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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicIsraeli spyware

Topic: Israeli spyware

Privacy advocates hail US court findings against Pegasus amid push to end cyber-espionage proliferation

US is concerned that spread of cyber-espionage tools can undermine decisive edge its intel services currently enjoy, an expert says. Threat extends from personal data to govt secrets.

‘Mercenary spyware’ targets KC Venugopal’s iPhone amid Pegasus attack allegations by others

Congress's Venugopal, who is a close aide of LoP Rahul Gandhi, made the allegation based on an alert from Apple. He previously received such an alert on 30 October, 2023.

Conflict of interest? Israeli firm is selling high-tech hacking tool to both India & Pakistan

Israeli cybertech firm Cellebrite has been selling its UFED, a cutting-edge mobile phone hacking tool, to both India and Pakistan for over a decade.

Israeli spyware Pegasus invades iPhones, targets include Mexican rights workers, says report

The Citizen Lab reported that the attacks targeted human rights activists who were researching the 2015 mass kidnapping of 43 student demonstrators in Mexico.

Israeli spyware used to hack across 10 countries, say Microsoft and watchdog reports

In its research report, Microsoft said it believed with ‘high confidence’ that the spyware was ‘strongly linked to QuaDream.’

On Camera

Bihar beyond Buddha and Mandal—why the 2025 polls are critical for Indian democracy

It is not often noted, but in the North, Bihar is the only state where the BJP has not come to power on its own. The party's desire to turn Bihar into UP should not be ignored.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.