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TechnoTenshi :verified_trans: :Fire_Lesbian:<p>Spyware from US-backed Israeli firm Paragon was used to target European journalists, raising concerns about abuse in democracies. Citizen Lab's analysis ties infections to Italy, as questions mount over state surveillance.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/spyware-italy-paragon-meloni-pegasus-f36dd32106f44398ee24001317ccf2bb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/spyware-ita</span><span class="invisible">ly-paragon-meloni-pegasus-f36dd32106f44398ee24001317ccf2bb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>Two European journalists were hacked using government spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech provider Paragon, new research has confirmed.&nbsp;<a href="https://connectop.us/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/researchers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/rese</span><span class="invisible">archers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware/</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>US-backed Israeli company’s spyware used to target European journalists, Citizen Lab finds… <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/spyware-italy-paragon-meloni-pegasus-f36dd32106f44398ee24001317ccf2bb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/spyware-ita</span><span class="invisible">ly-paragon-meloni-pegasus-f36dd32106f44398ee24001317ccf2bb</span></a></p>
Anne Roth<p>"The hacking mystery roiling the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is deepening after researchers said they had found new evidence that two more journalists were targeted using the same military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted to using against activists."</p><p><a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@citizenlab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>citizenlab</span></a></span> <a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Paragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paragon</span></a> <a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Italien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italien</span></a> <a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/12/european-journalists-targeted-with-paragon-solutions-spyware-say-researchers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/jun</span><span class="invisible">/12/european-journalists-targeted-with-paragon-solutions-spyware-say-researchers</span></a></p>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a></p><p>"Two more European journalists’ mobile devices are confirmed to have been targeted — one successfully — with Paragon spyware, the latest development in a broadening scandal involving the use of the company’s powerful surveillance technology to snoop on members of civil society on the continent.</p><p>Digital forensics research institute the Citizen Lab reported Thursday morning that the journalists were part of a larger group notified in late April by Apple about possible 'mercenary spyware' attacks. The researchers document what is believed to be the first known infection of an Apple device with Graphite, a Paragon product.</p><p>The latest targets are a 'prominent' European journalist who wishes to stay anonymous and Ciro Pellegrino, a colleague of a previously identified Paragon spyware target, Francesco Cancellato, the Citizen Lab said. </p><p>Both Pellegrino and Cancellato work at the Italian news outlet Fanpage, which published an investigation documenting ties between Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and young fascists last June."</p><p><a href="https://therecord.media/paragon-graphite-spyware-journalists-apple-devices-citizen-lab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.media/paragon-graphi</span><span class="invisible">te-spyware-journalists-apple-devices-citizen-lab</span></a></p>
Julian-Ferdinand Vögele<p>Today we’re publishing a new report on Intellexa’s <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Predator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Predator</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a>, which is still active despite global sanctions, now with a new client and ties to a Czech entity. Check out the full report here: <a href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/predator-still-active-new-links-identified" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">recordedfuture.com/research/pr</span><span class="invisible">edator-still-active-new-links-identified</span></a></p>
Eugene McParland 🇺🇦<p>European <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers</p><p>Citizen Lab says it found ‘digital fingerprints’ of military-grade <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> that Italy has admitted using against activists</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/12/european-journalists-targeted-with-paragon-solutions-spyware-say-researchers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/jun</span><span class="invisible">/12/european-journalists-targeted-with-paragon-solutions-spyware-say-researchers</span></a></p>
Cybernews<p>A second Italian journalist was recently targeted by software made by U.S.-owned surveillance company Paragon</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cnews.link/spyware-scandal-italian-journalist-paragon-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cnews.link/spyware-scandal-ita</span><span class="invisible">lian-journalist-paragon-2/</span></a></p>
Captain Jack Sparrow<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://partyon.xyz/@nando161" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nando161</span></a></span> </p><p>wouldn't it be terrible if <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymous</span></a> hacked into <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> and published the names and addresses of its key staff and directors. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascistUSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/palantirtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palantirtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trumpfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpfascism</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBrownSpiderWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBrownSpiderWeb</span></a></p><p>(2/n) </p><p>👉2025 is set to become #1933 and"#1984" at the same time.👈<br>With the real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KingMaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingMaker</span></a>'s (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> products (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a>,) 2026 is set to add a new generation ingredient to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PredictivePolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PredictivePolicing</span></a>, a brand new way in RL to persecute <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtCrime</span></a>. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> </p><p>That said, I agree 100% with the excellent <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> article: </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/trump-authoritarianism-los-angeles-citizens-immigrants" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jun/11/trump-authoritarianism-los-angeles-citizens-immigrants</span></a></p><p>At <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> "...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is...</p>
