🎺 How did the Serbians utilize Israeli software – paid for by the Norwegians via the UN – to spy on Serbian journalists and activists?
Because the Balkans are burning once again. And even though we might be used to that, this time something truly inexplicable happened. Not to be outdone by us, the Serbians got a Pegasus of their own. And „their own” is a key aspect of this whole story.
Sources:
👂 Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/12/serbia-a-digital-prison-spyware-and-cellebrite-used-on-journalists-and-activists/
👀 Accelerate justice with Cellebrite.
https://cellebrite.com/en/home/
📲 Mobile Verification Toolkit
https://docs.mvt.re/en/latest/
🔐 BFU and AFU Lock States
https://blogs.dsu.edu/digforce/2023/08/23/bfu-and-afu-lock-states/
🗄️ iPhones stored for forensic analysis unexpectedly reboot, causing problems for police
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/11/07/iphones-stored-for-forensic-analysis-unexpectedly-reboot-causing-problems-for-officials
🐊 KROKODILL. Engaging Words
https://www.krokodil.rs/eng/
🪤 Serbia: Civil society threatened by spyware
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2023/11/serbia-civil-society-threatened-by-spyware/
👤 Spyware Targeting Against Serbian Civil Society
https://citizenlab.ca/2023/11/serbia-civil-society-spyware/
❗️Spyware in Serbia: civil society under attack
https://www.accessnow.org/spyware-attack-in-serbia/
🚨 SPYWARE ATTACK ATTEMPTS ON MOBILE DEVICES OF MEMBERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY DISCOVERED
https://www.sharefoundation.info/en/spyware-attack-attempts-on-mobile-devices-of-members-of-civil-society-discovered/
📑 Global/India: Apple notifications highlight the unabated threat of unlawful targeted surveillance
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/global-india-apple-notifications-highlight-the-unabated-threat-of-unlawful-targeted-surveillance/
🇷🇸 Treasury Sanctions Official Linked to Corruption in Serbia
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1606
📣 BIA announcement 16.12.2024https://www.bia.gov.rs/mediji/saopstenja-za-javnost/saopstenje-bia-16-12-2024-godine/
🧾 Cellebrite Statement About Amnesty International Report
https://cellebrite.com/en/cellebrite-statement-about-amnesty-international-report/
Relevant xkcd: https://www.xkcd.com/850/
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