"Google Says Spyware Vendors Behind Most Zero-Days It Discovers"

Commercial Spyware Vendors (CSVs) were behind 80 percent of the zero-day vulnerabilities discovered by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) in 2023 and exploited to spy on devices. Google's TAG has been observing the activities of 40 commercial spyware vendors in order to detect exploitation attempts, protect users of its products, and help protect the larger community by reporting key findings to the proper parties. Google discovered that spyware vendors were behind 35 of the 72 known in-the-wild zero-day exploits affecting its products over the last decade. These spyware vendors use zero-day vulnerabilities to target journalists, activists, and political figures as demanded by their customers. This article continues to discuss the discovery of spyware vendors being behind most of the zero-day vulnerabilities Google's TAG discovered in 2023.

Bleeping Computer reports "Google Says Spyware Vendors Behind Most Zero-Days It Discovers"

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