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The UK and more than 35 other nations have signed a new international agreement to take action against “hackers-for-hire” and commercial markets for tools used to carry out targeted cyber attacks.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will lead a two-day conference alongside France that will see countries and businesses discuss how to tackle the commercial market for malicious tools and the threat they pose to international security.
Companies such as Apple, BAE Systems, Google and Microsoft will be at the conference.
According to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the commercial cyber intrusion sector is doubling in size every ten years.
It warns that bad actors are using malicious tools to force access to people’s devices, listen to calls, obtain photos and remotely operate device cameras and microphones.
The proliferation of commercially available cyber intrusion tools is an enduring issue, with demand for capability to conduct malicious cyber…
