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Ragheb Ghandour • 08 Apr 2026

Rotten Apple: An Invasive Threat Actor Targeting Civil Society in Lebanon

Executive Summary The SMEX Digital Forensic Lab presents a report on a spear-phishing campaign that targeted a high profile Lebanese…

Cybersecurity
Phishing
surveillance

Abdellatif el-Hamamouchi • 25 Nov 2020

How Israeli Company NSO Hacked My Phone

Almost a year ago, on October 29, I received a WhatsApp notification informing me that Israeli spyware Pegasus had hacked…

Ditial Security
Fraud
Hack