After Pegasus, new Israeli spyware in use identified in Hungary!
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Canadian cybersecurity company Citizen Lab identified a new Israeli spyware, which could have been used in Hungary. They have successfully identified victims in other countries.
New Israeli spyware
New Israeli spyware, similar to the infamous Pegasus programme, was used to target journalists and opposition politicians in several countries, according to information released by Canada’s Citizen Lab, telex.hu reports.
The cybersecurity organisation has identified servers that are highly likely to have been used to run spyware from the Israeli company QuaDream. Among the servers were some whose operation was traced back to Hungary.
In some cases, operators of the QuaDream servers have also been identified. The Canadian organisation detected operations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ghana, Israel, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates.
According to Citizen Lab’s analysis, there is a high degree of certainty that the Israeli company’s spyware could have been used or is still in use in these countries.
It is unclear, whether the operators have targeted Hungarian people. As MEMO points out, CitizenLab was able to identify at least five people who were targeted by the QuaDream programme in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The list of victims includes “journalists, opposition political figures, and an NGO employee”. The firm did not reveal their identities.