Spyware Maker QuaDream Closes Shop after Researchers Blow the Lid off Its Operations

Israel-based QuaDream has closed its office after a piercing analysis of its
operation developing and selling mercenary spyware tools.

Last week, researchers at Citizen Lab and Microsoft jointly blew the lid off
QuaDream’s Reign malware
[https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/quadream-reign-spyware-used-to-hack-iphones-of-high-profile-targets/]
infecting the iPhones of at least five civil society members during the
vulnerable days of iOS 14, dating back to 2021.

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