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"The American surveillance state is a public-private partnership."
https://theintercept.com/2023/10/16/surveillance-state-big-tech/
#BigTech #Cops #Spyware #Surveillance #Capitalism #Antireport #Police #USA
Why Big Tech, Cops, and Spies Were Made for One Another
The American surveillance state is a public-private partnership, writes Cory Doctorow.Cory Doctorow (The Intercept)
Virtue or Vice? A First Look a...
Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab
In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe.Bill Marczak (The Citizen Lab)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/researchers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/
#Toronto #AU #CA #CY #DK #IL #SG #government #academic #security #research #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #WhatsApp #Italy #IT #VentureCapital #authoritarian #authoritarianism
Researchers name six countries as likely customers of Paragon's spyware | TechCrunch
The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
The data breach dates back to June 2024 but has not been previously reported, and there is no indication that SpyX’s operators ever notified its customers or those targeted by the spyware.
The SpyX family of mobile spyware is now, by our count, the 25th mobile surveillance operation since 2017 known to have experienced a data breach, or otherwise spilled or exposed their victims’ or users’ data, showing that the consumer-grade spyware industry continues to proliferate and put people’s private data at risk.
The breach also provides a rare look at how stalkerware like SpyX can also target Apple customers.
Troy Hunt, who runs data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned, received a copy of the breached data in the form of two text files, which contained 1.97 million unique account records with associated email addresses."
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/data-breach-at-stalkerware-spyx-affects-close-to-2-million-including-thousands-of-apple-users/
#CyberSecurity #Spyware #SpyX #Apple #Stalkerware #Surveillance
Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users | TechCrunch
Another consumer-grade spyware operation was hacked in June 2024, which exposed thousands of Apple Account credentials.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
- Infrastructure Analysis of Paragon Spyware. Based on a tip from a collaborator, we mapped out server infrastructure that we attribute to Paragon’s Graphite spyware tool. We identified a subset of suspected Paragon deployments, including in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore.
- Identifying a Possible Canadian Paragon Customer. Our investigation surfaced potential links between Paragon Solutions and the Canadian Ontario Provincial Police, and found evidence of a growing ecosystem of spyware capability among Ontario-based police services.
- Helping WhatsApp Catch a Zero-Click. We shared our analysis of Paragon’s infrastructure with Meta, who told us that the details were pivotal to their ongoing investigation into Paragon.
- WhatsApp discovered and mitigated an active Paragon zero-click exploit, and later notified over 90 individuals who it believed were targeted, including civil society members in Italy.
- Android Forensic Analysis: Italian Cluster. We forensically analyzed multiple Android phones belonging to Paragon targets in Italy (an acknowledged Paragon user) who were notified by WhatsApp. We found clear indications that spyware had been loaded into WhatsApp, as well as other apps on their devices."
#CyberSecurity #Israel #Paragon #Spyware #WhatsApp #Meta #Italy #Surveillance
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/
Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab
In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe.Bill Marczak (The Citizen Lab)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/researchers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/
#privacy #cybersecurity #Australia #Canada #Cyprus #Denmark #Israel #Singapore
Researchers name six countries as likely customers of Paragon's spyware | TechCrunch
The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
The report investigates Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware company founded in 2019 that sells a product called Graphite. Through infrastructure analysis, the researchers identified potential Paragon deployments in several countries. They also found evidence linking Paragon to the Canadian Ontario Provincial Police. Working with WhatsApp, they discovered and mitigated a Paragon zero-click exploit targeting civil society members. Forensic analysis of Android devices in Italy confirmed Paragon infections. The report also examines a potentially related iPhone spyware case. It highlights Paragon's targeting of individuals involved in migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, raising questions about the company's claims of only selling to customers respecting human rights. The findings challenge Paragon's marketing approach and demonstrate the ongoing risks of mercenary spyware abuse, even in democracies.
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#Android #Canadian #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Israel #Italy #OTX #OpenThreatExchange #RAT #RCE #SpyWare #WhatsApp #bot #AlienVault
Very interesting deep-dive into the Paragon spyware by Israeli company Paragon Solutions Ltd.
