• Russia appears to be targeting journalists with spyware known as Pegasus.

  • Pegasus is a “zero-click” software, hacking phones by sending texts that don’t need to be opened.

  • The software has targeted dozens of journalists, activists, and politicians in recent years.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Yet, if you check your dmesg you’ll find innumerable methods of mitigation against such exploits.

    A software patch for hardware issue.

    Personally, I’d rather the drop in performance than the Kashoggi treatment.