The global commercial spyware market will expand over the next five years as demand for advanced surveillance tools by governments surges, says a new report from the U.K’s National Cyber Security Centre. The NCSC report, which defines the proliferation of surveillance tools such as NSO Group’s Pegasus as a threat, assesses that at least 80…

Nearly two dozen journalists and other staffers working for El Faro, a digital newspaper based in El Salvador, are suing NSO Group for unleashing Pegasus spyware — malware they say was used to steal their most sensitive information, putting their safety in danger. Along with ASO Group Technologies, its Israeli parent company, Q Cyber Technologies…