Summary:
A First Look at Paragon's Proliferating Spyware Operations" investigates Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware vendor founded in 2019 that sells a product called Graphite. Paragon claims to have safeguards against abuse, distinguishing itself from competitors like NSO Group. The investigation mapped Paragon's server infrastructure, identifying potential deployments in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore, with a possible connection between Paragon and the Ontario Provincial Police in Canada. Meta and WhatsApp discovered and mitigated a Paragon zero-click exploit, notifying over 90 targeted individuals. Targets included civil society members in Italy, with forensic analysis confirming spyware infections on Android phones. The findings raise serious concerns about Paragon's claims of preventing abuse, as evidence shows targeting of human rights groups, government critics, and journalists.
#Cybersecurity #Spyware #Israel #Denmark #Canada #Journalists #WhatsApp #Paragon
Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab
In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe.Bill Marczak (The Citizen Lab)
Researchers have uncovered “possible links” between #Ontario’s provincial police force and an #Israel - based military-grade #spyware maker called #ParagonSolutions, raising questions about the extent and scope of #Canadian authorities’ use of #CyberWeapons.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/19/ontario-police-force-israeli-spyware
Spionage-Apps: Neue Studie enthüllt Risiken von Spionage-Apps für Kinder
Viele Eltern installieren aus Sorge Spionage-Apps auf den Telefonen ihrer Kinder. Doch die angebliche Kindersicherung ist selbst ziemlich gefährlich, das belegt eine neue Studie.netzpolitik.org
EFF In Conversation With Ron Deibert on Chasing Shadows
Join EFF's Cindy Cohn and Eva Galperin in conversation with Ron Deibert of the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, to discuss Ron’s latest book: Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion and the Global Fight for Democracy.Electronic Frontier Foundation
“The Netherlands relies heavily on American IT service providers such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon for the storage of government data. […] With DOGE's uncontrolled access to government systems, the risk of Dutch data being misused is now greater than ever.”
https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/trump-has-free-rein-over-dutch-government-data
This is, of course, true for many other countries as well.
#privacy #spyware #government #netherlands #unitedstates #trump #doge
Dieses Mal nehmen sich die Podcast-Hosts eines kontroversen Themas an: Unternehmen installieren über Sicherheitslücken Malware - und das in staatlichem Auftrag.
https://www.heise.de/news/Passwort-Folge-25-Staatlich-sanktionierte-Schnueffelsoftware-10271855.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Android #Exploit #iOS #Malware #PasswortPodcast #Pegasus #Rootkit #Security #Spyware #news
"Eine #Spionagesoftware des #israel'ischen Unternehmens Paragon Solutions soll europaweit #Journalisten und Aktivisten überwacht haben. Die Angriffe erfolgten über #WhatsApp, betroffen sind auch Österreicher...
Faktencheck: Die Behauptung ist wahr."
#Graphite Angriffsmethode: "Zero-Click-Infektion durch infizierte Dateien in Gruppenchats auf WhatsApp..."
https://www.mimikama.org/paragon-spyware-deutschland-oesterreich-whatsapp/
The decision to terminate the contract comes less than one week after WhatsApp announced that Paragon’s spyware had been used to target dozens of people. Like other spyware vendors, Paragon sells its cyberweapon to government clients who are supposed to use it to prevent crime. It remains unclear who the specific government clients were behind the alleged attacks.
The decision to end the Italy contract followed revelations that an Italian investigative journalist and two activists who were critical of Italy’s dealings with Libya were among the people who had had been targeted with the spyware. The work of all three individuals has been critical of Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government.
Responding to the allegations of involvement late on Wednesday, Meloni’s office denied that domestic intelligence services or the government were behind the alleged breaches."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/06/owner-of-spyware-used-in-alleged-whatsapp-breach-ends-contract-with-italy
#CyberSecurity #Spyware #WhatsApp #Paragon #Italy
The spyware allegedly came from an #israeli company called #paragon Solutions and targeted select users in over two dozen #countries, WhatsApp says.
#journalist #ICE #usa #facebook #meta #privacy #surveillance #data #pdf #malware #trojan #zeroclick #IM
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/whatsapp-israel-spyware
#privacy #cybersecurity #journalism #activism #Paragon
WhatsApp has disrupted a spyware campaign last month that targeted journalists and civil society members, the company announced on Friday. The campaign originated from an Israeli spyware company called Paragon Solutions and impacted around 90 users.
