Mercenary Spyware is Open for Business. Are Enterprises Protected?

This report analyzes the rise of commercial “mercenary” mobile spyware—valued at an estimated US$12B and adopted by dozens of nations—documenting active spyware families (Pegasus, Predator, QuaDream) and campaigns (including Operation Triangulation) that have used zero-day and 0-/1-click exploits to target journalists, corporate employees, and security researchers. It highlights enterprise risk from BYOD and social vectors, the potential for credential and IP theft, recommended forensic detection approaches (backups, sysdiagnose, crash reports, IOCs), and introduces iVerify’s mobile threat-hunting solution aimed at detecting sophisticated mobile malware.