1/ Today we release a new report exposing previously undisclosed entities connected to the wider #Intellexa ecosystem as well as newly identified activity clusters in Iraq and indications of activity in Pakistan: www.recordedfuture.com/research/int...
A short explainer for the Paragon software story in Italy:
1. Italy is specialised in "dossieraggio" where everyone and his dog collects "dossiers" (aka "dirt") on everyone else,
2. There is a long history of using information services for the preparation of said dossiers,
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NOW: US court permanently bans Pegasus spyware maker from hacking WhatsApp.
NSO Group can't help their customers hack WhatsApp etc. ether. Must delete exploits & R&D.
Bad news for NSO. Huge competitive disadvantage for the notorious company.
Big additional win for WhatsApp 1 /
The video of @droethlisberger.bsky.social and my @reconmtl.bsky.social 2025 talk, "A Trip to Ancient BABYLON", is now online! It's a fun story about a 2017-era iOS persistence exploit that we found in a Pegasus sample -- on VT (!!)
Recording of our REcon talk about a 2017 iOS persistence exploit used by NSO's Pegasus—and other threat actors too—is out. @billmarczak.org and me of @citizenlab.ca at @reconmtl.bsky.social.
youtu.be/ZlopMtjsVRw
NEW: Spyware installed on Kenyan filmmakers' phones in police custody @citizenlab.ca confirms cpj.org?p=516177
Excited to talk today at @reconmtl.bsky.social with @droethlisberger.bsky.social about a 2017 iOS persistence exploit used by NSO's Pegasus (and, interestingly, other threat actors too)! 10:00AM in the Grand Salon cfp.recon.cx/recon-2025/t...