#ParagonSolutions #Israel #AEIndustrialPartners #spyware #journalism #media #whatsapp #meta #security #cybersecurity
https://www.theverge.com/news/604100/whatsapp-meta-spyware-paragon-solutions
WhatsApp disrupts spyware campaign targeting journalists
WhatsApp says it has disrupted a Paragon spyware campaign targeting around 90 users, including journalists and civil society members.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Read: https://hackread.com/israeli-spyware-firm-paragon-whatsapp-zero-click-attack/
#CyberSecurity #Israel #Spyware #Privacy #Breach
Israeli Spyware Firm Paragon Linked to WhatsApp Zero-Click Attack
WhatsApp recently revealed a targeted campaign linked to the Israeli spyware firm Paragon, which affected 90 individuals, including journalists.Deeba Ahmed (Hack Read)
WhatsApp-#Spyware:
Angriff auf rund 90 #Journalist.innen und weitere Personen
https://www.heise.de/news/WhatsApp-Spyware-Angriff-auf-rund-90-Journalisten-und-weitere-Personen-10266772.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#DeleteMeta #DeleteWhatsApp
WhatsApp-Spyware: Angriff auf rund 90 Journalisten und weitere Personen
Medienberichten zufolge sollen Smartphones von rund 90 Journalisten und weiteren Personen über WhatsApp mit einer Spyware infiziert worden sein.Stefan Porteck (heise online)
Medienberichten zufolge sollen Smartphones von rund 90 Journalisten und weiteren Personen über WhatsApp mit einer Spyware infiziert worden sein.
https://www.heise.de/news/WhatsApp-Spyware-Angriff-auf-rund-90-Journalisten-und-weitere-Personen-10266772.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Facebook #Security #Spyware #WhatsApp #news
by Palestine Chronicle Staff
“WhatsApp has accused Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions of targeting nearly 100 journalists and civil society members with its Graphite software”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/zero-click-hack-whatsapp-takes-action-against-israeli-paragon-for-spying-on-users/
#Press #WhatsApp #Paragon #Spyware #Journalists #CivilSociety #Graphite #Targetting #Israel #Genocide
'Zero-Click' Hack - WhatsApp Takes Action against Israeli 'Paragon' for Spying on Users - Palestine Chronicle
WhatsApp has accused Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions of targeting nearly 100 journalists and civil society members.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
An Italian investigative journalist who is known for exposing young fascists within prime minister Giorgia #Meloni’s far-right party was targeted with spyware made by Israel-based #ParagonSolutions, according to a WhatsApp notification received by the #journalist.
#FrancescoCancellato editor-in-chief of #Fanpage was the first person to come forward publicly after #WhatsApp announced on Friday that 90 journalists and other members of civil society targeted by the #spyware
WhatsApp says journalists and ...
Ex-Polish justice minister ducks police, avoids Pegasus probe
Zbigniew Ziobro evaded officers and spoke of “political theatrics.”Wojciech Kość (POLITICO)
Having Barcelona become a crucial regional outpost for offensive cybersecurity companies puts the spyware problem squarely on the doorstep of Europe, which has a fractious relationship with surveillance tech, due to scandals in Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, and Poland — all involving Israeli spyware makers.
#Barcelona #spain #israel #spyware #startups #business #malware #security #cybersecurity #privacy #surveillance
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/how-barcelona-became-an-unlikely-hub-for-spyware-startups/
How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups | TechCrunch
Barcelona's mix of affordable cost of living and quality of life has helped create a vibrant startup community — and become a hotbed for the creation of surveillance technologies.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
Among them are Paradigm Shift, which was founded by former employees of Variston in the aftermath of the company’s collapse last year; and Epsilon, which is led by Jeremy Fetiveau, an industry veteran who used to work for a division within U.S. defense giant L3Harris that was created after the company acquired the Australian startup Azimuth. Fetiveau did not return a request for comment.
The city is said to also be home to an unnamed group of Israeli researchers who moved to Barcelona from Singapore to work on developing zero-day exploits. The existence of this unnamed team as well as Epsilon’s presence in Barcelona was first reported by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, whose article sparked coverage in local newspapers and news websites.
Other cybersecurity companies have a presence in Barcelona, even if they are not headquartered there. Andrijana Šekularac, the chief executive of Austrian cybersecurity company SAFA, lives in the city, according to her public LinkedIn profile. SAFA has sponsored offensive cybersecurity conferences, including OffensiveCon and Hexacon, and employs at least two security researchers with past experience at spyware companies, according to their public LinkedIn profiles. Šekularac also did not respond to a request for comment.
