"Serbian police and intelligence authorities are using advanced phone spyware alongside mobile phone forensic products to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other individuals in a covert surveillance campaign, a new Amnesty International report has revealed.
The report, “A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society in Serbia, documents how mobile forensic products made by Israeli company Cellebrite are being used to extract data from mobile devices belonging to journalists and activists. It also reveals how the Serbian police and the Security Information Agency (Bezbedonosno-informativna Agencija – BIA) have used a bespoke Android spyware system, NoviSpy, to covertly infect individuals’ devices during periods of detention or police interviews."
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/12/serbia-a-digital-prison-spyware-and-cellebrite-used-on-journalists-and-activists/
#Serbia #Surveillance #Spyware #Cellebrite #PressFreedom
The report, “A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society in Serbia, documents how mobile forensic products made by Israeli company Cellebrite are being used to extract data from mobile devices belonging to journalists and activists. It also reveals how the Serbian police and the Security Information Agency (Bezbedonosno-informativna Agencija – BIA) have used a bespoke Android spyware system, NoviSpy, to covertly infect individuals’ devices during periods of detention or police interviews."
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/12/serbia-a-digital-prison-spyware-and-cellebrite-used-on-journalists-and-activists/
#Serbia #Surveillance #Spyware #Cellebrite #PressFreedom
Serbia: Authorities using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists - Amnesty International Security Lab
Serbian police and intelligence authorities are using advanced phone spyware alongside Cellebrite mobile phone forensic products to unlawfully target journalists, environmental activists and other individuals in a covert surveillance campaign, a new …Amnesty International's Security Lab
