Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Greek lawsuit comes as rights campaigners lobby the EU to take firmer stance on spyware abuses

Also, Disney Pays $10M to Settle Child Privacy Case, Spain Scraps Huawei DealThis week, Jaguar hack, Disney settled a child privacy case, Texas sued PowerSchool and federal prosecutors sued a toy maker. Spain voided a Huawei contract, Pennsylvania AG confirmed a ransomware attack. U.S. immigration enforcement resumed a spyware contract and Baltimore lost $1.5 million to BEC.

The spyware company must pay the tech giant $168 million in punitive and compensatory damages after a 2019 attack targeting 1,400 devices.

A federal jury on Tuesday decided that NSO Group must pay Meta-owned WhatsApp WhatsApp approximately $168 million in monetary damages, more than four months after a federal judge ruled that the Israeli company violated U.S. laws by exploiting WhatsApp servers to deploy Pegasus spyware, targeting over 1,400 individuals globally

Legal documents released as part of an ongoing legal tussle between Meta's WhatsApp and NSO Group have revealed that the Israeli spyware vendor used multiple exploits targeting the messaging app to deliver Pegasus, including one even after it was sued by Meta for doing so

Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in zero-click attacks, even after getting sued. [...]

iPhone Maker Seeks Voluntary Dismissal, Citing Concerns Over Sensitive Data LeakingApple has filed a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against NSO Group, citing concerns over the potential exposure of sensitive threat intelligence information. The tech giant believes continuing the lawsuit could compromise its ability to protect users and lead to the disclosure of sensitive data.

Apple filed a motion to drop its lawsuit against NSO Group, fears key elements of its cyber defensive measures could be revealed to other spyware vendors

Apple has filed a motion to "voluntarily" dismiss its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, citing a shifting risk landscape that could lead to exposure of critical "threat intelligence" information

A U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of the social media giant's ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor

Judge says anti-hacking laws fits Pegasus case "to a T" A US court has rejected spyware vendor NSO Group's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple that alleges the developer violated computer fraud and other laws by infecting customers' iDevices with its surveillance software.…

Pegasus software maker faces mounting lawsuits, investigations in the US and EU Someone at least tried to use NSO Group's surveillance software to spy on European Commission officials last year, according to a Reuters report. …