Speaking and Media
I share my research and investigations to help build understanding of the significant digital threats faced by civil society around the world. Below is a selection of recent talks and media I have contributed too.
Speaking#
2023#
Predator Files: How European spyware threatens civil society around the world - 37c3 talk
Talk at the 37C3 conference in Hamburg on on the Predator Files investigation - Chaos Communications Congresss, December 2023
Expert testimony to European Parliament LIBE on the Predator Files investigation
Expert testimony to the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on the findings of Amnesty International's Predator Files investigation - European Parliament, October 2023
Pegasus: Die Spitze des Eisbergs
Presentation about the work of the Amnesty International Security Lab on the spyware crisis - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, July 20232022#
Exploit archaeology: a forensic history of in-the-wild NSO Group exploits
Joint talk with Bill Marczak - Virus Bulletin, September 2022
Digital authoritarianism on the open market: The case of the NSO Group
Panel discussion - Atlantic Council 360/Open Summit, June 2022
European Parliament: Committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware
Exchange of views at opening of the PEGA: Committee of Inquiry - European Parliament, May 2022
TV interview about Pegasus surveillance targeting Catalan civil society
Live interview with Preguntes Freqüents, TV3 Catalunya, May 2022
Polish Senate: Extraordinary commission to investigate cases of illegal surveillance
Provided expert testimony on unlawful targeted surveillance - Polish Senate, January 2022.
2021#
Catching NSO Group's Pegasus spyware
Chaos Communications Congress, December 2021
Hackers-for-hire in West Africa: a threat actor spreads its wings
Virus Bulletin, September 2021
2020 and Earlier#
re:publica 2017: History of DDoS: from digital civil disobedience to online censorship
Joint talk with Floriana Pagano - re:publica, May 2017Web Summit: Panel discussion on the future of cybersecurity and Bitcoin
Panel discussion - Web Summit, November 2013Media#
2023#
India targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware: Amnesty - Al Jazeera, December 2023
Amnesty International calls for investigation into spyware firm’s Dublin office - Irish Independent, October 2023
Europe’s Spyware Problem – the Irish Connection - The Big Tech Show podcast, Irish Independent, October 2023
Vietnam tried to hack U.S. officials, CNN with posts on X, probe finds - The Washington Post (paywall), October 2023
Predator Files: “Victims Are Completely Transparent To the Attacker” - Interview about the surveillance technology sold by the Intellexa Alliance, Der Spiegel, October 2023
Amnesty and big tech join forces in battle against spyware - Business Post Connected magaazine, September 2023
Revealed: Israeli Cyber Firms Have Developed an ‘Insane’ New Spyware Tool. No Defense Exists - Haaretz (paywall), September 2023
Shoot the Messenger: 50,000 Phone Numbers - Interviewed for the Shoot the Messenger podcast about the Pegasus Project, May 2023
Storykillers »Ich zeige euch mal, wie sicher Telegram ist« - Der Spiegel (paywall), February 2023
Les réseaux sociaux, pierre angulaire des opérations d’influence et d’intoxication - Le Monde (paywall), February 2023
Pegasus Spyware: The Surveillance Arms Race - The Dark State podcast, January 2023
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy - Role in the Pegasus Project featured in major book published by Pegasus Project partners, Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, January 2023
2022#
This ‘Dystopian’ Cyber Firm Could Have Saved Mossad Assassins From Exposure - Haaretz (paywall), December 2022
‘Zero-Click’ Spyware Emerges as a Menacing Mobile Threat - Bloomberg, October 2022
An address in north Dublin, €20m in spyware sales and no tax: Inside the Predator’s Irish lair - The Currency (paywall), September 2022
PiS was looking for the scandal in CIECh-u with Pegasus. Tusk’s deputy ministers in the crosshairs - Supported journalistic investigation with forensic analysis - Gazeta Wyborcza, July 2022
Spyware like Pegasus is a warning: Digital authoritarianism can happen in democracies, too - Atlantic Council, June 2022
„Wenn ein Telefon gehackt wird, dann muss es Transparenz über einen derart invasiven Eingriff geben“ - Interview for cybersecurity newsletter - Tagesspiegel, May 2022
Amnesty International: How Your Phone Can Be Weaponized Against You - Video about Amnesty International’s technical investigations behind the Pegasus Project, March 2022
Pegasus spyware: Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar targeted - Middle East Eye, March 2022
Pegasus and infected SMS. We reveal how the CBA carries out surveillance - Supported journalistic investigation with forensic analysis - Gazeta Wyborcza, February 2022
One-click and zero-click. How Pegasus infects Android phones - Gazeta Wyborcza, February 2022
Rights group verifies Polish senator was hacked with spyware - Associated Press, January 2022
Pegasus in Poland. Amnesty International representatives on the Senate surveillance committee - Polish News, January 2022.
2021#
Du Togo à l’Inde, sur la trace des logiciels espions du groupe Donot Team - Le Monde, October 2021