---
id: 4771
title: "Spyware pact draws distinction between malicious and legitimate use of cyber-intrusion tools"
source_domain: yeswehack.com
source_url: "https://www.yeswehack.com/news/spyware-pact-malicious-legitimate-use"
published_at: "2025-04-10 14:24"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "cloud", "policy", "regulation", "spyware", "pall-mall-process", "ccic"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4771"
lang: en
---

# Spyware pact draws distinction between malicious and legitimate use of cyber-intrusion tools

## Summary

22 nations adopt the Pall Mall Process code of practice on commercial cyber-intrusion tools, balancing proliferation concerns with protection for legitimate security research and Bug Bounty.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** yeswehack.com
- **Published:** 2025-04-10 14:24
- **Original:** https://www.yeswehack.com/news/spyware-pact-malicious-legitimate-use
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4771