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Russia appears to be targeting journalists with spyware known as Pegasus.
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Pegasus is a “zero-click” software, hacking phones by sending texts that don’t need to be opened.
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The software has targeted dozens of journalists, activists, and politicians in recent years.
Pegasus is an Israeli product, are they selling it to Russia?
Why not? Do you think US donations come with conditions?
Yeah either something else is involved here or Israel is indeed selling Pegasus to literally any government that requests it. Let’s not forget that NSO group is state funded so those deals clearly do have the approval from the Israeli government.
Nothing to worry folks, here’s what NSO said when it was used to target Khashoggi’s inner circle as he was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate:
NSO denies any wrongdoing. It says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists and is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies from countries with good human rights records
One of the key reasons for Israel’s reluctance to help Ukraine win the war militarily is simple: It still works closely with Russia.
Russia is important for Israel’s military operations in neighboring Syria, where Israel has been carrying out airstrikes against Iran-backed militias, mainly those of Hezbollah.
Now inform everyone else that other countries are targeting with pegasus
*edit: spelling
What are the comments in here… Lol. Anyone able to give a level-headed take on this article/topic? Cheers
At this rate an iPhone will just be Pegasus all the way down. 76 nation states and their rogue black ops will battle for pegasupremacy.
He who hacks harder wins.
(The above is not based on any fact)
But, seriously… 3 (known) years later and Apple doesn’t have a fix for this?
Almost as if it’s intentionally unpatched
Edit: fanboys are a tough crowd. Gheezus.
It’s not like Pegasus is exploiting a single bug in iOS, there are probably hundreds of different ways Pegasus got onto phones over the years. Known security bugs get patched.
Pegasus isn’t a single piece of software, it’s a big toolkit, constantly updated. It’s a race similar to ads vs. ad blockers.
It’s not a problem exclusive to iOS either. Pegasus works on Android phones as well.
Code has been analyzed from several versions of it.
That Apple (especially) can’t mitigate against it is pretty damning.
Regardless what Pegasus is made of, it exploits vulnerabilities. Use a rock, a bat, or hard boiled egg and you can break a cheap window. It’s the window that is insecure. Not the methods used.
A trillion dollar company ought to be able to put up a bit more than plexiglass.
And the mega corps ought to be working together on this. Imagine if it got out into the wild.
Remember spectre?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(security_vulnerability)
I am not a lawyer.
hardware based speculation is hard to patch compared to most exploits that are just bad programming mistakes due to two factors. one being its hardware and its hard to patch out hardware and 2. fixing it would lead to severe drop in performance. A name of a very recent one would be Retbleed.
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.
Make it preinstalled and put the hackers out of job. Taps forehead
But, seriously… 3 (known) years later and Apple doesn’t have a fix for this?
Almost as if it’s intentionally unpatched
Pegasus constantly adapts, evolves, and changes overtime with how it works. Pegasus 3 years ago isn’t the same as Pegasus today. Once a vulnerability is discovered and fixed, they find a new one to exploit and take advantage of. Its a constant battle.
I’m not a big fan of Apple at all, but credit where its due, they have made a pretty good effort to patch Pegasus vulnerabilities whenever they come about, plus have added features like Lockdown Mode to help protect against it even further, etc. This article is literally about Apple even warning journalists to be cautious of it.
Saying Apple is intentionally allowing Pegasus to happen, like you’re claiming, is honestly laughable with all things considered.
This is just false.
Pegasus is not a “zero click software” which does not really mean anything. It’s a spyware
If you don’t have physical access to an unlocked device you need to exploit a vulnerability to install it. And what a lucky day, Apple has again failed to solve their zero click vulnerability around ImageIO and the sandbox of iMesages. This type of vulnerability has been recurrent for Apple products
Is that their explanation for their radioactive phones? ☢️📱
What the fuck kind of take is that lol?
Maybe you should read it. You do understand that electromagnetic radiation and ionizing radiation (which is what this symbol means ☢️) are different right? Their phones aren’t radioactive, they emit electromagnetic radiation, similar to how a heater emits thermal radiation, and a speaker emits acoustic radiation.
Nah man I got bit by my radioactive cell phone and now I have powers.
Like having 5G service and receiving text messages to my teeth.
“Radioactive” implies ionizing radiation. The article you linked refers to electromagnetic radiation. Why are you spreading misinformation?
Ignorance and stupidity.
Lost your chance to use this meme:
Google electromagnetic radiation
