Paragon Solutions Spyware: Graphite

Paragon Solutions is yet another Israeli spyware company. Their product is called “Graphite,” and is a lot like NSO Group’s Pegasus. And Paragon is working with what seems to be US approval:

American approval, even if indirect, has been at the heart of Paragon’s strategy. The company sought a list of allied nations that the US wouldn’t object to seeing deploy Graphite. People with knowledge of the matter suggested 35 countries are on that list, though the exact nations involved could not be determined. Most were in the EU and some in Asia, the people said…

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New zero-click threat targets iPhones and iPads

A recent report from Kaspersky revealed a zero-click attack method that requires no action from victims to infect iOS devices.
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Will Commercial Spyware Survive Biden’s Executive Order?

On March 27, 2023, reports surfaced that 50 U.S. government employees had been targeted by phone spyware overseas. On the day of that report, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to restrict federal agencies’ use of commercial spyware. The timing of the order was linked to this specific phone-targeting exploit. But spyware infiltration of […]

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Do commercial spyware products allow the attacker to access services protected by PIN secured passkeys on Android/iOS phones?

There are commercial spyware products on the market that allow access to significant functions on the infected phones without the users knowledge. These include ALIEN and PREDATOR from Intellexa, and FORCEDENTRY and Pegasus from NSO.
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Can you spyware cause files to be submitted with double and triple .pdf extension? [closed]

I had a file that was important submit with only the first four pages of my 84 page file. The other 84 pages submitted completely blank despite not being able to locate the file that has the double.pdf extension anywhere in my files. What… Continue reading Can you spyware cause files to be submitted with double and triple .pdf extension? [closed]

If my system had been infected prior to submitting important files, could this cause a double and triple file extension and files to show up blank?k [closed]

I was sent an email with attachments from an attorney in a contentious litigation matter despite him embedding the actual attachments at bottom of his email. The links didn’t open until I downloaded Outlook. I submitted exhibits for court … Continue reading If my system had been infected prior to submitting important files, could this cause a double and triple file extension and files to show up blank?k [closed]