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Chrome, Defender, and Firefox 0-days linked to commercial IT firm in Spain

December 1, 2022

Google researchers said on Wednesday they have linked a Barcelona, Spain-based IT company to the sale of advanced software frameworks that exploit vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender.

Variston IT bills itself as a provider of tailor-made information security solutions, including: technology for embedded SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) and Internet of Things integrators; custom security patches for proprietary systems; tools for data discovery; security training; and the development of secure protocols for embedded devices. According to a report from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, Variston sells another product not mentioned on its website: software frameworks that provide everything a customer needs to surreptitiously install malware on devices they want to spy on.

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