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No 10 subjected to UAE-linked spyware attack, says report, but Israeli firm suggests allegations are false

Catalonia's regional leader accused the Spanish government on Monday of spying on its citizens after a rights group said his phone and dozens more belonging to Catalan pro-independence figures had been infected with spyware used by sovereign states.

The International Federation of Journalists, along with the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers, has condemned an alleged attempt to spy on Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis through a new surveillance software named Predator.

Quartet targeted by clients – thought to be Jordanian government agencies – of Israeli company even after Apple sued in November

Digital-rights researchers have concluded that the mobile phones of four Jordanian human rights activists were hacked with software made by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group

Growing evidence shows Gulf state’s friends and enemies are being targeted by NSO Group software / You don’t know what is private’: how spyware erodes human rights in Bahrain

A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over damaging new allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.

Two more Poles have been identified as victims of phone hacking with the notoriously powerful spyware of Israel’s NSO Group

Organising committee official warns against ‘any behaviour or speech that is against the Olympic spirit’

A report revealed flaws in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics app, but the International Olympic Committee said it had been found to have “no critical vulnerabilities.”

A new report shows that an app that athletes and others attending next month’s Winter Games in Beijing must install has glaring security problems that could expose sensitive data to interception