Pegasus: The Spyware Technology
With just a single text, it can bypass your phone’s security and install spyware that grants complete access to your device. It can access every message you’ve ever sent, it can access every message you’ve ever received, it can access every photo, every video, every email, it can turn on your microphone, it can turn on the microphone even when you’re not using a phone call, just record what you’re doing in the room. It can turn on your camera, it can record what’s on your screen, it can access your GPS, it can monitor your location. And it can do all of this without you ever knowing. The spyware technology that makes this possible is called Pegasus.
What is Pegasus?
Pegasus is probably the most advanced piece of spyware ever developed. It is effectively the most invasive form of surveillance imaginable. Any idea that you had that aspect of your life could be kept private and on the mobile phone are wrong. So if you are someone who thinks that you’re safe because you use WhatsApp which is end-to-end encrypted or you use Signal, it really is meaningless once that Pegasus is on your phone.
Does Pegasus infect iOS or Android?
Pegasus can infect both iOS and Android while remaining virtually undetectable. So one of the ways that Pegasus will attack your phone is through what’s called a zero-day vulnerability. This is a vulnerability that the phone’s manufacturer doesn’t yet know exists.
Who made Pegasus spyware?
Pegasus is the main product of a company called NSO Group which is an Israeli surveillance company. So the people who are using this spyware are government clients, these will be governments around the world that the NSO Group has sold a copy of Pegasus to.
A Guardian investigation can now reveal widespread abuse of Pegasus by NSO’s government clients. The reason this investigation is so extraordinary is that the Guardian has gained access through Forbidden Stories to a treasure trove. Tens of thousands of records. Read More on Current Digest Magazine’s website.
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