FinFisher, also known as FinSpy,[1] is surveillance software marketed by Gamma International, a software firm with a UK-based branch Gamma International Ltd in Andover, United Kingdom, and a Germany-based branch Gamma International GmbH in Munich[2][3] which markets the spyware through law enforcement channels.[1] Gamma International is a subsidiary of the Gamma Group, specializing in surveillance and monitoring, including equipment, software and training services,[2] reportedly owned by William Louthean Nelson through a shell corporation in the British Virgin Islands.[4]
またの名をFinSpyとして知られているFinFisherは、イギリス・アンドーバーに本拠地を置くソフトウェア企業Gamma Internationa Ltd支店ならびに、法務ルートを通じてスパイウェアを販売するドイツ・ミュンヘンに本拠地を置くGamma International GmbH支店のあるGamma Internationalが販売する監視ソフトウェアです。
Gamma InternationalはGamma Groupの子会社で、機器、ソフトウェア、トレーニングサービスを含めた監視とモニタリングに特化し、伝えられるところによれば、英領ヴァージン諸島のペーパーカンパニーを通じてWilliam Louthean Nelsonが所有しているそうです。
Controversy has resulted from it having apparently been marketed to government security officials who were told it could be covertly installed on suspects' computers through exploiting security lapses in the update procedures of non-suspect software.[5][6][7]
Egyptian dissidents who ransacked the offices of Egypt's secret police following the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reported they discovered a contract with Gamma International for €287,000 for a license to run the FinFisher software.
The surveillance suite is installed after the target accepts installation of a fake update to commonly used software.Code which will install the malware has also been detected in emails.The software, which is designed to evade detection by anti-virus software, has versions which work on mobile phones of all major brands.
A security flaw in Apple's iTunes allowed unauthorized third parties to use iTunes online update procedures to install unauthorized programs. Gamma International offered presentations to government security officials at security software trade shows where they described to security officials how to covertly install the FinFisher spy software on suspect's computers using iTunes' update procedures
