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All you need to know about Twitter
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@cybersecurity-summit.ch just wanna be sure all sessions going to be in EN ?
March 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Interesting 🧐 #paragon #cybersecurity
jsrailton.bsky.social John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · Mar 19
🚨NEW REPORT: first forensic confirmation of #Paragon mercenary spyware infections in #Italy...

Known targets: Activists & journalists.

We also found deployments around the world. Including ... #Canada?

And a lot more... Thread on our @citizenlab.ca investigation 1/

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Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations By Bill Marczak, John Scott-Railton, Kate Robertson, Astrid Perry, Rebekah Brown, Bahr Abdul Razzak, Siena Anstis, and Ron Deibert March 19, 2025 Clicca qui per leggere un riassunto del report in italiano. Key Findings Introducing Paragon Solutions. Paragon Solutions was founded in Israel in 2019 and sells spyware called Graphite. The company differentiates itself by claiming it has safeguards to prevent the kinds of spyware abuses that NSO Group and other vendors are notorious for. Infrastructure Analysis of Paragon Spyware. Based on a tip from a collaborator, we mapped out server infrastructure that we attribute to Paragon’s Graphite spyware tool. We identified a subset of suspected Paragon deployments, including in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore. Identifying a Possible Canadian Paragon Customer. Our investigation surfaced potential links between Paragon Solutions and the Canadian Ontario Provincial Police, and found evidence of a growing ecosystem of spyware capability among Ontario-based police services. Helping WhatsApp Catch a Zero-Click. We shared our analysis of Paragon’s infrastructure with Meta, who told us that the details were pivotal to their ongoing investigation into Paragon. WhatsApp discovered and mitigated an active Paragon zero-click exploit, and later notified over 90 individuals who it believed were targeted, including civil society members in Italy. Please drop me a reply or note letting me know if this alt text helps you. Android Forensic Analysis: Italian Cluster. We forensically analyzed multiple Android phones belonging to Paragon targets in Italy (an acknowledged Paragon user) who were notified by WhatsApp. We found clear indications that spyware had been loaded into WhatsApp, as well as other apps on their devices. A Related Case of iPhone Spyware in Italy. We analyzed the iPhone of an individual who worked closely with confirmed Android Paragon targets. This person received an Apple threat notification in November 2024, but no WhatsApp notification. Our analysis showed an attempt to infect the device with novel spyware in June 2024. We shared details with Apple, who confirmed they had patched the attack in iOS 18. Other Surveillance Tech Deployed Against The Same Italian Cluster. We also note 2024 warnings sent by Meta to several individuals in the same organizational cluster, including a Paragon victim, suggesting the need for further scrutiny into other surveillance technology deployed against these individuals. Please drop me a note /reply letting me know if this alt text helps you.
March 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week:
- Buzzfeed's AI-powered ads are a disaster
- The big Graykey leak of what phones it can/can't access
- subscribers-only: the wave of publishers selling their archives to AI

Apple/Spotify/YouTube: www.404media.co/podcast-buzz...
Podcast: Buzzfeed's AI Ads Are a Disaster
We chat Buzzfeed's AI-powered ads, a big Graykey leak, and the wave of publishers making deals with AI companies.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM