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What is the NSO Group Pegasus Spyware Software? How Does Pegasus Hack Phones?
There was a flurry of news this morning about NSO Group, an Israeli tech firm, and the Pegasus spyware that produces. Al Jazzeera has some interesting reporting and have been following the story for a while. Back in December they reported about their journalists being hacked. “Based on this, we handed the phone to Citizen Lab, who found that the phone was hacked by spyware called Pegasus, which is developed by NSO, an Israeli company,” said Almisshal. “This hacking was done by a so-called zero-click technique where they can access cameras and track the device. They also found that operators in the UAE and Saudi Arabia were behind this hacking.…