Security News > 2024 > February > The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns

The commercial spyware economy - despite government and big tech's efforts to crack down - appears to be booming.

The US government added commercial spyware makers Intellexa and Cytrox to its Entity List, after placing similar export restrictions on NSO Group in 2021.

Despite these and other efforts, the spyware business "Appears to be booming," Biasini observed.

One of the "Bigger trends" that Talos is tracking within the spyware economy is the "Decoupling between the commercial spyware vendors and the vulnerability and exploit vendors," Biasini added.

According to TAG, spyware users typically use exploit chains, rather than a single point of entry, to remotely drop spyware to the target's devices.

None of the sources The Register contacted for this story could, or would, provide us with any other examples of or information about spyware pricing models.

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