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Paragon accidentally uploaded a photo of its spyware control panel

98 pointsby CGMthrowawaytoday at 7:42 PM32 commentsview on HN

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ronsortoday at 9:02 PM

From one Twitter user:

> It's just a demo instance, but, these front ends are barely revealed to the public

This genuinely doesn't look any different from the control panels of commercial infostealers and RATs sold on Russian hacking forums. Those usually sell for between $200 and $20,000 depending on features and pricing model (one-time vs. ongoing subscription).

These spyware companies hype themselves up, but they're really not any different from Ivan's RAT-as-a-Service, besides having extra exploits to burn and wealthier customers.

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recursivecaveattoday at 8:24 PM

This company btw for anyone else who had not heard of them before (there are a lot of companies by that name): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragon_Solutions

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phendrenad2today at 8:50 PM

Non-X link: https://archive.is/kqvnH

rtaylorgarlocktoday at 8:48 PM

Looks like image was removed and maybe only a demo?

efilifetoday at 9:57 PM

Can somebody please explain to an idiot (me) how is this possible for this to keep going? I thought that the world has decided that spyware is illegal and can't be produced. Is this company related to israeli government? If not, why is it allowed to function?

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moralestapiatoday at 8:47 PM

Awesome.

Moxie's "unbreakable" end-to-end communication protocol.

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amaitoday at 9:47 PM

I read Pentagon instead of Paragon.