CDT Europe<p>📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here!</p><p>This issue covers:</p><p>💻 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CPDP2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPDP2025</span></a> highlights </p><p>👁️ 6th roundtable on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> regulation</p><p>💬 Experts’ conversations on the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DSA</span></a></p><p>⚖️ CSOs workshop on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> governance</p><p>👇 Read more about EU tech policy: <br><a href="https://cdt.org/insights/eu-tech-policy-brief-june-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdt.org/insights/eu-tech-polic</span><span class="invisible">y-brief-june-2025/</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>Why Western Democracies selectively and actively support human rights abuses, apartheid, and genocide:<br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/114658618799670386" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApa</span><span class="invisible">rtheid/114658618799670386</span></a></p><p>And what that says about what they call "democracy."</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ItalyPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItalyPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>»Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle;<br>The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.«</p><p>This is not surprising and it has been known for a long time that Telegram is anything but not secure. Now it is, so to speak, "unofficially" a Russia defence sector spyware.</p><p>🫤 <a href="https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-middle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">occrp.org/en/investigation/tel</span><span class="invisible">egram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-middle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telegram</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/unsecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unsecure</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fsb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fsb</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/sec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sec</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spy</span></a></p>
Matthias Monroy<p><a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Italien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italien</span></a> beteuert, „nur“ 2 linke Aktivisten, aber nicht wie berichtet auch ein Journalist seien von Geheimdiensten mit der <a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Graphite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Graphite</span></a> ausgeforscht worden. Der Hersteller <a href="https://systemli.social/tags/Paragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paragon</span></a> säht daran Zweifel — und kündigt alle Verträge mit dem Land:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/2025.06.08-215326/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-06-09/ty-article/.premium/paragon-questions-journalist-hack-probe-after-contract-nixed/00000197-511f-ddae-a1ff-5b5fb4bf0000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/2025.06.08-215326/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-06-09/ty-article/.premium/paragon-questions-journalist-hack-probe-after-contract-nixed/00000197-511f-ddae-a1ff-5b5fb4bf0000</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>Pegasus spyware is Israeli tech. Western Democracies support human rights abuses, apartheid and genocide by certain countries because these countries benefit them.</p><p>Always remember: democracy is what democracy does.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114646445193206095" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1146</span><span class="invisible">46445193206095</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FossilFuelocraty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelocraty</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Piratenpartij Delft<p>Delft Fringe Festival, best leuk, behave als je een kaartje probeert te kopen zonder cookies en spyware te accepteren. :blobangery: Je kunt sommige cookies afwijzen, als je de verstopte menu optie weet te vinden, maar dat moet je dan bij elke stap in het bestelproces opnieuw doen. :blobfacepalm:</p><p>Hier de indrukwekkende lijst van advertentie bedrijven die met je mee kijkt, waaronder <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> en <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>: <a href="https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdelftfringefestival.nl%2Fwinkelwagen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themarkup.org/blacklight?url=h</span><span class="invisible">ttps%3A%2F%2Fdelftfringefestival.nl%2Fwinkelwagen</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/Delft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/DelftFringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelftFringe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkpatterns</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"On Thursday, the findings of the parliamentary committee investigating Italy's usage of the spyware were published, in a rare incident of a Western state shedding light into a usually secretive world of intelligence agencies and covert surveillance.<br>The committee confirmed that Paragon provided Graphite to two Italian agencies, including the country's external intelligence service, starting in 2023. The version of Graphite provided did not include the ability to activate the phone's microphone or camera, the report said.</p><p>Instead, it only enabled its operators access to encrypted communications on the hacked devices. The report also confirmed that Graphite exploited a vulnerability in WhatsApp that Meta identified and patched in December 2024, one month before the spyware's activity was publicly disclosed.</p><p>The vulnerability's discovery also caused "panic" at Israel's military intelligence Unit 8200, according to the recent Israeli television report.</p><p>The Italian committee also confirmed Meta's claim that several activists involved in migrant rights in Italy had their phones hacked, including Luca Casarini, Giuseppe Caccia, and David Yambio – though in Yambio's case, the hack was carried out not by Graphite but by another unnamed spyware."</p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-06-05/ty-article/.premium/italy-admits-activists-were-hacked-with-israeli-spyware-but-not-journalists/00000197-3ff4-d079-ab97-7ff5bd8a0000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/israel-news/securi</span><span class="invisible">ty-aviation/2025-06-05/ty-article/.premium/italy-admits-activists-were-hacked-with-israeli-spyware-but-not-journalists/00000197-3ff4-d079-ab97-7ff5bd8a0000</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Paragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paragon</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Graphite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Graphite</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p>
tsk<p>I just posted this in a github issue for <u>wyng_backup</u>...</p><p>👉 I don't care about the pretense, pretexts or excuses they use for their window dressing; A spyware vendor is a spyware vendor, and a despot is a despot. Microsoft betrays users' trust at an immense scale.</p><p>Therefore I would like to leave this MS-owned site for someplace more ethical. The first alternative that comes to mind is CodeBerg; it serves projects more demanding than mine so I think it will be fine. Suggestions for other sites are welcome!<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wyng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wyng</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codeberg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/tasket/wyng-backup/issues/250" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/tasket/wyng-backup/</span><span class="invisible">issues/250</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL34WpoETds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lL34WpoETd</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WIRED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIRED</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/IncognitoMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncognitoMode</span></a> </p><p>How Governments Spy on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> --And How to Avoid It </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ProtestIsNOTACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestIsNOTACrime</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GovernmentSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentSurveillance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DontGetTracked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontGetTracked</span></a></p>
heise online<p>Spyware-Attacke gegen WhatsApp: NSO Group will neue Verhandlung</p><p>Zu 167 Millionen US-Dollar Strafzahlung verurteilt, stellt der Pegasus-Hersteller NSO Group einen Antrag auf Zurückweisung oder Neuanordnung des Verfahrens.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Spyware-Attacke-gegen-WhatsApp-NSO-Group-will-neue-Verhandlung-10423063.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Spyware-Attacke-</span><span class="invisible">gegen-WhatsApp-NSO-Group-will-neue-Verhandlung-10423063.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Netzpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netzpolitik</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Pegasus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pegasus</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>