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VB2018 presentation: The wolf in sheep’s clothing – undressed
In recent years, we have seen a trend of commercial spyware being sold to governments. This is a very controversial subject, not least because of the frequent use of this spyware against opposition targets. However, there is general agreement that the malware tends in most cases to be well written. There are exceptions though. At…
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VB2018 presentation: The wolf in sheep’s clothing – undressed
In recent years, we have seen a trend of commercial spyware being sold to governments. This is a very controversial subject, not least because of the frequent use of this spyware against opposition targets. However, there is general agreement that the malware tends in most cases to be well written. There are exceptions though. At…
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VB2018 preview: commercial spyware and its use by governments
Yesterday, a new report by Citizen Lab looked at NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware and its global use. The report is worth a read, for the political implications of the findings, for the interesting methodology used, as well as for the section on the ethics of DNS cache probing. I have long been a fan…
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VB2018 preview: commercial spyware and its use by governments
Yesterday, a new report by Citizen Lab looked at NSO Group ‘s Pegasus spyware and its global use. The report is worth a read, for the political implications of the findings, for the interesting methodology used, as well as for the section on the ethics of DNS cache probing. I have long been a fan…