Spyware isn’t going anywhere, and neither are its tactics
Summary: A group of nations including the U.S., U.K. and France, along with several Fortune 500 tech companies, signed an agreement Tuesday to limit global spyware use, while the U.S. rolled out visa restrictions on foreign individuals who misuse commercial spyware or profit from its sale. Google's TAG found that 20 of the 25 zero-day vulnerabilities it discovered being exploited in the wild in 2023 were exploited by commercial spyware vendors, and it is tracking at least 40 such vendors.
What you should know: Forty commercial spyware vendors with unknown numbers of customers are selling tools that accounted for 20 of the 25 exploited zero-days Google TAG found in 2023, and the signed resolution's language read closer to aspirations than action.
Read the original at Cisco Talos ↗
- Topics
- Malware
- Related
- ARTEX and beyond: AI-enabled penetration testing platforms Cyber Risks · Nov 13, 2026Fake GTA 6 download goes after Steam logins and crypto wallet data Cyber Risks · Nov 13, 2026Operation Endgame Takes Down Gootloader, CastleRAT and StealC Servers, Seizes 6.4M Stolen Logins Cyber Risks · Nov 13, 2026