Pegasus Issue | What are zero-click attacks and how do they infect smartphones?
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus Issue | What are zero-click attacks and how do they infect smartphones?

The Hindu  

According to an investigative report by a consortium of media outlets, thousands of activists, journalists and political leaders across the world were targeted by clients of an Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. At the heart of the hack is a powerful spyware called Pegasus, which uses zero day vulnerability in the operating systems to enter into a targeted individual’s phone. Pegasus has evolved from using spear-phishing, a process where an attacker tricks the target to click on a malicious link sent via text message or email, to a more sophisticated method of attack called zero-click attacks. “Pegasus can do more than what the owner of the device can do.” NSO Group found three zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, which allowed them entry into the system, cybersecurity firm Incognito Security explained. To stay safe, users must ensure that the software and apps in the device are updated, and that any app in use is directly installed from Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store.

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A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
2 weeks, 5 days ago

A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections

Wired  

In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that the malware is used in targeted attacks against an extremely small number of people. The company’s Mobile Threat Hunting feature uses a combination of malware signature-based detection, heuristics, and machine learning to look for anomalies …

Is Pegasus spyware targeting journalists in India?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Pegasus spyware targeting journalists in India?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Washington Post and human rights non-profit Amnesty International have alleged that the spyware instance known as Pegasus continues to be in use, on this occasion targeting journalists in India. After Apple issued a security notification to certain iPhone users, including MPs, in October, researchers at Amnesty International’s Security Lab analysed the allegedly infected devices, including …

Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

The Hindu  

The Wire news website’s founder editor, Siddharth Varadarajan, and another journalist in India were targeted with Pegasus spyware this year, the nonprofit Amnesty International’s Security Lab was able to determine after testing their devices, it announced on Thursday. The journalists had received an alert from Apple that they were being targeted by “state- Separately, TheWashington Post reported that after the …

‘Officers told me to be careful...’: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus issue
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Officers told me to be careful...’: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus issue

Live Mint  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again raked up the Pegasus snooping issue, saying that a large number of politicians including him had the Israeli spyware software on their phones. Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, SNM Abdi, Prem Shankar Jha, Rupesh Kumar Singh, and Ipsa Shatakshi, who are reported to be on the potential list of snoop targets of Pegasus spyware, …

Powerful ‘Pegasus’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, researchers claim
2 years, 8 months ago

Powerful ‘Pegasus’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, researchers claim

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers said they had identified “multiple suspected instances of Pegasus spyware infections” on devices …

Explained | The operations of the Pegasus spyware
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | The operations of the Pegasus spyware

The Hindu  

The story so far: On January 28, the New York Times published an article extensively detailing how Pegasus, a spyware developed by Israel-based NSO Group, has been used as a tool to firm up Israel’s interests across the globe. The article claims that it was after this deal that India changed its historically pro-Palestine stance and voted in Israel’s favour …

For Apple and Google, fight against state-sponsored spyware isn’t getting easier
3 years ago

For Apple and Google, fight against state-sponsored spyware isn’t getting easier

Hindustan Times  

Just days after Apple filed a lawsuit against the Israeli firm NSO Group for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users with the Pegasus spyware, the tech giant has also detailed how it detects traces and activities that are generally consistent with a state- Google, meanwhile, continues to face its own set of challenges with regards to curbing spyware on …

Apple patches exploit attributed to Pegasus
3 years, 3 months ago

Apple patches exploit attributed to Pegasus

The Hindu  

Apple released an emergency software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect Apple devices without any user action. The researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the flaw allowed Pegasus spyware from the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, NSO Group, to directly infect the iPhone of a Saudi activist. Although …

Worried about Pegasus? This app will let you detect it in your iPhone
3 years, 4 months ago

Worried about Pegasus? This app will let you detect it in your iPhone

India Today  

Revelations around the Pegasus spyware made waves around the globe recently. Created by Israel's NSO Group, the spyware exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to collect data from targeted smartphones without the user knowing anything about it. Called iMazing, the app works for both macOS and Windows and can be used to find out if a connected iPhone has been compromised by the …

Pegasus spyware: Khattar questions Amnesty International’s credibility
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware: Khattar questions Amnesty International’s credibility

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday raised questions about the credibility of Amnesty International, an international human rights organisation, that conducted forensic examination of mobile devices to detect Pegasus spyware. “Many allies of the Congress including Sitaram Yechury, Jayalalitha, Chandrababu Naidu, and Mamata Banerjee have complained that their phones were tapped during the UPA rule,” Khattar added. The …

Pegasus | How to find out if your phone was infected with the spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus | How to find out if your phone was infected with the spyware

The Hindu  

Pegasus spyware is once again at the centre of a major controversy after a two year hiatus. Researchers at Amnesty International have developed a toolkit that can help users identify whether their phone was infected by the spyware. It simplifies the process of acquiring and analysing data from Android devices, and analyses records from iOS backups and filesystem dumps to …

Pegasus: Are you at risk? Steps to protect yourself from spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: Are you at risk? Steps to protect yourself from spyware

