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#cryptohagen

In the aftermath of the scandal Israeli 🇮🇱 spyware company #Paragon cut off Italy 🇮🇹 access to its #Graphite #spyware, citing a breach of contract

In the meantime, the Italian government has contracted a local Italian 🇮🇹 company #Negg to provide it with new surveillance capabilities

Negg operates a one-click spyware platform known as #VBiss

According to Google, the company's product was detected in the past in operations in Italy, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan
intelligenceonline.com/surveil (paywalled)

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#cryptohagen

Italian 🇮🇹 government admitted using #Graphite #spyware developed by 🇮🇱 #Paragon Solutions against the founders of an #NGO that helps refugees crossing Mediterranean

For 2 months evaded questions, dismissed allegations, and shifted its narrative

High-ranking intell. officials told a parliamentary oversight committee they approved the surveillance on the grounds of national security

.. came to light after Meta notified some of the activists
euractiv.com/section/politics/

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Autonomie und Solidarität

#Italiens Staatssekretär, Alfredo Mantovano, hat laut Medienberichten eingeräumt, dass der italienische Geheimdienst den Einsatz von Spionagesoftware gegen Mitglieder der Seenotrettungs-NGO „Mediterranea Saving Humans“ autorisiert hat. Ungeklärt ist hingegen weiterhin, wer für die Überwachung des Direktors des Investigativportals Fanpage.it, Francesco Cancellato, verantwortlich war.

euractiv.de/section/europa-kom

#Italy#Spyware#Seenotrettung
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"- 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.
- 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."

#CyberSecurity #Israel #Paragon #Spyware #WhatsApp #Meta #Italy #Surveillance

citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-

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The Citizen Lab · Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen LabIn our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe. This report includes an infrastructure analysis of Paragon’s spyware product, called Graphite; a forensic analysis of infected devices belonging to members of civil society; and a closer look at the use of Paragon spyware in both Canada and Italy.
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#cryptohagen

Digitale spor antyder, at dansk 🇩🇰 politi eller efterretningsvæsen kan være kunder hos kontroversielt spyware-selskab

Mange vil have hørt om Pegasus, involveret i skandaler om aflytning af oppositions-politikere og dommere i lande som Polen, Spanien og Grækenland

Færre har hørt om den ligeledes israelske 🇮🇱 #spyware #Paragon

Nu linker en rapport fra den respekterede, canadiske research-enhed #CitizenLab citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first- - Danmark🇩🇰 til netop #Paragon
radar.dk/artikel/danmark-har-t (paywalled)

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The Citizen Lab · Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen LabIn our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe. This report includes an infrastructure analysis of Paragon’s spyware product, called Graphite; a forensic analysis of infected devices belonging to members of civil society; and a closer look at the use of Paragon spyware in both Canada and Italy.
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Christoffer S.

(Citizenlab.ca) Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-

Very interesting deep-dive into the Paragon spyware by Israeli company Paragon Solutions Ltd.

Summary:
A First Look at Paragon's Proliferating Spyware Operations" investigates Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware vendor founded in 2019 that sells a product called Graphite. Paragon claims to have safeguards against abuse, distinguishing itself from competitors like NSO Group. The investigation mapped Paragon's server infrastructure, identifying potential deployments in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore, with a possible connection between Paragon and the Ontario Provincial Police in Canada. Meta and WhatsApp discovered and mitigated a Paragon zero-click exploit, notifying over 90 targeted individuals. Targets included civil society members in Italy, with forensic analysis confirming spyware infections on Android phones. The findings raise serious concerns about Paragon's claims of preventing abuse, as evidence shows targeting of human rights groups, government critics, and journalists.

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The Citizen Lab · Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen LabIn our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe. This report includes an infrastructure analysis of Paragon’s spyware product, called Graphite; a forensic analysis of infected devices belonging to members of civil society; and a closer look at the use of Paragon spyware in both Canada and Italy.
#Cybersecurity#Spyware#Israel
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Mojeek Search Engine

Customers of #Paragon spyware are likely governments of
Australia
Canada
Cyprus
Denmark
Israel
Singapore

Known targets: Activists & journalists
citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-

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The Citizen Lab · Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen LabIn our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across the globe. This report includes an infrastructure analysis of Paragon’s spyware product, called Graphite; a forensic analysis of infected devices belonging to members of civil society; and a closer look at the use of Paragon spyware in both Canada and Italy.
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#cryptohagen

Responding to the publication of a #CitizenLab report identifying multiple cases involving the use of #Paragon #spyware against journalists and human rights defenders in Italy, the Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, said:

“The alarming discovery that Paragon’s highly invasive #Graphite spyware has been used against human rights defenders and journalists in Italy underscores the worsening digital surveillance crisis across Europe 🇪🇺
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest

Amnesty International Security Lab · Europe: Paragon attacks highlight Europe’s growing spyware crisis - Amnesty International Security LabResponding to the publication of a Citizen Lab report identifying multiple cases involving the use of Paragon’s spyware against journalists and human rights defenders in Italy, the Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, said: “The alarming discovery that Paragon’s highly invasive Graphite spyware has been used against human rights defenders and journalists in Italy […]
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#cryptohagen

The governments of
Australia
Canada
Cyprus
Denmark
Israel
Singapore
are likely customers of Israeli #spyware maker #Paragon Solutions

The #CitizenLab, a group of academics and security researchers housed at the University of Toronto that has investigated the spyware industry for more than a decade, published a report about the Israeli-founded surveillance startup, identifying the 6 governments as “suspected Paragon deployments.”
techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/rese

TechCrunch · Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers | TechCrunchThe Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.
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Autonomie und Solidarität

"Im Paragon-Spyware-Skandal Italiens wurden mindestens 90 Einzelpersonen, Journalisten und Aktivisten mit dem Spionageprogramm Graphite ins Visier genommen.
(...)
Im Zentrum des Skandals steht #Paragon Solutions, das israelische Unternehmen hinter der Spionagesoftware Graphite. Die Technologie soll auch an italienische Behörden verkauft worden sein.

Über den Messenger #WhatsApp sollen die Journalisten und Mitglieder der #Zivilgesellschaft mit der Software ausspioniert worden sein...."

euractiv.de/section/innovation

#Spyware#Italia#Italy
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Francesco P Lovergine :debian:

It is misleading to suggest that evil parties can be controlled by imposing backdoors on common systems such as Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp.

They are motivated enough to use other systems proficiently and work around them.

You, so-called democratic governments, are cultivating an illusion and allowing other evil entities to abuse that power. It happened in the past and will happen again in the future.
Stop it, idiots.

#control #government #abuse #backdoors #paragon
swedenherald.com/article/signa

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