Citizen Lab and Microsoft report the hacking tool QuaDream has been used against politicians and journalists, but they did not identify the victims
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Microsoft said it found the software during efforts with partners to collect intelligence on sophisticated adversaries. Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto, said it uncovered five victims. The system worked in part by sending malicious calendar invites that would not be seen by the targets.. Media outlets have since identified customers, including Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Singapore.
Citizen Lab declined to name the most recent victims, saying that those people would come forward when they are ready.Like its better-known rival, NSO Group, maker of the similarspyware, QuaDream sells its eavesdropping to government agencies. Unlike NSO, it has almost no visible corporate presence and may avoid the need for export licenses by dealing through a reseller based outside Israel, most notably the Cypriot firm InReach. NSO needs clearance from the Israeli ministry of defense.
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