March 6, 2024 at 03:15AM The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctioned individuals and entities linked to Intellexa Alliance for distributing spyware targeting government officials and journalists. The group, including companies like Cytrox, developed the Predator spyware, similar to NSO Group’s Pegasus, enabling unauthorized data access. The sanctions aim to address misuse of commercial spyware and protect … Read more
March 2, 2024 at 02:06AM A US judge ordered NSO Group to hand over its source code for Pegasus and other products to Meta, in light of ongoing litigation. This follows allegations that the spyware was distributed via infrastructure belonging to Meta, affecting 1,400 mobile devices, including Indian activists and journalists. NSO Group has been … Read more
December 21, 2023 at 12:18PM Predator spyware, part of the Intellexa Alliance, offers persistent reboot capability as an add-on. It is integral to Alien, targeting Android and iOS, sold for millions and reliant on exploit chains. Intellexa offloads attack setup to customers, maintaining plausible deniability. Public attribution efforts have had limited impact on their ability … Read more