Pegasus
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NSO Group's surveillance spyware used for covert device compromise and data collection.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by security coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 34%.
Evidence (2)
- 7Hacker News·8/14/2026securityAI May Push Law Enforcement Toward a New Hacking Era
The article argues that advances in AI-driven vulnerability discovery could make consumer software and devices harder to exploit, reducing law enforcement and intelligence agencies’ ability to rely on traditional surveillance access. It frames this as a reversal of the post-2010 era, when targeted hacking tools and commercial exploit vendors helped agencies bypass stronger encryption and device security.
- 8Hacker News·7/3/2026securityMEP Stelios Kouloglou targeted by Pegasus spyware
Citizen Lab reports that former European Parliament member Stelios Kouloglou was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on multiple occasions while serving on the PEGA committee investigating spyware abuses. The infections likely exposed non-public committee-related information, raising concerns about breaches of parliamentary confidentiality and privilege; the report does not attribute the attacks to the Greek government.