — a spyware program that is likely state-developed — on their phones. Some devices were broken into using a (since-patched) Qualcomm ...

The spyware reportedly photographed the phone’s screen up to 20 times per minute, generating more than 70,000 screenshots over time. The development of NoviSpy dates back to 2018.

After a forensic scan it found that Cellebrite had been used to unlock the device and NoviSpy spyware had been installed. "We don't actually have agencies focused on the safety of citizens ...

Serbian authorities have rejected the claims they used forensic tools from Israeli company Cellebrite and bespoke spyware for illegal surveillance, calling them "nonsensical". #EuropeNews ...