As Apple comply the Israeli Company NSO Group, which sells national support -type spyware, and announced that it will notify the attacked users, the NSO Group has taken the lack of funding due to the measures of the NSO and US government.It has been newly reported that we are considering selling the company.
The NSO Group has developed a spyware called "Pegasus" and has sold it to government agencies and law enforcement agencies.The trick is to purchase a zero -day vulnerability (a security hole not recognized by Apple) from the hacker and use a method to set up a zero -click attack (type that does not require user operation).It is said.
And since many of these Pegasus buyers were allegedly infringing human rights, international human rights NGO Amnesty International announced a report on this.Since then, the monitoring of the NSO group has been increasingly severe, and the US government has finally banned importing and selling the company as a national security risk.
Now, according to a new report of US Bloomberg, the NSO Group has been short of funds due to such circumstances and is exploring the options for withdrawal.It is said that the current company is in danger of default, and is considering options such as closing the Contraryly Pegasus division and selling the entire company.
The new owner candidate includes two US funds in the United States, which have acquired the NSO group and are considering closing the Pegasus division.The scenario states that funds will inject a new capital of about $ 200 million and turn the know -how behind Pegasus into a defensive security service.
However, there are skeptical opinions in the possibility of success in this rumored acquisition plan.First of all, Tech Media TNW has been accused of eavesdropping on people in the first place, so it is difficult to trust even if the new product is said to be defensive, and "the backdoor is likely to be suspected."
The director of CITIZEN LAB, a security investigation company based in Canada, warned that Pegasus products should be carefully rebuilt and regenerate brands of products and services that have already been built.He states, "Don't believe in the protective" product of the product. Who will leave the company to defend? "
It is not unusual for a black hacker who has been working on illegal activities in the past to turn into a white hacker who has been employed by a company and contributes to security enhancement.However, even if the NSO Group has changed the past, it is not known whether the US government, which named the NSO as "National Security Risk", will be allowed to acquire.
Source: Bloomberg
VIA: 9to5mac
