تقريران من منظمة العفو الدولية ومجموعة تحليل التهديدات ‫#غوغل‬، عن عمليات اختراق لزرع برنامَج تجسس شبيه ‫#بيغاسوس‬، يستهدف اجهزة ‫#أندرويد‬ و ‫#أبل‬ لاستهداف أفراد  في إيطاليا وماليزيا وكازاخستان وعملية أخرى لاستهداف أفراد في الإمارات العربية المتحدة. مع تحيات ‫#نايلةالصليبي‬
#spyware
#pegasus
‪#variston‬
#UAE

https://mc-d.co/1pkg

A fine 2022, Google ha rivelato l'esistenza di un fornitore spyware allora sconosciuto chiamato #Variston. Ora, i ricercatori di Google affermano di aver visto utilizzare gli strumenti di Variston negli Emirati Arabi Uniti.

Variston ha sede a Barcellona, ​​in Spagna. Secondo i registri di registrazione delle imprese in Italia, Variston ha acquisito la società italiana di ricerca zero-day #Truel nel 2018.

Di @lorenzofb e Carly Page per @TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/29/hackers-variston-spyware-uae-google/

Breaking into everyone's privacy is just another business model:

"research has shown [...] the extent to which commercial spyware vendors have developed capabilities that were previously only available to governments with deep pockets and technical expertise [...] while surveillance technology may be legal under national or international laws, they are often used in harmful ways [...] These abuses represent a serious risk to online safety."

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-details-on-commercial-spyware-vendor-variston/

#infosec #variston

#Spyware Vendor #Variston Exploited N-Days in #Chrome, #Firefox, #Windows https://bit.ly/3FjtT9q

Google said Spanish spyware vendor #Variston IT developed multiple zero-days to exploit #Chrome, #Firefox and #MicrosoftDefender #zeroday

https://therecord.media/google-accuses-spanish-spyware-company-of-ties-to-zero-day-exploitation-framework/

#variston, una empresa amb seu a Barcelona amb un programari espia desconegut

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-details-on-commercial-spyware-vendor-variston/
https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/google-variston-empresa-barcelona-programari-espia-desconegut/

Researchers at #TAG suggest the #Heliconia exploit framework is likely linked to commercial #spyware vendor #Variston

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-details-on-commercial-spyware-vendor-variston/

#Google links three exploitation frameworks to Spanish commercial #spyware vendor #Variston
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/139126/hacking/spanish-spyware-vendor-variston.html
#securityaffairs #hacking #malware

#Google links three exploitation frameworks to Spanish commercial #spyware vendor #Variston
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/139126/hacking/spanish-spyware-vendor-variston.html
#securityaffairs #hacking #malware

This is your regular reminder that the commercial spyware vendor problem is much bigger than just #NSOGroup. Please welcome #Variston. Variston is based on Spain, which has had its own ongoing spyware drama, which included the government buying NSO’s Pegasus and using it to spy on Catalan politicians.

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-details-on-commercial-spyware-vendor-variston/

#Spyware vendor #Variston exploited #Chrome, #Firefox, and Windows #zerodays, says Google https://tcrn.ch/3iroTGB