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EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Re: EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Post by dudeinjapan »

tsimionescu wrote: post #11
spoonjim wrote: post #3

Interesting that they named their company after the Amazonian fish that can supposedly swim up your penis and lodge itself inside

Seems to be a pattern in these circles - there's at least also Palantir, named after the crystal ball that corrupted Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.

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Re: EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Post by dudeinjapan »

anigbrowl wrote: post #18
spoonjim wrote: post #3

Interesting that they named their company after the Amazonian fish that can supposedly swim up your penis and lodge itself inside

Juvenile humor is rarely correlated with mature ethical development.

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Post by kstenerud »

OhioMan2943 wrote: post #13

I notice issues relating to these groups (israeli cyber groups) are very quick to be denied or delegitimised on HN

It's the new world we live in. Every power group has their army of adherents they can tap to kill a story they don't like. Even those we generally consider "goodies" do this now.

Re: EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Post by surfingdino »

tsimionescu wrote: post #10
PestoDiRucola wrote: post #5

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The fact that's it's an Israeli spyware is surely evidence (but not proof) Israel could be behind it.

It could be Israel or an entity that purchased a licence. One way or another Israelis probably know who it was.

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Post by f6v »

PestoDiRucola wrote: post #5

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It’s funny how I’m doing biological research that’s beneficial to humanity and there’re so many hurdles in the path of progress (numerous ethics committees).

And there’s spy software that’s sold to whoever can buy it. But somehow Israel isn’t scrutinized for such company existing in their jurisdiction.

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Post by A_D_E_P_T »

dudeinjapan wrote: post #22
tsimionescu wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems to be a pattern in these circles - there's at least also Palantir, named after the crystal ball that corrupted Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.

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I don't know if this needs to be stated, but the idea is that they're intentionally named after unpleasant or evil things. Presumably as a way of saying: "We're dangerous/edgy/hard-core; no skulduggery is beneath us."

Re: EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Post by xn7 »

throwawaydummy wrote: post #6
chmod775 wrote: post #2

Sounds more like it missed. They sent him a link, and he was wise enough to not click on it.

Don’t we live in a world where zero click exploits are a thing? I thought the target didn’t have to click the links just receive them

Zero click exploits are a thing, but they are very expensive and have limited shelf life (once they have been used a few times, they tend to get found out and patched). Most actors won’t use one, unless it is a very, very high value target. It seems that the EU parliament member was not high value enough, and got lucky.
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