The notorious Predator cell spy ware operation publicly uncovered in an eye-popping report final yr by Amnesty Worldwide has revamped its malware supply community and expanded its attain into Botswana and the Philippines.
Researchers from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, which noticed Predator’s up to date structure, stated the mercenary cell spy ware enterprise now operates in no less than 11 nations with the addition of Botswana and the Philippines.
The up to date and tiered malware community infrastructure contains supply servers, upstream servers, and static IP addresses within the 11 nations suspected to be Predator prospects: Angola, Armenia, Botswana, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Oman, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
“Whereas Predator stands out as one of many premier suppliers of mercenary spy ware, alongside NSO Group’s Pegasus, the techniques, methods, and procedures [TTPs] it makes use of throughout its supply course of have remained constant over time, doubtless indicating their ongoing success,” the Insikt crew wrote in its findings.
