Hacking for Hire includes hacking for other people or organizations for a fee and can be either so-called “white-hat” (“good-guys”), “black-hat” (bad-guys”) or the nebulous middle ground “grey-hat.” (Good v. bad can also be in the eye of the beholder.)
It is related to but not the same as Surveillance for Hire.
Washington has sanctioned Russian cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies. US intelligence reports claim it provides hacking tools and runs operations for the Kremlin.
The $1 billion Russian cyber company that the US says hacks for Moscow Read More
The Kremlin’s web of nonstate hackers can wreak just as much havoc as Putin’s government.
Russia’s Cyber Threat to Ukraine Is Vast—and Underestimated Read More
While NSO Group gets most of the attention, the takedowns underscore how insidious the industry has become.
Meta Removes 7 Surveillance-for-Hire Operations From Its Platforms Read More
“We’re trying to walk the line between not impairing legitimate cybersecurity collaboration across borders, but trying to make sure these pieces of hardware and software technology aren’t obtained and used by repressive governments,” the senior official said.
Commerce Department announces new rule aimed at stemming sale of hacking tools to Russia and China Read More
ForcedEntry is “one of the most technically sophisticated exploits” Project Zero security researchers have ever seen.
Google Warns That NSO Hacking Is On Par With Elite Nation-State Spies Read More
This is a big moment of turbulence and change for the hacking business. But the demand is here to stay.
The hacker-for-hire industry is now too big to fail Read More
New data paints a detailed picture of the ways Western companies are selling cyber weapons and surveillance technology to NATO’s enemies.
“A grim outlook”: How cyber surveillance is booming on a global scale Read More
The world’s most notorious surveillance company says it wants to clean up its act. Go on, we’re listening.
Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant Read More