Mastodawn

Eine Perle von IT-Investigativjournalismus (leider hinter der Paywall) die Lorenz Naegeli vom WAV Recherchekollektiv gemeinsam mit anderen Medien wie Haaretz und dem Digital Security Lab von Amnesty hier produzierten. Eine Story, die einmal mehr zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit erhielt.

Grosses Kino und es sollte alle Bundesbehörden wie den NDB und fedpol wirklich erschauern, denn:

Offenbar kann man mit der #PredatorSpyware (=Staatstrojaner) auf die Daten ihrer Kundinnen zugreifen! Da die Bundesbehörden zumindest schon getestet haben, müssten die jetzt alle in Panikmodus verfallen.

Passiert das auch bei #Pegasus von der NSO oder allen anderen eingekauften Staatstrojanern?

Ausgeschlossen ist jetzt nichts mehr.

Hinzukommt ein sehr schlimmer neuer Angriffsvektor: Eine ausgespielte Werbeanzeige. Eine Werbeanzeige, die einfach geladen wird auf dem Smartphone. BOOM! Schon sitzt die Spyware mittendrin auf dem Phone. Das ist so unglaublich übel und zeigt einmal mehr, wie schädlich das Online-Werbesystem mittlerweile geworden ist. In allen Bereichen: Einerseits wegen des Standortdatenhandels unser alle Smartphone, aber weil es nun auch eine effiziente Waffe von uns nicht wohlgesinnten) Geheimdiensten geworden ist.

https://www.inside-it.ch/intellexa-leaks-beruechtigte-spionagefirma-weiterhin-aktiv-20251203

Intellexa Leaks: Berüchtigte Spionagefirma weiterhin aktiv

Im Sommer 2025 wurden neue Opfer der Predator-Spyware identifiziert. Der Hersteller Intellexa steht auf einer US-Sanktionsliste und auch in der Schweiz läuft ein Verfahren.

🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉Dec 8, 2025

🕵️‍♂️ FTM follow the money notes rising alarm over EU-funded spyware projects. Despite millions in subsidies, concerns mount about surveillance tech being repurposed for state spying & rights abuses. Can transparency keep pace with innovation? 👀
Read more: https://www.ftm.eu/articles/spyware-industry-eu-subsidies-surveillance-concers
#AIWatch #Privacy #Surveillance #EU #Intellexa #PredatorSpyware #Humanrightsabuse #MercenarySpyware #Israel #Newz

Spyware industry pockets EU subsidies while snooping on its citizens

The widespread use of commercial spyware for unlawful surveillance across Europe has raised alarm – but the funding of such tools has largely gone under the radar. Follow the Money can reveal how millions in EU subsidies and taxpayer money in member states are supporting an industry criticised for undermining democracy and freedom of speech.

Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

Gavin Dec 4, 2025

Always use adblock. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/predator-spyware-uses-new-infection-vector-for-zero-click-attacks/ #bleepingcomputer #predatorspyware

Predator spyware uses new infection vector for zero-click attacks

The Predator spyware from surveillance company Intellexa has been using a zero-click infection mechanism dubbed "Aladdin" that compromised specific targets when simply viewing a malicious advertisement.

BleepingComputer

Rob Pegoraro Oct 30, 2023

For the fourth weekend in a row, I went on a long bike ride–this time, out the C&O Canal trail to Great Falls. That was one of the first destinations I visited on two wheels after I bought a bike in 1994, and the sight of the Potomac crashing over rocks has not gotten old over the 29 years since. It’s also nice to confirm that my aging body is not, in fact, too old for this.

Patreon readers got a bonus post in which I unpacked how I’m dealing with a handful of new features on that site.

10/24/2023: Telcos ask for spectrum specifics as feds say ‘stay tuned’, Light Reading

This post was originally going to recap the spectrum-policy discussions at a pair of conferences in D.C. two weeks ago, but after getting some more good quotes at the Competitive Carriers Association’s conference in Atlanta last week, I made it a three-event recap.

10/24/2023: Qualcomm Unveils ‘Snapdragon Seamless’ Device-to-Device Connectivity, PCMag

After two years of covering Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii in person (with Qualcomm covering my airfare and lodging), I spent this week at home and filed this report from my own desk about a new file- and peripheral-sharing platform developed by the company behind the chips in most Android phones.

10/25/2023: Security Expert: Apple’s Lockdown Mode Still Defeats Commercial Spyware, PCMag

With Maui not in my schedule this week, I had a much shorter trip to an event Tuesday: Metro to McLean, where Mitre hosted its ATT&CK security conference. I thought the opening keynote might yield a good post, and Runa Sandvik’s talk did not disappoint.

10/26/2023: Sen. Schumer: AI Needs Govt Guardrails, and They Can’t Be Made in China, PCMag

I was going to take Metro downtown to attend this event at the Washington Post, but having a contractor doing work on a closet made it wiser to watch online in case the project downstairs needed any snap decisions from me.

10/28/2023: SmartTechCheck Podcast S03 E6828/10/2023, Mark Vena

If you watch the video version of this podcast, you can see me demonstrate the Reactions feature of macOS Sonoma–which works even in non-Apple video services.

https://robpegoraro.com/2023/10/29/weekly-output-spectrum-policy-snapdragon-seamless-spyware-defenses-ai-guardrails-mark-vena-podcast/

#5GSpectrum #AIRegulation #AmericasSpectrumManagementConference #AppleLockdownMode #ChuckSchumer #CompetitiveCarriersAssociation #ForumGlobal #MarkVena #PegasusSpyware #PredatorSpyware #Qualcomm #RunaSandvik #SHLBAnchorNets #SnapdragonSeamless #spectrumPolicy