Global Coalition and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware Abuse

A multinational initiative (the Pall Mall Process) and related policy actions aim to curb the misuse of commercial spyware after reporting that dozens of commercial surveillance vendors have enabled exploitation of numerous zero-day vulnerabilities across iOS, Android, Chrome, Windows and other software; the report details active campaigns (e.g., BridgeHead via Heliconia), vendor involvement (Variston and others), the human-rights impact of spyware targeting journalists and activists, and industry/government efforts to limit vendor operations.