NIBMG , Pegasus spyware

• DBT-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) is an Autonomous Institute funded by the Department of Biotechnology. It is located in Kalyani, West Bengal, near Kolkata.
• This is the first institution in India explicitly devoted to research, training, translation and service and capacity-building in biomedical genomics.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1733448

Pegasus spyware

In News

• Amnesty International, the Forensic Architecture and the Citizen Lab recently launched a database documenting attacks against human rights defenders using the spyware Pegasus.

About

• Pegasus is spyware that can be installed on devices running some versions of iOS, Apple etc.
• It was developed by the Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group.
• Pegasus is capable of reading text messages, tracking calls, collecting passwords, mobile phone tracking, accessing the target device's microphone(s) and video camera(s), and gathering information from apps.

The Database

• The interactive platform – ‘Digital Violence: How the NSO Group Enables State Terror’ – illustrates the connection between Pegasus spyware and the real-world harm attorneys, activists and others face as a result.
• Pegasus spyware, has been used in some of its ‘most sinister campaigns’ across the world.

https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2021/07/07/platform-to-document-threats-against-human-rights-defenders-is-now-available-online.html