Graphite Spyware:
The Trump administration has unfrozen a stalled Biden-era contract with Paragon Solutions, a Graphite spyware company founded in Israel.
- Graphite is designed to gain remote access to a mobile phone and essentially take control of it.
- The user of the spyware can access the mobile user’s photos, read their messages, and track their whereabouts and also monitor encrypted messages sent on platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal.
- The spyware also enables the phone to be used as a listening device by manipulating its recorder
- Spywares is malicious software that enters a user’s computer, gathers data from the device and user, and sends it to third parties without their consent.
- It collects personal and sensitive information that it sends to advertisers, data collection firms, or malicious actors for a profit.
