The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns

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'Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,' we're told

In 2023, TAG reports it uncovered 25 zero-days under active exploitation, and 20 of these were abused by commercial surveillance vendors.

These tools have also been used to secure the detention of political dissidents, lawyers, journalists and activists. Some deployments of spyware have beenfrom some of the surveillance vendors that their products can only be sold to governments and used to fight terrorism and other serious crimes. Despite these and other efforts, the spyware business"appears to be booming," Biasini observed."There's a lot of growth. If you look at the offensive conferences – especially the ones in Europe that have been going on – there are just a deluge of vendors that sit in this space.

 

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