Google: Half of all zero-days used against our products are developed by spyware vendors

Google said Tuesday that it is tracking at least 40 companies involved in the creation of spyware and other hacking tools that are sold to governments and deployed against “high risk” users, including journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents. The vendors — which have developed dozens of tools and tricks to break into phones, laptops,

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