Corellium Offered Its Phone Virtualization Tools to Controversial Spyware Makers
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According to a leaked document, cybersecurity startup Corellium, which sells phone-virtualization software for catching security bugs and portrays itself as a defender against software bugs, offered or sold its tools to controversial government spyware and hacking-tool makers in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia, and a cybersecurity firm with potential ties to the Chinese government.
The 507-page document, apparently prepared by Apple to use it in the company’s 2019 copyright lawsuit against Corellium, shows that the security firm, whose software lets users perform security analysis using virtual versions of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, has dealt with companies that have a track record of selling their tools to repressive regimes and countries with poor human rights records.
According to the document, Corelli…
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