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Pegasus And NoviSpy Spyware Found On 14 Serbian Opposition Phones

Pegasus And NoviSpy Spyware Found On 14 Serbian Opposition Phones

SHARE Foundation traced the infections to a zero-click iMessage exploit and to NoviSpy, whose earlier version was traced to Serbia's BIA.

  • SHARE Foundation counted at least 14 victims: students, activists, one MP and one local councilor.
  • Apple sent threat notifications to 11 devices in August 2026, months after infections began.
  • Citizen Lab and Amnesty International say police used Cellebrite tools to plant spyware on seized phones.

Why it matters: An intelligence service whose spyware infects its own opposition guards not the state but its own power.

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