Commercial Spyware Use Roars Back Despite Sanctions

The report summarizes how commercial spyware vendors such as NSO Group and Intellexa (Predator) continue to operate and evolve despite sanctions, using tactics like location obfuscation, renaming, subsidiary structures, and investor relocation to evade detection and accountability; it highlights concentrated vendor activity in Israel, India, and Italy and urges stronger regulatory, transparency, and investment-screening measures to curb misuse against journalists, dissidents, and citizens.