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Meta’s WhatsApp demands contempt ruling after users report NSO Group-linked phishing

Meta says NSO violated a court injunction by targeting WhatsApp users again through phishing campaigns and test accounts. Last year, WhatsApp won a landmark case against NSO Group, the Israeli spyware vendor behind Pegasus, and secured a permanent court injunction barring the company from ever targeting WhatsApp or its users again. The court was unambiguous: […]

WhatsApp has detected and stopped spear-phishing campaigns allegedly conducted by the NSO Group after investigating user reports of social engineering attacks. [...]

The company said it spotted a spearphishing campaign linked to the Israeli spyware maker targeting WhatsApp users, despite a court order prohibiting it. The post Meta accuses NSO Group of defying spyware injunction, files contempt of court complaint appeared first on CyberScoop.

Meta on Monday said it detected and blocked spear-phishing attempts linked to Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group

Zuckercorp says surveillance-for-hire vendor was still running phishing operations after federal court told it to knock it off

NSO Group must pay $4 million in damages and is permanently prohibited from reverse-engineering WhatsApp or creating new accounts after targeting users with spyware.

NSO Group Blocked From WhatsApp and Must Destroy Code Used to Hack 1,400 DevicesA federal judge issued a permanent injunction barring NSO Group from using or retaining its WhatsApp spyware exploit, citing national security risks and business harm after the manufacturer's tools compromised 1,400 devices - some allegedly linked to journalists and officials.

A U.S. federal jury has ordered Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group to pay WhatsApp $167,254,000 in punitive damages and $444,719 in compensatory damages for a 2019 campaign that targeted 1,400 users of the communication app. [...]

The Israeli spyware maker must pay $444,719 in compensatory damages to Meta and $167.25m in punitive damages

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

Don't f&#k with Zuck A California jury has awarded Meta more than $167 million in damages from Israeli surveillanceware slinger NSO Group, after the latter exploited a flaw in WhatsApp to allow its government customers to spy on supposedly secure communications.…

Jury Slams NSO With $167M Verdict for WhatsApp HackMeta has secured a $167 million punitive damages verdict against Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group, with a U.S. jury finding the firm illegally used Pegasus malware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts tied to diplomats, dissidents and journalists using encrypted messaging platforms.

A US judge has ruled in favor of WhatsApp in a long-running case against commercial spyware-maker NSO Group

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices. [...]

Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp scored a major legal victory in its fight against Israeli commercial spyware vendor NSO Group after a federal judge in the U.S. state of California ruled in favor of the messaging giant for exploiting a security vulnerability to deliver Pegasus

Freshly released court documents reveal new details on controversial Israeli spyware firm's operations.

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. [...]

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