Category: cyberweapons

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Analysis of Intellexa’s Predator Spyware

Posted on By infossl
cyberweapons, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance, Uncategorized

Amnesty International has published a comprehensive analysis of the Predator government spyware products. These technologies used to be the exclusive purview of organizations like the NSA. Now they’re available to every country on the planet—democratic, nondemocratic, authoritarian, whatever—for a price. This is the legacy of not securing the Internet when we could have. Powered by … Read More “Analysis of Intellexa’s Predator Spyware” »

Another Event-Related Spyware App

Posted on By infossl
cyberweapons, egypt, Security technology, smartphones, spyware, Uncategorized

Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app: The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. Even messages shared via … Read More “Another Event-Related Spyware App” »

Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist

Posted on By infossl
courts, cyberweapons, Greece, israel, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance, Uncategorized

The Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis was spied on by his own government, with a commercial spyware product called “Predator.” That product is sold by a company in North Macedonia called Cytrox, which is in turn owned by an Israeli company called Intellexa. Koukakis is suing Intellexa. The lawsuit filed by Koukakis takes aim at Intellexa … Read More “Spyware Maker Intellexa Sued by Journalist” »

Russian Cyberattack against Ukrainian Power Grid Prevented

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, cyberwar, cyberweapons, malware, russia, Security technology, ukraine, Uncategorized

A Russian cyberweapon, similar to the one used in 2016, was detected and removed before it could be used. Key points: ESET researchers collaborated with CERT-UA to analyze the attack against the Ukrainian energy company The destructive actions were scheduled for 2022-04-08 but artifacts suggest that the attack had been planned for at least two … Read More “Russian Cyberattack against Ukrainian Power Grid Prevented” »

More on NSO Group and Cytrox: Two Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers

Posted on By infossl
Citizen Lab, cyberweapons, exploits, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized

Citizen Lab published another report on the spyware used against two Egyptian nationals. One was hacked by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The other was hacked both by Pegasus and by the spyware from another cyberweapons arms manufacturer: Cytrox. We haven’t heard a lot about Cytrox and its Predator spyware. According to Citzen Lab: We conducted … Read More “More on NSO Group and Cytrox: Two Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers” »

US Blacklists NSO Group

Posted on By infossl
cyberweapons, national security policy, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized, zero-day

The Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer — and human rights violator, and probably war criminal — NSO Group has been added to the US Department of Commerce’s trade blacklist. US companies and individuals cannot sell to them. Aside from the obvious difficulties this causes, it’ll make it harder for them to buy zero-day vulnerabilities on the … Read More “US Blacklists NSO Group” »

Zero-Click iPhone Exploits

Posted on By infossl
apple, Citizen Lab, cyberweapons, exploits, iphone, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized

Citizen Lab is reporting on two zero-click iMessage exploits, in spyware sold by the cyberweapons arms manufacturer NSO Group to the Bahraini government. These are particularly scary exploits, since they don’t require to victim to do anything, like click on a link or open a file. The victim receives a text message, and then they … Read More “Zero-Click iPhone Exploits” »