Texas-based Exodus Intelligence says it had to cut ties with India after its research into Windows security was weaponized to attack China and Pakistan. It’s now looking into whether or not its valuable code leaked to other nations.
American companies, whether they mean to or not, are facilitating global cyberespionage, far away from U.S. borders. A U.S. company's tech was abused by the Indian government, amidst warnings Americans are contributing to a spyware industry already under fire for being out of control.
Sometimes American companies aren’t the victims, but the ones fueling costly digital espionage. Moses’ real identity,has learned, is an Austin, Texas, company called Exodus Intelligence, according to two sources with knowledge of the Kaspersky research. And Bitter APT, the Moses customer, is India, added one source.
That feed is what India bought and likely weaponized, says 37-year-old Exodus CEO and cofounder Logan Brown. He tellsthat, after an investigation, he believes India handpicked one of the Windows vulnerabilities from the feed – allowing deep access to Microsoft’s operating system - and Indian government personnel or a contractor adapted it for malicious means.
Any such zero-day spill would be especially concerning coming from a company that tries to keep a lid on around 50 zero days a year, covering the world’s most popular operating systems, from Windows to Android to Apple’s iOS. And Brown isn’t alone in seeing his creation used in ways he didn’t intend.
Allegations that NSO Group software was exploiting iPhones of activists, journalists and politicians across the world has led to heightened awareness and alarm about cross-border phone and PC surveillance. Knowing that its zero days can be used offensively, Brown’s company could have chosento sell to India, a country that’s been accused of abuse of spyware in recent revelations about global use of tools made by Israel’s $1 billion-valued NSO Group.
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