San Francisco: An Italian company's hacking<\/a> tools were used to spy on Apple<\/a> Inc and Android<\/a> smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's Google said in a report on Thursday. 旧金山:意大利公司黑客工具被用来监视苹果公司和安卓智能手机在意大利和哈萨克斯坦,字母公司的谷歌周四在一份报告中表示。
Milan-based RCS Lab<\/a>, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices<\/a>, the report said.
European and American regulators have been weighing potential new rules over the sale and import of spyware<\/a>.
\"These vendors are enabling the proliferation of dangerous hacking tools and arming governments that would not be able to develop these capabilities in-house,\" Google said.
The governments of Italy and Kazakhstan did not immediately respond to requests for comment. An Apple spokesperson said the company had revoked all known accounts and certificates associated with this hacking campaign.
RCS Lab said its products and services comply with European rules and help law enforcement agencies investigate crimes.
\"RCS Lab personnel are not exposed, nor participate in any activities conducted by the relevant customers,\" it told Reuters in an email, adding it condemned any abuse of its products.
Google said it had taken steps to protect users of its Android operating system and alerted them about the spyware.
The global industry making spyware for governments has been growing, with more companies developing interception tools for law enforcement. Anti-surveillance activists accuse them of aiding governments that in some cases use such tools to crack down on human rights and civil rights.
The industry came under a global spotlight when the Israeli surveillance firm NSO's Pegasus spyware was in recent years found to have been used by multiple governments to spy on journalists, activists, and dissidents.
While RCS Lab's tool may not be as stealthy as Pegasus, it can still read messages and view passwords, said Bill Marczak, a security researcher with digital watchdog Citizen Lab<\/a>.
\"This shows that even though these devices are ubiquitous, there's still a long way to go in securing them against these powerful attacks,\" he added.
On its website, RCS Lab describes itself as a maker of \"lawful interception\" technologies and services including voice, data collection and \"tracking systems.\" It says it handles 10,000 intercepted targets daily in Europe alone.
Google researchers found RCS Lab had previously collaborated with the controversial, defunct Italian spy firm Hacking Team, which had similarly created surveillance software for foreign governments to tap into phones and computers.
Hacking Team went bust after it became a victim of a major hack in 2015 that led to a disclosure of numerous internal documents.
In some cases, Google said it believed hackers using RCS spyware worked with the target's internet service provider, which suggests they had ties to government-backed actors, said Billy Leonard, a senior researcher at Google.
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米兰RCS实验室的网站声称欧洲执法机构客户,开发工具来监视目标的私人信息和联系人设备,该报告说。
欧洲和美国的监管机构一直在权衡潜在的销售和进口的新规则间谍软件。
“这些供应商使危险的黑客工具的扩散和武装政府将无法开发这些功能内部,”谷歌表示。
RCS实验室表示,其产品和服务符合欧洲法规,帮助执法机构调查犯罪。
“RCS实验室人员不接触,也不参加任何活动相关的客户,“它在一封电子邮件中告诉路透社,添加它谴责任何滥用其产品。
谷歌表示,它已采取措施保护其Android操作系统的用户和提醒他们的间谍软件。
全球产业使得政府间谍软件一直在增长,与更多的公司发展中执法的拦截工具。Anti-surveillance活动家指责他们协助政府,在某些情况下使用这些工具来打击人权和民权。
行业受到了全球的关注,当以色列监视美国国家太阳天文台飞马公司间谍软件近年来被发现使用了多个政府监视记者、活动人士和持不同政见者。
虽然RCS实验室的工具可能不是飞马隐形,它仍然可以读取消息并查看密码,安全研究员比尔Marczak表示数字监管机构公民实验室。
“这表明,即使这些设备随处可见,还有很长的路要走在确保他们这些强大的攻击,”他补充道。
在其网站上,RCS实验室自称是“合法拦截”制造商技术和服务,包括语音、数据收集和跟踪系统。It says it handles 10,000 intercepted targets daily in Europe alone.
谷歌研究人员发现RCS实验室曾与争议,已倒闭的意大利间谍公司黑客团队,同样创造了监控软件的外国政府利用手机和电脑。
黑客团队破产后,在2015年成为主要攻击的受害者,导致大量的内部文件的披露。
在某些情况下,谷歌表示,它相信黑客使用RCS间谍工作与目标的互联网服务提供商,这表明他们与政府支持的演员,比利伦纳德说,谷歌高级研究员。
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San Francisco: An Italian company's hacking<\/a> tools were used to spy on Apple<\/a> Inc and Android<\/a> smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's Google said in a report on Thursday.
Milan-based RCS Lab<\/a>, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices<\/a>, the report said.
European and American regulators have been weighing potential new rules over the sale and import of spyware<\/a>.
\"These vendors are enabling the proliferation of dangerous hacking tools and arming governments that would not be able to develop these capabilities in-house,\" Google said.
The governments of Italy and Kazakhstan did not immediately respond to requests for comment. An Apple spokesperson said the company had revoked all known accounts and certificates associated with this hacking campaign.
RCS Lab said its products and services comply with European rules and help law enforcement agencies investigate crimes.
\"RCS Lab personnel are not exposed, nor participate in any activities conducted by the relevant customers,\" it told Reuters in an email, adding it condemned any abuse of its products.
Google said it had taken steps to protect users of its Android operating system and alerted them about the spyware.
The global industry making spyware for governments has been growing, with more companies developing interception tools for law enforcement. Anti-surveillance activists accuse them of aiding governments that in some cases use such tools to crack down on human rights and civil rights.
The industry came under a global spotlight when the Israeli surveillance firm NSO's Pegasus spyware was in recent years found to have been used by multiple governments to spy on journalists, activists, and dissidents.
While RCS Lab's tool may not be as stealthy as Pegasus, it can still read messages and view passwords, said Bill Marczak, a security researcher with digital watchdog Citizen Lab<\/a>.
\"This shows that even though these devices are ubiquitous, there's still a long way to go in securing them against these powerful attacks,\" he added.
On its website, RCS Lab describes itself as a maker of \"lawful interception\" technologies and services including voice, data collection and \"tracking systems.\" It says it handles 10,000 intercepted targets daily in Europe alone.
Google researchers found RCS Lab had previously collaborated with the controversial, defunct Italian spy firm Hacking Team, which had similarly created surveillance software for foreign governments to tap into phones and computers.
Hacking Team went bust after it became a victim of a major hack in 2015 that led to a disclosure of numerous internal documents.
In some cases, Google said it believed hackers using RCS spyware worked with the target's internet service provider, which suggests they had ties to government-backed actors, said Billy Leonard, a senior researcher at Google.
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