I have written about the controversial, commercially available, spyware Pegasus a number of times:
Pegasus – Smart Thinking Solutions
Frank Gardner, the BBC’s respected security correspondent refers to the Pegasus software as military grade spyware. Now the company behind the software, NSO Group of Israel, has now been added the the US trade blacklist.
NSO Group: Israeli spyware company added to US trade blacklist – BBC News
also
Israeli spyware company NSO Group placed on US blacklist | US foreign policy | The Guardian