September 6, 2024 at 03:49PM Efforts by the US and other governments to curb NSO Group’s Pegasus and Intellexa Consortium’s Predator spyware have largely failed, leading the spyware retailers to improve evasion tactics. While recognized as a threat to human rights, sanctions have been circumvented, with spyware sales persisting. The spyware market is concentrated in … Read more
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 5, 2024 at 01:15PM The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Consortium for developing and distributing the Predator spyware, used to target Americans, including government officials and journalists. Sanctions freeze U.S.-based assets and transactions with them, signaling the U.S. government’s … Read more