Daniel Roethlisberger

NOW: US court permanently bans Pegasus spyware maker from hacking WhatsApp.

NSO Group can't help their customers hack WhatsApp etc. ether. Must delete exploits & R&D.

Bad news for NSO. Huge competitive disadvantage for the notorious company.

Big additional win for WhatsApp 1 /

17.10.2025 23:36 — 👍 160    🔁 84    💬 4    📌 9

The video of @droethlisberger.bsky.social and my @reconmtl.bsky.social 2025 talk, "A Trip to Ancient BABYLON", is now online! It's a fun story about a 2017-era iOS persistence exploit that we found in a Pegasus sample -- on VT (!!)

16.10.2025 17:15 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Recording of our REcon talk about a 2017 iOS persistence exploit used by NSO's Pegasus—and other threat actors too—is out. @billmarczak.org and me of @citizenlab.ca at @reconmtl.bsky.social.

youtu.be/ZlopMtjsVRw

16.10.2025 14:45 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Spyware installed on Kenyan filmmakers' phones in police custody - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, September 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely alarmed by the installation of spyware on two Kenyan filmmakers’ phones while the devices were in police custody, and calls...

NEW: Spyware installed on Kenyan filmmakers' phones in police custody @citizenlab.ca confirms cpj.org?p=516177

10.09.2025 14:02 — 👍 33    🔁 30    💬 1    📌 0

Excited to talk today at @reconmtl.bsky.social with @droethlisberger.bsky.social about a 2017 iOS persistence exploit used by NSO's Pegasus (and, interestingly, other threat actors too)! 10:00AM in the Grand Salon cfp.recon.cx/recon-2025/t...

29.06.2025 13:45 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0