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WhatsApp successfully disrupted a new spear-phishing campaign by NSO Group that attempted to bypass a permanent court injunction prohibiting the targeting of its users. The attack involved luring victims to external malicious links and creating unauthorized test accounts, tactics similar to previous Pegasus infections reported in 2024. This incident underscores the ongoing legal and security friction between major platforms and state-sponsored spyware vendors despite existing judicial orders.
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WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order
TechCrunch3 min read
The messaging giant announced that it disrupted a phishing campaign targeting its users with NSO’s spyware.
WhatsApp said that it disrupted a new hacking campaign linked to NSO Group, a spyware maker that has been ensnared in countless cases of abuse all over the world. The messaging app maker accused NSO of violating an earlier court order that bars the company from targeting WhatsApp and its users with its spyware, and…
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