March 2, 2024 at 02:06AM
A US judge ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta, in light of ongoing litigation. This follows allegations that the spyware was distributed via infrastructure belonging to Meta, affecting 1,400 mobile devices, including Indian activists and journalists. NSO Group has been asked to share information on the spyware’s functionality, but is not required to disclose its client identities. The article also discusses the development of a new infrastructure network associated with Predator, a mobile spyware managed by the Intellexa Alliance.
From the meeting notes on Mar 02, 2024, it is clear that a U.S. judge has ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta as part of Meta’s ongoing litigation against the Israeli spyware vendor. This marks a significant legal victory for Meta, which filed the lawsuit in October 2019. The attacks leveraged a critical buffer overflow bug in the voice call functionality to deliver Pegasus by merely placing a call, even if the calls were left unanswered. NSO Group has been asked to produce information concerning the full functionality of the relevant spyware for a specific period. While the court’s decision is positive, NSO Group will be allowed to continue keeping the identity of its clients secret, which has been criticized by Amnesty International.
Additionally, NSO Group was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2021 for developing and supplying cyber weapons to foreign governments. Furthermore, Recorded Future revealed a new multi-tiered delivery infrastructure associated with Predator, a mercenary mobile spyware managed by the Intellexa Alliance. This infrastructure network is associated with Predator customers in various countries.
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