United Arab Emirates
Activity levelSevere
6 documented vendors/tools.
Commercial entities involved
Overview
Surveilled newspaper editor
tracked regime opponents
Recent activity & sources
- Mar 29, 2023Amnesty International uncovers new hacking campaign linked to mercenary spyware company (UAE)Amnesty International
- Jul 19, 2021Massive data leak reveals Israeli NSO Group's spyware used to target activists, journalists, and political leaders globallyAmnesty International
- Jul 15, 2021Hooking Candiru: Another Mercenary Spyware Vendor Comes into FocusThe Citizen Lab
- Dec 20, 2020The Great iPwn: Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage 'Zero-Click' ExploitThe Citizen Lab
- Dec 1, 2020Running in Circles: Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm CirclesThe Citizen Lab
- Jan 30, 2019Inside the UAE's secret hacking team of American mercenariesReuters
- Sep 18, 2018Hide and Seek: Tracking NSO Group's Pegasus Spyware to Operations in 45 CountriesThe Citizen Lab
- Aug 24, 2016The Million Dollar Dissident: NSO Group's iPhone Zero-Days Used Against a UAE Human Rights DefenderThe Citizen Lab
- Feb 17, 2014Mapping Hacking Team's "Untraceable" SpywareThe Citizen Lab