Etienne / Tek

Amnesty is recruiting a Technologist in their team researching digital surveillance abuse, this is an amazing position in an amazing team. Location is limited to a few places and deadline is really soon
https://careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy/technologist-4246/4274/description/

I am really excited to announce that I have joined Open Tech Fund's Advisory Council where I will provide strategic guidance to OTF and review funding proposal with a group of really smart and interesting people.
https://www.opentech.fund/about/people-type/advisory-council/

Inside Pegasus: The evolution of the world’s most notorious spyware system https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2026/07/inside-pegasus-the-evolution-of-the-worlds-most-notorious-spyware/

Dear Mastodon friends, Telegram has started to publish their transparency data for Q1 2026. As usual, I am trying to crowdsource this information as it is only accessible per country for Telegram accounts registered with a number for that country. Here is what I have so far, if you have a Telegram account with a number not in that list, please take a screenshot of the @transparency answer and answer here or open an issue here https://github.com/Te-k/telegram-transparency/issues
Thanks and please retoot!

Greek wiretapping victims sue spyware firm Intellexa for damages https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/greek-wiretapping-victims-sue-spyware-firm-intellexa-damages-2026-07-07/

I am still in shock that Carola Frediani passed away this week. I had the privilege to work with her these past years at HRW, she was a brilliant journalist and technologist. Rest in peace
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/06/04/human-rights-watch-mourns-the-passing-of-carola-frediani

Morocco Denied Using Pegasus. Documents and Insider Accounts Tell a Different Story - Forbidden Stories https://forbiddenstories.org/how-did-morocco-become-addicted-to-tracking-down-its-opponents-with-spyware/

Espionage Against the European Parliament: Member of Committee Investigating Spyware Hacked with Pegasus - The Citizen Lab https://citizenlab.ca/research/member-of-committee-investigating-spyware-hacked-with-pegasus/

While France was considering buying Pegasus, Morocco was spying on its ministers - Forbidden Stories https://forbiddenstories.org/while-france-was-considering-buying-pegasus-morocco-was-spying-on-its-ministers/

Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat https://ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/googles-exponential-path-to-climate-wrecking-digital-bloat/

Android Intrusion Logging as a new source of data for consensual forensic analysis https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2026/05/android-intrusion-logging-as-a-new-source-of-data-for-consensual-forensic-analysis/

Fighting Spyware: An Update From WhatsApp https://about.fb.com/news/2026/06/fighting-spyware-an-update-from-whatsapp/

A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia https://www.rightscon.org/rc26-statement/

VPN ban for UK update with new rules expected within 12 months https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/vpn-ban-uk-update-new-34216350

Ok so spamhaus consider spam any domain registered with Njalla to a point that it become impossible to use such domain for emails. I am going to have to change registrar just because of that 🤦‍♂️

Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/paragon-is-not-collaborating-with-italian-authorities-probing-spyware-attacks-report-says/

Hong Kong: French journalist Antoine Vedeilhe detained and deported⁩
https://rsf.org/en/hong-kong-french-journalist-antoine-vedeilhe-detained-and-deported

‘They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue’: why Tibet’s children ‘think they are Chinese’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/07/tibet-children-chinese-mandarin-school-preschool-language-culture

Defending Against China-Nexus Covert Networks of Compromised Devices #infosec
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-113a

Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/07/stymied-datacentre-projects-threaten-global-ai-revolution

Shutdowns, power outages, and conflict: a review of Q1 2026 Internet disruptions https://blog.cloudflare.com/q1-2026-internet-disruption-summary/

Supply chain attack in Archlinux AUR packages, apparently due to a permission issue with unmaintained packages
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u3tn4e/tons_of_new_infected_aur_packages_were_just/

The secret Chinese surveillance programme tracking people like me https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/19/leaked-secret-chinese-surveillance-programme-tracks-foreign/

'Man in smart glasses filmed me in London then told me to pay' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy87wqz0q9o

After Pegasus Scandal, Bukele’s Office Secretly Pursued Spyware https://thenewsground.com/bukele-secretly-pursued-spyware-deal/

Tall Tales: How Chinese Actors Use Impersonation and Stolen Narratives to Perpetuate Digital Transnational Repression - The Citizen Lab https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-chinese-actors-use-impersonation-and-stolen-narratives-to-perpetuate-digital-transnational-repression/

Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign #infosec
https://socket.dev/blog/bitwarden-cli-compromised

Morpheus: A new Spyware linked to IPS Intelligence - Osservatorio Nessuno https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2026/04/morpheus-a-new-spyware-linked-to-ips-intelligence/

Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet Sabotage Tool Was Built to Subvert Nuclear Weapons Simulations https://www.security.com/threat-intelligence/fast16-nuclear-sabotage

Pegasus investigation against Òmnium reopened by Court | Diari de Catalunya https://diaricatalunya.cat/en/barcelones/general/investigation-into-pegasus-espionage-against-omnium-members-reopened