Intellexa Group’s Predator spyware has experienced a resurgence in activity following a decline spurred by sanctions imposed by the Biden administration, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is a new Intellexa client, may have leveraged new Predator infrastructure to enable spyware staging and exploitation, according to an analysis from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, which also observed usage of the surveillance tool in Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates.
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Source: SC Media
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