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NSO Group

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Founded2010
HeadquartersHerzliya
Israel
Key personShalev Hulio
SubsidiaryOSY Technologies SARL
FoundersShalev Hulio
Niv Carmi
Omri Lavie
Type of business Privately held company
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About NSO Group


NSO Group Technologies is an Israeli technology firm known for its Pegasus spyware enabling the remote surveillance of smartphones. It was founded in 2010 by Niv Carmi, Omri Lavie, and Shalev Hulio. It reportedly employed almost 500 people as of 2017, and is based in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv.

Apple launches Lockdown Mode to block spyware attacks on at-risk users

Apple launches Lockdown Mode to block spyware attacks on at-risk users
Jul 6,2022 10:55 pm

... Nso Group says its tools are made to target terrorists and criminals and insists it only supplies Pegasus to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies from countries with good human rights records...

No 10 network targeted with spyware, says group

No 10 network targeted with spyware, says group
Apr 19,2022 1:15 am

... Pegasus is sold by Nso Group to governments to carry out surveillance through infecting phones with malicious software...

Naftali Bennett: Warm welcome for Israeli leader in Bahrain

Naftali Bennett: Warm welcome for Israeli leader in Bahrain
Feb 16,2022 8:45 am

... And in a further twist, seized on by critics of normalisation, the mobile phones of nine Bahraini activists were hacked in 2020 using " Pegasus" spyware made by the Israeli firm Nso Group, according to researchers at the University of Toronto s Citizen Lab...

Princess Haya: The sheikh, the princess and the £550m divorce settlement

Princess Haya: The sheikh, the princess and the £550m divorce settlement
Dec 21,2021 1:47 pm

... The hack was made using invasive spyware called Pegasus, which infects targeted phones and was produced by the Israeli firm Nso Group...

Apple sues Israeli spyware firm NSO Group

Apple sues Israeli spyware firm NSO Group
Nov 24,2021 3:57 am

...Apple is suing Israeli spyware firm Nso Group and its parent company for allegedly targeting iPhone users with a hacking tool...

Tech-2019: Our biggest technology stories

Tech-2019: Our biggest technology stories
Feb 16,2020 9:40 am

... The tech company claims, Nso Group, an Israeli private security company, is responsible for and is currently being sued in the US courts...

'I was a victim of the WhatsApp hack'

'I was a victim of the WhatsApp hack'
Feb 16,2020 7:42 am

... It was allegedly built and sold by the Israel-based Nso Group and sold to governments around the world...

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims
Feb 16,2020 7:39 am

...Facebook-owned WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit against Israel s Nso Group, alleging the firm was behind cyber-attacks that infected devices with malicious software...

Naftali Bennett: Warm welcome for Israeli leader in Bahrain

Feb 16,2020 7:39 am

It is unlikely that Bahrain's interior ministry band has played the Israeli national anthem much before - But they practiced it to perfection.

The Song rang out with an honour guard in The Courtyard of Al-Qudaibiya Palace - Home to the ruling Al-Khalifa monarchy. I watched And Then saw smiles swapped in The Sunshine between Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad.

This Was a scene unthinkable a few years ago. So was Mr Bennett's welcome on Monday Night - an Israeli leader and Gulf royalty mingling over a Red Carpet , feted under airport floodlights.

But already it was starting to feel less remarkable. Normalisation is becoming normal.

Mr Bennett's trip to Bahrain is The Second to a Gulf country in as many months. He went to The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December. Both Arab states have signed trade and defence " framework" agreements with the Israelis. A year and a half has passed since the " Abraham Accords" began, now extending to four Arab countries.

They were brokered by US President Donald Trump and signed in 2020 by then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Mr Bennett, keen to escape his predecessor's shadow, sees his job as moving them from " ceremony to substance".

On Monday, the departures board at Ben Gurion airport listed two flights to Dubai And One to Abu Dhabi . Ours to Bahrain involved airport security, Prime Minister 's security, having your passport Taken Away and a two-and-a-half-hour Flight - including over Saudi Arabia - before landing in Manama.

The Bahraini capital is an impressive grid of skyscraper hotels, malls and Financial Services . Oil replaced pearls as the wealth driver in the 20Th Century . Now it's just a fifth of the economy, and like its neighbours Bahrain is diversifying to survive.

Mr Bennett met the country's finance, foreign and transport ministers, and held talks with The King and Crown Prince . Their officials said The Mission was to achieve " peace, stability and prosperity".

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The Desire to deliver on trade and Tourism - especially after the gloom of Covid - is genuine But challenging. It's been much slower going between Israel and Bahrain than with the UAE or Morocco (with Sudan there's been hardly any movement).

Military co-operation is often referred to, But rarely detailed. But it's the bigger point - A Sign of regional realignment.

Israel and The Gulf Arab states are signalling a growing entente against Iran, or as Mr Bennett views it a " common threat". The Middle East is gripped by conflicts drawing in proxies of - and in some cases directly involving - its powerful rivals; Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Mr Bennett said he wanted to forge a " ring of alliance" between Israel and Arab states.

But it is a fragile kind of friendship. Bahrain's Sunni Muslim monarchy rules a Shia majority population, many of whom oppose the new ties with Israel. There were small anti-government protests outside Manama on Monday Night . The Visit came on the same day as the 11th anniversary of the start there of the 2011 uprisings, which were forcefully repressed.

The main opposition group in the country is outlawed. And in a further twist, seized on by critics of normalisation, the mobile phones of nine Bahraini activists were hacked in 2020 using " Pegasus" spyware made by the Israeli firm Nso Group , according to researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab. Bahrain's government Last Year called those claims " unfounded and misguided" saying it was committed to individuals' rights and freedoms.

But left most isolated by the new diplomacy are the Palestinians. They see normalisation with Israel as a betrayal by Arab leaders of their hopes for an independent state. Their cause remains a touchstone issue for many Ordinary People in the Arab world.

During The Trip , Mr Bennett's officials kept him updated on a fresh flare-up in tensions in The East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Palestinian families face eviction from their homes to make way for Jewish settlers.

Before he'd even got on the plane for The Gulf , the Israeli press asked him first not about Bahrain But Jerusalem. As he took new strides abroad, Israel's leader couldn't leave core problems At Home .



Source of news: bbc.com

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