An Israeli cyber warfare group weaponised vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Google products, allowing governments to hack more than 100 journalists, activists and political dissidents globally, new research has found.
The relatively unknown player, which markets itself as Candiru, is part of a lucrative Israeli offensive cyber industry that often recruits veterans of the army’s elite units, and sells software that allows its clients to hack computers and cell phones remotely.
Companies like Candiru and the largest player in this opaque industry, NSO Group, which was valued at $1bn in a 2019 transaction, said their software is designed to be used by government and law enforcement agencies to thwart potential terrorism and crime.
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