Coverage dated November 2, 2021

US sanctions NSO Group and three others for spyware and exploit sales

Headline from Bleeping Computer

The U.S. has sanctioned four companies located in Israel, Russia, and Singapore for the development of spyware or the sale of hacking tools used by state-sponsored hacking groups.

Bleeping Computer's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

17 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Times of Israel

  2. The Times of Israel

  3. Al-Monitor

    US blacklists Israel's NSO Group for 'malicious' cyberactivities (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    The Biden administration placed to two Israeli cyberfirms, NSO Group and Candiru, on the US Commerce Department’s blacklist.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    US sanctions NSO Group, Israeli maker of Pegasus spyware | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    US authorities said the NSO Group's spyware helped authoritarian governments "silence dissent." The new measures will limit NSO Group's access to US components and technology.

  5. Al Jazeera

    US sanctions Israeli firm NSO Group over spyware (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Biden administration blacklists two Israeli companies for producing spyware that enables ‘transnational repression’.

  6. Engadget

    US bans trade with security firm NSO Group over Pegasus spyware (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    The US Commerce Department has banned trade with NSO Group over claims its spyware has been used to attack journalists and activists..

  7. Washington Times

    Commerce Department adds NSO Group to blacklist on spyware tools (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    The Biden administration on Wednesday added Israeli tech and spyware firm NSO Group to the Commerce Department’s Entity List, a blacklist of foreign people and enterprises facing restrictions on their business in the U.S. because of national security concerns.

  8. Bleeping Computer

    US sanctions NSO Group and three others for spyware and exploit sales (opens Bleeping Computer)

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    Bleeping Computer's feed description

    The U.S. has sanctioned four companies located in Israel, Russia, and Singapore for the development of spyware or the sale of hacking tools used by state-sponsored hacking groups.

  9. The Columbian

    U.S. puts new controls on Israeli spyware company NSO Group (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on Israel's NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, saying its tools have b

  10. Financial Times

    US puts Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on trade blacklist (opens Financial Times)

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    Financial Times's feed description

    Washington accuses company of supplying technology to ‘maliciously target’ activists and journalists

  11. KTVZ Bend

    US blacklists Israeli firm NSO Group for use of spyware (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business The US Commerce Department on Wednesday blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru, accusing the companies of providing spyware to foreign governments that “used these tools to maliciously target” journalists, embassy workers and activists.

  12. The Guardian

    Israeli spyware company NSO Group placed on US blacklist (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Decision against company at heart of Pegasus project reflects deep concern about impact of spyware on US national security interests

  13. The Guardian

    US blacklisting of NSO Group shows view of major technology company as a grave threat (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Analysis: The question now is what effect the US move will have on Israel and on foreign governments who use NSO’s spyware

  14. France 24

    US blacklists Israeli firm behind Pegasus spyware (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on Israel's NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, saying its tools have been used to “conduct tran…

  15. The Times of Israel

    US blacklists Israel’s NSO Group and Candiru spyware firms (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Commerce Department says Israeli companies suspected of link to 'activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States'

  16. New York Times

    The U.S. blacklists the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    NSO and three other companies were added to a list that blocks foreign companies from buying certain types of sensitive American technology without a license.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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