The NYT's lead story recently featured a chilling story of the infamous Israeli cyber-security firm, NSO Group, whose Pegasus malware has been illegally utilized by Mexican intelligence agencies to spy on legitimate human rights and anti-corruption activists. NSO negotiates lucrative contracts with foreign governments, which purportedly use the malware to … [Read more...]
All’s Not Well in Sunnistan
Over the past few days, a bizarre set of threats and intrigue has beset the Sunni world. Last month, the Qatari national news agency released a statement from the Emir which predicted the demise of the Trump Presidency and expressed support for Iran, a Sunni rival. Just after the article appeared it was renounced by the Qatari government, which claimed … [Read more...]
Protecting Whistleblowers
Yesterday, The Intercept published an extremely important report based on secret documents from an NSA contractor. It showed that Russia not only intervened in the U.S. election in favor of Trump in ways we already knew. But it also attempted to intervene in far more troubling ways: apparently seeking to sabotage the voter registration and voter tallies in … [Read more...]
Shabak Creates Cyber-Combat Division
Not to be outdone by the IDF, which has Unit 8200; and Mossad, which just launched its own cyber-terror capability; Israel's domestic spy agency, the Shabak, just launched its own cyber-combat unit. It's done so in what the agency believes is a playful, humorous mode by creating customized, mock video game sites. They feature a scenario in which an agent … [Read more...]