India TV News  

An international media consortium has published reports claiming NSO Group clients used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of politicians including the ruling party members, journalists, human rights activists and others. The reports claimed that former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, BJP ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Singh Patel, as also former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and poll strategist Prashant Kishor were …

Pegasus: Amnesty releases new tool to check whether invasive spyware is secretly installed on a phone
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: Amnesty releases new tool to check whether invasive spyware is secretly installed on a phone

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amnesty International has released a toolkit to help people find out if their …

Pegasus: What is the Israeli spyware and how can you tell if it’s on your phone?
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: What is the Israeli spyware and how can you tell if it’s on your phone?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Built by Israeli firm NSO Group, also known as Q Cyber Technologies, the spyware can be used …

The Pegasus leak: What you need to know right now
3 years, 5 months ago

The Pegasus leak: What you need to know right now

Firstpost  

Pegasus is a spyware suite sold by Israeli company NSO Group to “vetted government clients”. These numbers are allegedly a “target list” of phones hacked/to be hacked by the Pegasus spyware product sold by Israel’s NSO Group. The NSO Group claims to sell the Pegasus suite only to “vetted governments” and not private entities, which suggests that the target list …

Apple condemns Pegasus spyware attack, says it is working on added protection
3 years, 5 months ago

Apple condemns Pegasus spyware attack, says it is working on added protection

India Today  

Apple, the tech giant which emphasises user privacy, was a victim of Pegasus spyware attack that snooped on journalists, activists and some government officials. The leaked database shows that iPhones running iOS 14.6 contain a zero-click iMessage exploit and this exploit could have been used to install Pegasus software on the iPhone devices of the targeted entities. While that means …

Pegasus spyware leak shows Apple needs to ramp up iPhone security big time
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware leak shows Apple needs to ramp up iPhone security big time

India Today  

Apple for long has taken a lot of pride in the secure experience it offers to the users. But, even Apple has been left red-faced with the latest Pegasus spyware leak which shows that the Cupertino-based tech giant needs to ramp up its security. For over a decade, Apple has led the industry in security innovation and, as a result, …

Kaspersky cybersecurity expert explains Pegasus, shares tips to beat such spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

Kaspersky cybersecurity expert explains Pegasus, shares tips to beat such spyware

India Today  

The case of the notorious spyware Pegasus has taken the world by storm, as various reports reveal its unauthorised use compromising the basic human rights of many. Dmitry Galov, security researcher at GReAT, Kaspersky, explains the origins of the Pegasus spyware and how it should not be confused with vulnerabilities. “Pegasus is a spyware with versions for both iOS and …

EXPLAINED: All That You Should Know About Pegasus Spyware
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINED: All That You Should Know About Pegasus Spyware

News 18  

From the iPhone to Android devices and with a click to no clicks at all, the spyware Pegasus is reported to have figured out how to infiltrate any phone anywhere, and anyhow. According to The Washington Post, which was part of the 17-member group of news organisations that worked on the ‘Pegasus Project’, which was coordinated by Paris-based nonprofit Forbidden …

Pegasus spyware hacking: Reports show latest iPhones with iOS 14 can be hacked with zero-click iMessage exploit
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware hacking: Reports show latest iPhones with iOS 14 can be hacked with zero-click iMessage exploit

India Today  

Pegasus spyware-making Israeli company, NSO Group, has found itself in dire straits again. Amnesty International’s Security Lab carried out an in-depth forensic analysis of several mobile phones of human rights defenders and journalists from around the world to find out that Pegasus’s surveillance is not just a violation of user privacy, it also goes against human rights. The leaked database …

Pegasus updated guide: How it infects phones, what it does, how to detect and get rid of it
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus updated guide: How it infects phones, what it does, how to detect and get rid of it

India Today  

There are fresh reports about Pegasus, the spyware that we first heard of in 2016. NSO Group has clarified that it sells Pegasus only to governments, while India has called the fresh reports "fishing expedition, based on conjectures and exaggerations to malign the Indian democracy and its institutions." While its maker claims that the spyware "leaves no traces whatsoever," a …

What is Pegasus spyware, how it works, and how it hacks into WhatsApp
3 years, 5 months ago

What is Pegasus spyware, how it works, and how it hacks into WhatsApp

India Today  

Pegasus is in the news again. Security researchers have found that Pegasus can read messages, track calls, track user activity within apps, gather location data, access video cameras in a phone, or listen through their microphones. It's also noteworthy that Pegasus could even listen to encrypted audio streams and read encrypted messages — thanks to its keylogging and audio recording …

Pegasus spying: how Pegasus is installed on phone, what it does, and how to get rid of it
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spying: how Pegasus is installed on phone, what it does, and how to get rid of it

India Today  

Pegasus, developed by Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group, is a highly sophisticated spyware that has been referred to as the "most sophisticated smartphone attack ever". Moreover, once Pegasus had access to the device, it could delete any call logs, thus making it virtually impossible for the victim to know that their phone was a target by the spyware. According to …

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