Lee B Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 "Google researchers said on Wednesday they have linked a Barcelona, Spain-based IT company to the sale of advanced software frameworks that exploit vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender. Variston IT bills itself as a provider of tailor-made information security solutions, including: technology for embedded SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) and Internet of Things integrators; custom security patches for proprietary systems; tools for data discovery; security training; and the development of secure protocols for embedded devices. According to a report from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, Variston sells another product not mentioned on its website: software frameworks that provide everything a customer needs to surreptitiously install malware on devices they want to spy on!" In the world today, where everything is for sale including our personal data, I am not surprised. We are so far down a slippery slope, how do we recover? How do we fix this? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbreck Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Malware has been for sale on the TOR dark web for years. The CIA had a suite of spy software and it was stolen and put on the web for purchase. https://9to5mac.com/2017/03/07/cia-ios-malware-wikileaks/ A long time ago (18-20 years ago?) the US Government / CIA used malware to get into the databases of Petrobras the Brazilian oil company. They then gave it to US oil companies so they had an advantage in negotiations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted December 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 What caught my attention was that this was a commercial IT firm with a public presence that specialized in IT security consulting and projects. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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