Predator Spyware Turns Failed Attacks Into Intelligence For Future Exploits (securityweek.com)
(Saturday January 17, 2026 @05:41PM (EditorDavid)
from the I'll-be-back dept.)
- Reference: 0180607710
- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/2150219/predator-spyware-turns-failed-attacks-into-intelligence-for-future-exploits
- Source link: https://www.securityweek.com/predator-spywares-granular-anti-analysis-features-exposed/
In December 2024 the Google Threat Intelligence Group [1]published research on the code of the commercial spyware "Predator". But there's now been new research by Jamf (the company behind a mobile device management solution) showing Predator [2]is more dangerous and sophisticated than we realized , according to SecurityWeek .
Long-time Slashdot reader [3]wiredmikey writes:
> The new research reveals an error taxonomy that reports exactly why deployments fail, turning black boxes into diagnostic events for threat actors. Almost exclusively marketed to and used by national governments and intelligence agencies, the spyware also detects cybersecurity tools, suppresses forensics evidence, and has built-in geographic restrictions.
[1] https://www.jamf.com/blog/predator-spyware-anti-analysis-techniques-ios-error-codes-detection/
[2] https://www.securityweek.com/predator-spywares-granular-anti-analysis-features-exposed/
[3] https://www.slashdot.org/~wiredmikey
Long-time Slashdot reader [3]wiredmikey writes:
> The new research reveals an error taxonomy that reports exactly why deployments fail, turning black boxes into diagnostic events for threat actors. Almost exclusively marketed to and used by national governments and intelligence agencies, the spyware also detects cybersecurity tools, suppresses forensics evidence, and has built-in geographic restrictions.
[1] https://www.jamf.com/blog/predator-spyware-anti-analysis-techniques-ios-error-codes-detection/
[2] https://www.securityweek.com/predator-spywares-granular-anti-analysis-features-exposed/
[3] https://www.slashdot.org/~wiredmikey