Citizen Lab

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• Boniface Mwangi
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Kenya
• Privacy

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a...

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• Android
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Geopolitics
• human rights
• iPhone
• Jordan
• Privacy
• Serbia
• spyware

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against activists

Cyber Scoop January 22, 2026

Researchers find Jordan government used Cellebrite phone-cracking tech against...

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• Access Now
• Citizen Lab
• Department of Treasury
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Intellexa
• Policy
• Predator
• Privacy
• sanctions
• spyware
• Treasury Department

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list

Cyber Scoop January 2, 2026

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list |...

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• academia
• application specific passwords
• APT29
• Citizen Lab
• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Keir Giles
• multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Privacy
• Russia
• Technology
• Threats

Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department in ‘sophisticated’ attacks on researchers

Cyber Scoop June 18, 2025

Unusually patient suspected Russian hackers pose as State Department...

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• Access Now
• Citizen Lab
• Italy
• Paragon
• Privacy
• spyware
• Technology

Paragon spyware found on the phones of Euro journos

Cyber Scoop June 12, 2025

Paragon spyware found on the phones of Euro journos...

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• Australia
• Canada
• China
• Citizen Lab
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Geopolitics
• germany
• Lookout
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• National Security Agency (NSA)
• New Zealand
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• taiwan
• Threats
• Tibet
• Uighur
• United Kingdom (U.K.)

BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns

Cyber Scoop April 9, 2025

BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur...

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• Amnesty International
• Australia
• Canada
• Citizen Lab
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Israel
• Italy
• Paragon
• Privacy
• Singapore
• spyware
• Threats

Six additional countries identified as suspected Paragon spyware customers

Cyber Scoop March 19, 2025

Six additional countries identified as suspected Paragon spyware customers...

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• Citizen Lab
• Cybersecurity
• ICE
• NSO Group
• Paragon
• Privacy
• spyware
• Technology
• Threats
• U.S. courts
• WhatsApp

WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society

Cyber Scoop January 31, 2025

WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters,...

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• Citizen Lab
• Cybersecurity
• FSB
• Monokle
• Research
• Russia
• spyware
• surveillance
• Threats
• Uncategorized

How a Russian man’s harrowing tale shows the physical dangers of spyware

Cyber Scoop December 5, 2024

How a Russian man’s harrowing tale shows the physical...

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• Access Now
• Belarus
• Citizen Lab
• ColdRiver
• COLDWASTREL
• FSB
• Geopolitics
• human rights
• protonmail
• Russia
• Threats
• Ukraine

Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US ambassador

Cyber Scoop August 14, 2024

Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US...

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