Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week, 10/7/23
How Intellexa sold spyware to Egypt, How phone phreakers created Apple, How one writer lost $31,000 in a pool-related BEC scam, The best password manager, PCLOB's view on Sec. 702
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Investigation: How Israeli Spyware Was Sold to Egypt and Pitched to Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Haaretz’s Omer Benjakob recaps the results of a bombshell investigation into spyware company Intellexa called the "Predator Files," which is based on documents and evidence obtained by French magazine Mediapart and Germa’ Der Spiegel and involved 15 media outlets led by the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC). The investigation found that Intellexa sold its spyware to Egypt, where it was used against regime critics, and pitched its capabilities to Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Cameroon, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, and others.
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