Candiru
An Israeli vendor of mercenary spyware whose products were used against journalists and dissidents. In 2021 it was exposed for exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities and was added to the United States Department of Commerce Entity List.
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The Citizen Lab report links the AdFection technique to the Candiru spyware targeting Al Jazeera and points to a company named Discover-Tech.
Candiru is an Israeli mercenary spyware vendor that was exposed in 2021 for exploiting Chrome and Firefox zero-day vulnerabilities against journalists and dissidents, and was subsequently added to the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List.
In November 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce added NSO Group and another Israeli company, Candiru, to the Entity List on the grounds that their tools were used for transnational repression activities.
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The Citizen Lab report links the AdFection technique to the Candiru spyware targeting Al Jazeera and points to a company named Discover-Tech.
50%UnverifiedCandiru is an Israeli mercenary spyware vendor that was exposed in 2021 for exploiting Chrome and Firefox zero-day vulnerabilities against journalists and dissidents, and was subsequently added to the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List.
50%UnverifiedIn November 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce added NSO Group and another Israeli company, Candiru, to the Entity List on the grounds that their tools were used for transnational repression activities.
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