Mercenary mayhem: A technical analysis of Intellexa's PREDATOR spyware

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• Commercial spyware use is on the rise, with actors leveraging these sophisticated tools to conduct surveillance operations against a growing number of targets. Cisco Talos has new details of a commercial spyware product sold by the spyware firm Intellexa (formerly known as Cytrox).


• Our research specifically looks at two components of this mobile spyware suite known as “ALIEN” and “PREDATOR,” which compose the …

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