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Check mobile devices for Pegasus spyware
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The surveillance software "Pegasus" from the Israeli company NSO Group is used worldwide to systematically monitor media representatives, human rights defenders and activists. This revealed a joint research project by Amnesty International and distributed a Pegasus Check tool to secure forensic evidence. A joint research project by more than 80 media professionals in ten countries in cooperation with the NGO "Forbidden Stories" and Amnesty International reveals the machinations of the surveillance software "Pegasus". Amnesty International Offers Pegasus Check Tool NSO Group's software has been used to facilitate human rights abuses on a massive scale around the world. This resulted in a large-scale…

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Avast has been fending off Pegasus since 2016
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It became known that VIPs, heads of state, journalists and opposition figures around the world were being eavesdropped using the Pegasus surveillance and espionage tool. A statement from Avast, Jakub Vavra, Mobile Threat Analyst “Pegasus is a remote access tool (RAT) with spyware properties. Its Android variants can extract data from popular messenger platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Viber, as well as email programs and browsers. The spyware is able to remotely monitor the user's screen via microphone and camera, take screenshots and record the inputs of the smartphone owners via keylogging. These functions make Pegasus ...

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