Okuna

There are israelian #surveillance companies,. It’s home of Cellebrite, famous smartphone cracker, #NSO Group which sells the #Pegasus spyware, #QuaDream, formed from ex-NSO Group members who offer the #REIGN spyware, #Candiru, also known as #Saito Tech Ltd. and #Paragon using #Graphite. Amazing that they could not harm Irans nuclear program, again.

April 29, 2025: #Apple notifies #iOS users that they were targeted
with advanced spyware. Two journalists who consented for a tech analysis.
Findings:
Forensic evidence confirming with high confidence that both European journalist, and Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino, were targeted with Paragon’s Graphite.
Both cases linked to the same Paragon operator.
7 Italian’s received notifications from Apple or WhatsApp

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/graphite-spyware-used-in-apple-ios-zero-click-attacks-on-journalists/

Graphite spyware used in Apple iOS zero-click attacks on journalists

Forensic investigation has confirmed the use of Paragon's Graphite spyware platform in zero-click attacks that targeted Apple iOS devices of at least two journalists in Europe.

BleepingComputer
Jul 9, 2025 at 3:53pmWeb
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#CitizenLab wrote that Paragon is known for developing sophisticated exploits that do not require any interaction from the targeted user, that they have found indications that the company was until recently able to hack up-to-date iPhones and that their spyware has been used in countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Singapore, and Israel.
Zero-Click Exploits. Nice.
Ciro Pellegrino, one of the Italian journalists, is head of the Naples newsroom at Fanpage.it, where he has reported on numerous high-profile cases. And is not a fan of Mme #Meloni.