Claudio Guarnieri
Publications
Bitter Sweet
Supporters of Mexico’s Soda Tax Targeted With NSO Exploit Links
This report describes an espionage operation using government-exclusive spyware to target Mexican government food scientists and two public health advocates.
Packrat
Seven Years of a South American Threat Actor
This report describes an extensive malware, phishing, and disinformation campaign active in several Latin American countries, including Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil. The nature and geographic spread of the targets seems to point to a sponsor, or sponsors, with regional, political interests. The attackers, whom we have named Packrat, have shown a keen and systematic interest in the political opposition and the independent press in so-called ALBA countries (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas), and their recently allied regimes.
Police Story
Hacking Team’s Government Surveillance Malware
We analyze a newly discovered Android implant that we attribute to Hacking Team and highlight the political subtext of the bait content and attack context. In addition, we expose the functionality and architecture of Hacking Team’s Remote Control system and operator tradecraft in never-before published detail.
