Self-scans reveal that Pegasus, an invasive and powerful spyware that can secretly control phones and track owners, might be more widespread than previously thought. It was discovered on the phones of everyday phone users.

From wikiHow: How to Check Your Smartphone for Pegasus Spyware

  • sepi@piefed.social
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    8 days ago

    There could be spyware on your phone! Install this shady app to find out if you have the spyware or not!

    I wonder if the shady app in the link is the spyware. This would be a brilliant way of getting on to people’s phones.

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      6 days ago

      That’s outdated stuff. Pegasus doesn’t need phishing methods to get on your phone. It just installs itself when an actor sends it your way. You won’t notice it and the only way to prevent it is to not use a phone.

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        4 hours ago

        It technically uses various zero-day zero-click exploits to get there. Which is why it functions like a service - they need to maintain relevance of those exploits. Imagine, a whole service of clearly illegal activity, which doesn’t get absolutely destroyed simply because it’s useful to spy on dissidents.

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      8 days ago

      Yeah, I see what you mean and on top of that you would need to pay for it.

      That’s why I added in the description a link with instructions on the free tool designed by Amnesty International’s Security Lab.

    • LostXOR@fedia.io
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      8 days ago

      What do you mean??? WikiHow is a collection of only the most reliable tutorials and information. Now be good and install the shady app.

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      7 days ago

      It worked with antivirus scanning - more than half of Windows PCs have spyware on them their users consciously installed so that it would scan and report what they run.

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            7 days ago

            You can try factory reset, but more than likely they control the boot process, so you can’t get rid of the malware no matter what you do.

            You might be able to trade it in with your manufacturer. They might be interested in having an infected phone to study.