Michael Barnhart, DPRK Operations at Mandiant

The leading maker of spyware offered somewhat different explanations about wanting to see Apple’s lawsuit disappear.

A review of nine companies’ business practices found that using their services was just the beginning of vast data collection efforts.

It’s another swipe at the Intellexa Consortium, a sprawling network of companies.

Christian Vasquez, Reporter for CyberScoop; Joe Saunders, CEO of RunSafe

Sanctions and public exposure might have driven Intellexa into silence for months, but that doesn’t mean its Predator spyware is gone for good.

The attack campaigns show how spyware tech companies have become more akin to nation-state threat actors.

It’s similar to the Republican platform in that way but a departure from the 2020 Democratic policy document.

The agency’s settlement with the prepaid phone provider, which CyberScoop is first to report, is the first ever to specify API protections.

Sanctions, newspaper investigations and reports exposing the Intellexa alliance’s infrastructure all might have led to its diminished state.