Spyware like Pegasus has been widely used by governments and other actors to spy on opponents, media and activists. The programs can be placed on computers and cellphones by phishing communications and backdoor exploits, and can survey and transmit information on the phone back to an operator without the user's...

WhatsApp sued the Israeli technology firm in 2019, accusing it of targeting approximately 1,400 devices with spyware to steal information from people using the app. "We're grateful to see the Supreme Court rejected NSO's baseless petition," said WhatsApp spokesperson Carl Woog.

Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri, who is in Israeli detention, filed a complaint in France Tuesday against surveillance firm NSO Group for having "illegally infiltrated" his mobile phone with the spyware Pegasus.

An updated Israeli end user certificate issued Monday, to be signed by buyers, listed terrorism as including offences committed with the aim of ‘seriously intimidating a population’ or ‘unduly compelling a government’ through crimes such as hostage taking and potentially fatal attacks upon a person's life.

Israel has started a probe into the Tel Aviv-headquartered NSO Group, even as the company itself says it will investigate any proof of “misuse” of its surveillance software Pegasus.

Israel has set up a ministerial team to look into the Pegasus spyware scandal, while the NSO Group stopped taking media queries

An Israeli firm accused of supplying spyware to governments has been linked to a list of tens of thousands of smartphone numbers from around the world.