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Technical remedies alone will fall to stop the rising proliferation of advanced spyware, members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee heard today.
Once only a handful of companies worldwide specialized in mobile device malware sophisticated enough to get around security protections built by Apple and Google, said John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at The Citizen Lab, while testifying before a panel dedicated to threats posed by foreign commercial spyware.