The phones were forensically examined by Amnesty International’s Security Lab. Targetsįorbidden Stories, a Paris-based media foundation, and Amnesty International, a human rights organization, had access to a list of over 50,000 phone numbers, which they provided to news media for additional investigation and analysis. For governments and spying agencies, the software is quite the miracle, but for dissidents, journalists, and the general populace, Pegasus is a nightmare. It can also potentially pinpoint your location, anytime, anywhere. It might even infiltrate your camera and microphone and secretly film you and eavesdrop on your conversations. It can copy all your messages, harvest your photos, and record your calls. What is Pegasus? How does it function?Īs a spyware, Pegasus, which has the capability to infect billions of phones running either iOS or Android operating systems, silently infiltrates your phone, takes hold of your data, and turns your device into a 24/7 surveillance unit. The mastermind behind this hacking software is no other than the Israeli firm NSO Group.
In a world plagued with cyber insecurity, Pegasus stands out as the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed and to which the most recent hacking scandals involving privacy invasion can be attributed.
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