spyware
We found that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee, which investigated Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had access to confidential documents and committee deliberations.
Meta’s WhatsApp said it will ask a US court to hold NSO Group in contempt for using WhatsApp to lure targets into downloading the surveillance spyware.
Senior legal advisor Siena Anstis and senior researcher John Scott-Railton spoke with Forbes about the lagging safeguards that let spyware proliferate.
Senior researcher Luis Fernando García participated in a Conversatorio Regional hosted by CELS, ODIA, Democracia en Red, and Vía Libre.
Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert gave a keynote speech about the Greek spyware scandal at an event hosted by Eteron think tank in Athens in May.
This event is hosted by the National Cybersecurity Consortium. Join Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert at the National Cybersecurity Consortium 2026 Conference in Montreal on June 18. He will be speaking on a panel called “Spyware and Safeguards: Surveillance Tech and the Future of Digital Rights,” discussing the risks of the proliferating spyware industry.
Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert recently spoke at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II on Safeguarding Civil Space in the Digital Age.
The Citizen Lab submitted recommendations to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries.
In June 2023, the Citizen Lab submitted recommendations on combatting mercenary spyware risks to NSICOP.
In an essay for Lawfare, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert warns that the Trump administration may authorize private firms to undertake offensive cyber operations with major consequences.
