Citizen Lab investigates sophisticated cyber threats targeting journalists, activists, and other vulnerable communities, including operations linked to mercenary spyware providers such as Candiru. Censys software supported researchers by providing extensive Internet intelligence that helped them identify and examine infrastructure associated with suspicious activity. Using Censys data, investigators could search internet-facing systems, uncover connections between servers, and track infrastructure patterns relevant to the spyware investigation. This visibility helped researchers expand their findings beyond isolated indicators and better understand the broader operational network. By providing searchable, detailed infrastructure intelligence, Censys enabled Citizen Lab to accelerate techni

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