Paragon Graphite is a Pegasus spyware clone used in the US –

The US government banned the use of NSO’s Pegasus spyware 18 months ago, but a new report today says that at least one government agency is using very similar malware from a rival company: Paragon Graphite.

According to four [industry figures], the US Drug Enforcement and Administration Agency is among the top customers for Paragon’s signature product nicknamed Graphite.

The #malware surreptitiously pierces the protections of modern smartphones and evades the encryption of messaging apps like #Signal or #WhatsApp, sometimes harvesting the data from cloud backups – much like Pegasus does.

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Spyware maker Paragon terminates contract with Italian government: media reports | TechCrunch

"Paragon Solutions, a startup that sells access to surveillance technologies including phone spyware, has cut ties with the Italian government, according to reports in The Guardian and Haaretz.

On Thursday, citing an anonymous source, The Guardian reported Paragon had first suspended its contract with Italy on Friday after WhatsApp said it had disrupted a hacking campaign leveraging the Israeli startup’s spyware targeting around 90 people. On Wednesday, Paragon terminated the contract once the company determined that the Italian government had broken “the terms of service and ethical framework it had agreed under its Paragon contract,” according to the British newspaper."

#Paragon #ParagonGraphite #Italy

Italian government denies Paragon has cut spyware contract | Reuters

"ROME, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Italy denied on Wednesday that Israeli spyware maker Paragon had cut ties with Rome following allegations that the Italian government had illegally used its technology to hack the phones of critics instead of criminals.

"Paragon has never suspended the service and has not terminated its contract," the cabinet undersecretary for intelligence matters, Alfredo Mantovano, told reporters."

"Italy's government subsequently said that seven mobile phone users in the country had been targeted by the spyware, which is intended for use on criminals. It denied any involvement in the illicit hack and called for an investigation.

However, the Guardian and Haaretz newspapers reported last week that Paragon had cut ties with Italy, allegedly because it did not believe the government denial."

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Analysis of #Paragon’s Graphite #Spyware Operations misusing #WhatsApp Zero-Click #exploit

https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/

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#Paragon accidentally uploaded a photo of its spyware control panel

The general counsel of Paragon, uploaded a picture on Linkedin today showing the Paragon spyware control panel.
The panel shows a phone number in Czechia, Apps, Accounts, media on the phone, the interception status and numbers extracted from various apps.
It's just a demo instance, but, these front ends are barely revealed to the public

https://fxtwitter.com/DrWhax/status/2021608609595945442

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