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The Persistent Threat Posed by Mobile Spyware: How All Businesses and Government Agencies Continue to Be Exposed
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On March 27, 2023, the Biden administration issued an Executive Order (EO) prohibiting government agencies from using and acquiring hacking tools, such as commercial spyware. According to senior administration officials, the order “is intended to grapple with the rapidly growing and lucrative international marketplace of cyber-intrusion tools that can break into someone’s phone—often with malware that doesn’t require the victim to click on a malicious link or attachment—and spy on them undetected for months or years.” (source: Wall Street Journal …
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