These zero-day and spyware companies are part of a broader cybersecurity and startup ecosystem in Barcelona. As of last year, according to the Catalan regional government, there were more than 10,000 people working for more than 500 cybersecurity companies in Barcelona, or around 50% more workers than five years earlier."
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/how-barcelona-became-an-unlikely-hub-for-spyware-startups/
#EU #Spain #Barcelona #CyberSecurity #Spyware #israel #ZeroDay #StartUps
How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups | TechCrunch
Barcelona's mix of affordable cost of living and quality of life has helped create a vibrant startup community — and become a hotbed for the creation of surveillance technologies.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
https://www.alternet.org/spyware-technology/
'We’re putting you all on notice': Behind the technology Trump could use to hack your phone
We continue to discuss the new HBO Original film Surveilled and explore the film’s investigation of high-tech spyware firms with journalist Ronan Farrow and director Matthew O’Neill.Amy Goodman (Alternet.org)
https://elpais.com/opinion/2024-12-30/la-vigilancia-que-devoro-occidente.html
#CyberSecurity #Surveillance #Spyware #NSOGroup #Pegasus #WhatsApp
La vigilancia que devoró Occidente
El ‘caso Pegasus’ demuestra que los gobiernos siempre usarán la tecnología en secreto para vulnerar derechos ciudadanosMarta Peirano (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
Haaretz Podcast
"There are roughly six such groups of Israelis who are the elite in the field – and half of them have moved to Spain," says an industry executive.
In the past two months, a team of Israeli vulnerability researchers - an industry term for hackers specializing in identifying weaknesses in digital defenses, known as "exploits" - arrived in Barcelona from Singapore. The team specializes in finding breaches in smartphone defenses through which spyware can be remotely installed."
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-12-26/ty-article/.premium/israeli-hackers-flock-to-barcelona-as-spyware-industry-shifts/00000193-fec4-df5b-a9b3-fec5d9dc0000
#Israel #CyberSecurity #Hacking #Spyware #Spain #Barcelona
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/20/whatsapp-pegasus-spyware-nso-group-hacking
#Israel #Pegasus #NSOGroup #Spyware #Surveillance #WhatsApp
"#NSO competitor #Paragon, creator of Graphite #spyware used by #Israel and U.S., sold to American defense contractor, marking a shift in ties of cyber arms between Jerusalem and D.C."
#Staatstrojaner
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-12-16/ty-article/.premium/israeli-spyware-firm-paragon-sold-to-u-s-as-trumps-digital-arsenal-grows/00000193-cd72-d450-a7b3-cffb9a180000
Tech news website Calcalist reported that the investment firm bought Paragon for $500 million, and depending on how the company grows, the deal could reach $900 million. Globes reported that the upfront payment is $450 million, 20% of which will go to Paragon’s 400 employees, and 30% to the five co-founders, with the remaining 50% going to U.S. venture capital fund Battery Ventures and Israeli venture capital fund Red Dot.
In 2021, Forbes first revealed the existence of Paragon, which didn’t — and still doesn’t — have a website. The magazine reported that the company was founded by a group of former Israeli intelligence officers: Ehud Schneorson, former commander of Unit 8200, a renowned Israeli spy agency whose alumni often then work in the cybersecurity private sector, as well as CEO Idan Nurick, CTO Igor Bogudlov, and vice president of research Liad Avraham."
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/israeli-spyware-maker-paragon-bought-by-u-s-private-equity-giant/
#CyberSecurity #Israel #Paragon #Graphite #Spyware
Israeli spyware maker Paragon bought by US private equity giant | TechCrunch
The company's spyware, dubbed Graphite, is capable of hacking phones and stealing private communications.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
#government #spyware #Android #mobile #Israel
https://cnews.link/officials-infect-android-phones-spyware-1/
Cellebrite Unlocked This Journ...
Cellebrite Unlocked This Journalist’s Phone. Cops Then Infected it With Malware
A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targets' mobile phones before loading them with spyware.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
#Cellebrite Unlocked This Journalist’s Phone. Cops Then Infected it With #Malware (#spyware)
https://www.404media.co/cellebrite-unlocked-this-journalists-phone-cops-then-infected-it-with-malware/ #cybersecurity #cybersec
Cellebrite Unlocked This Journalist’s Phone. Cops Then Infected it With Malware
A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targets' mobile phones before loading them with spyware.Joseph Cox (404 Media)