A new Italian citizen was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware. We have a serious problem

An Italian political adviser was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware, becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing surveillance activity.

Security Affairs
Everyone is a Target: Targeted Mercenary Spyware & the Rise of Commercial Surveillance

From Pegasus to Paragon, inside the privatized surveillance networks reshaping power, privacy, and control in the 21st century.

Stephano Pereira
Mythical Beasts: Diving into the depths of the global spyware market

The second edition of the Mythical Beasts project assess how the global spyware market has developed and changed over the past year.

Atlantic Council
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
#ParagonGraphite
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-immigration-ice-israeli-spyware
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps

Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

The Guardian
Predators for Hire: A Global Overview of Commercial Surveillance Vendors

Explore the 2025 landscape of Adversary-in-the-Middle phishing threats with data, trends, and top detection insights.

Sekoia.io Blog
Graphite Caught First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted
#ParagonGraphite #CVE_2025_43200
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/06/first-forensic-confirmation-of-paragons-ios-mercenary-spyware-finds-journalists-targeted/
Graphite Caught: First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted - The Citizen Lab

On April 29, 2025, a select group of iOS users were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware. Among the group were two journalists who consented to the technical analysis of their cases. In this report, we discuss key findings from our forensic analyses of their devices.

The Citizen Lab
Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations
#ParagonGraphite
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/
Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab

In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe. This report includes an infrastructure analysis of Paragon’s spyware product, called Graphite; a forensic analysis of infected devices belonging to members of civil society; and a closer look at the use of Paragon spyware in both Canada and Italy.

The Citizen Lab
WhatsApp accuses Paragon of targeting about 90 users with spyware
#WhatsApp #ParagonGraphite
https://therecord.media/whatsapp-paragon-spyware-targeting-users
WhatsApp accuses Paragon of targeting about 90 users with spyware

The Meta-owned messaging platform said suspected targets of Paragon's spyware include journalists and members of civil society.

Paragon Graphite is a Pegasus spyware clone used in the US. - GAMINGDEPUTY

The US government banned Pegasus NSO spyware 18 months ago, but today

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