Currently hot topic is when Pegasus spyware was discovered, which country created it, how it works, what are the risks involved, here are the full details.
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| Pegasus Spyware |
Highlights:
Pegasus used again in India
A spyware that is very intelligently installed
Will do many jobs once logged in
The word (Pegasus) is starting to make headlines again. The last news about this spyware in India was released in 2019.
It is frequently used by various governments around the world and almost every few months there is information on how a smartphone has been hacked using this spyware.
The "monitoring" is said to have targeted more than 40 journalists, activists and other prominent public figures in India.
What is this Pegasus? How does it work? Do you have to worry about that? Here are the answers to such questions as:
What is Pegasus?
Pegasus is a spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, which experts also call cyber weapons.
It first came to light in 2016. It was also believed that this Pegasus would target iPhone users. And several days after the discovery, Apple released its latest iOS. It fixed security holes used by Pegasus to hack iPhones.
However, a year later, security researchers discovered that the Pegasus spyware was capable of infecting Android smartphones as well.
Then in 2019, Facebook filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group for creating Pegasus.
It is noteworthy that the NSO Group has confirmed the existence of Pegasus. However, the Israeli company claims that it only sells tools to governments and that it is not responsible for its misuse.
How can Pegasus hack a mobile phone?
Once a hacker identifies the mobile phone to be hacked, they send the malicious website link to the target user, and Pegasus will be installed on his mobile phone when the particular user clicks on it.
WhatsApp is also installed via the security buck on foot.
What is the worst method of all - the foot method. It can also be installed by providing a missed breakfast to a specific user. Once the specific software is installed, it will delete the specific record from the call lock so that the user does not know about the specific missed call.
What can Pegasus spyware do?
Once Pegasus comes to a smartphone, it may completely spy on the target user. Pegasus can also access end-to-end encrypted chats made through WhatsApp.
Security researchers have found that it can read messages, monitor calls, monitor user activity within apps, collect location data, access video cameras on smartphones, or tap through sound microphones.
