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Responding to a Lighthouse Reports publication documenting how First Wap, a surveillance company registered in Indonesia, has allegedly been covertly selling its products to state and private actors by exploiting gaps in export control regulations, Elina Castillo Jiménez, Advocacy and Policy Advisor for the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said: “This investigation is just the latest evidence […] The post Europe: New Lighthouse Reports investigation confirms regulatory gaps f...| Amnesty International Security Lab
Our September report “Shadows of Control” revealed that Pakistan is running a huge unlawful surveillance and censorship system. Built with foreign tech and carried out without warrants and safeguards, this is enabling human rights abuses on a massive scale. The report underscores the urgent need for stronger safeguards, greater transparency, and robust accountability mechanisms, all grounded […] The post Mass surveillance and censorship in Pakistan – explainer video appeared first on...| Amnesty International Security Lab
Last July, there was news circulating that I had been killed following a deadly crackdown during a protest I was participating in. Due to internet and network shutdowns in the entire district, I was only able to connect with my family three days later to reassure them that I was still alive. Those three days […] The post “The Pakistani government shut down the internet. I couldn’t even tell my family I was safe” appeared first on Amnesty International Security Lab.| Amnesty International Security Lab
A journalist shares his experience of surveillance. Amnesty research revealed that the Pakistani authorities are engaging in mass surveillance.| Amnesty International Security Lab
Analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab confirmed that both mobile devices were targeted by advanced spyware tools in August 2023.| Amnesty International Security Lab
Pakistan’s unlawful mass surveillance and censorship expansion is powered by a nexus of companies based in Germany, France, United Arab Emirates (UAE), China, Canada, and the United States, Amnesty International said today in a new report “Shadows of Control”. The year-long investigation was carried out in collaboration with Paper Trail Media, DER STANDARD, Follow the Money, The […] The post Pakistan: Mass surveillance and censorship machine is fueled by Chinese, European, Emirati a...| Amnesty International Security Lab
Responding to the publication of a Citizen Lab report identifying Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino and another who has chosen to remain anonymous, as the latest targets of Paragon’s spyware in Europe, Elina Castillo Jiménez, Advocacy and Policy Advisor on targeted surveillance at Amnesty International, said: “The discovery that Paragon’s highly invasive Graphite spyware has been unlawfully used […] The post Italy: New case of journalist targeted with Graphite spyware confirms w...| Amnesty International Security Lab
Responding to a ruling that spyware maker NSO Group must pay more than USD167 million in damages to Whatsapp, Rebecca White, Amnesty International’s researcher on targeted surveillance, said: “This is a momentous win in the fight against spyware abuse. NSO Group, which develops the notorious and highly invasive Pegasus spyware, has been implicated in severe […]| Amnesty International Security Lab
Novo istraživanje Amnesty International-a otkriva da su dve novinarke iz Balkanske istraživačke mreže (BIRN), nagrađivane mreže istraživačkih novinara iz Srbije, prošlog meseca bile meta špijunskog softvera Pegasus. Novinarke *Bogdana (nije pravo ime) i Jelena Veljković primile su sumnjive poruke preko aplikacije Viber sa nepoznatog srpskog broja registrovanog u mreži državnog telekomunikacionog operatera, Telekom Srbija. […] The post Srbija: Novinarke BIRN-a mete špijunsko...| Amnesty International Security Lab
Two journalists from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), an award-winning Serbian network of investigative journalists, were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware last month, a new Amnesty International investigation reveals. Journalists Bogdana (not her real name) and Jelena Veljkovic received suspicious messages on the Viber messaging app from an unknown Serbian number linked to […] The post Serbia: BIRN journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware appeared first on Amnes...| Amnesty International Security Lab
You can also read a pdf version of this technical briefing. Amnesty International has found evidence that two journalists at the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (“BIRN”), an award-winning network of investigative journalists, were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in February 2025. These new findings of ongoing Pegasus targeting further strengthen evidence that Serbian […] The post Journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware appeared first on Amnesty Internat...| Amnesty International Security Lab
Responding to the publication of a Citizen Lab report identifying multiple cases involving the use of Paragon’s spyware against journalists and human rights defenders in Italy, the Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, said: “The alarming discovery that Paragon’s highly invasive Graphite spyware has been used against human rights defenders and journalists in Italy […]| Amnesty International Security Lab
Amnesty International’s Security Lab, in collaboration with Amnesty’s European Regional Office, has uncovered a new case of misuse of a Cellebrite product to break into the phone of a youth activist in Serbia. The attack closely matches the form of attack that we previously documented in a report, ‘A Digital Prison’, published in December 2024. […] The post Cellebrite zero-day exploit used to target phone of Serbian student activist appeared first on Amnesty International Security Lab.| Amnesty International Security Lab
Serbian police and intelligence authorities are using advanced phone spyware alongside Cellebrite mobile phone forensic products to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other individuals in a covert surveillance campaign, a new Amnesty International report has revealed.| Amnesty International Security Lab
This is the Executive Summary of Amnesty International’s report on surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia. Please click here for the full report in PDF format. You can read the Executive Summary in Serbian, French or Spanish. In February 2024, Slaviša Milanov, an independent journalist from Dimitrovgrad in Serbia who covers local […]| Amnesty International Security Lab
This resource hub was prepared by the Security Lab for human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other members of civil society.| Amnesty International Security Lab
Saudi activist Yahya Assiri can continue his legal challenge against Saudi Arabia for being targeted with spyware while living in the UK.| Amnesty International Security Lab
An expose the Intellexa Alliance's surveillance capabilities including advanced spyware, mass surveillance platforms, and tactical systems for targeting and intercepting nearby devices.| Amnesty International Security Lab
