{"id":3705,"date":"2021-11-16T16:38:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/israeli-firms-spyware-linked-to-attacks-on-websites-in-uk-and-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:38:05","slug":"israeli-firms-spyware-linked-to-attacks-on-websites-in-uk-and-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/israeli-firms-spyware-linked-to-attacks-on-websites-in-uk-and-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli firm\u2019s spyware linked to attacks on websites in UK and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto-based researchers say new evidence suggests Candiru\u2019s software used to target critics of autocratic regimes<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have found new evidence that suggests spyware made by an Israeli company that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/nov\/03\/nso-group-pegasus-spyware-us-blacklist\">recently blacklisted<\/a> in the US has been used to target critics of Saudi Arabia and other autocratic regimes, including some readers of a London-based news website.<\/p>\n<p>A report by Toronto-based researchers at ESET, an internet security firm, found links between attacks against high-profile websites in the Middle East and UK, and the Israeli company Candiru, which has been called Israel\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/.premium-top-secret-israeli-cyberattack-firm-revealed-1.6805950\">most mysterious cyberwarfare company<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/nov\/16\/israeli-firm-candiru-spyware-linked-to-attacks-on-websites-uk-middle-east\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1ca47dc757d18b0d58f5db601741708f4df1cfd5\/0_142_5700_3420\/master\/5700.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b1c8d39c63a74e75fe2ec293bd33b598\" title=\"Israeli firm\u2019s spyware linked to attacks on websites in UK and Middle East\" \/>Toronto-based researchers say new evidence suggests Candiru\u2019s software used to target critics of autocratic regimes<br \/>\nResearchers have found new evidence that suggests spyware made by an Israeli company that was recently blacklisted in the US has been used to target critics of Saudi Arabia and other autocratic regimes, including some readers of a London-based news website.<br \/>\nA report by Toronto-based researchers at ESET, an internet security firm, found links between attacks against high-profile websites in the Middle East and UK, and the Israeli company Candiru, which has been called Israel\u2019s \u201cmost mysterious cyberwarfare company\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto-based researchers say new evidence suggests Candiru\u2019s software used to target critics of autocratic regimes Researchers have found new evidence that suggests spyware made by an Israeli company that was recently blacklisted in the US has been used to target critics of Saudi Arabia and other autocratic regimes, including some readers of a London-based news &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/israeli-firms-spyware-linked-to-attacks-on-websites-in-uk-and-middle-east\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Israeli firm\u2019s spyware linked to attacks on websites in UK and Middle East<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}