Zero-click spyware, updated iOS iPhones, evidence of infiltration of pegasus in messaging, WhatsApp, music, SMS.. all of these things and apps that I use on a daily basis. My life would be boring to watch or eavesdrop into, but the idea of being vulnerable is creepy.
Does any one know how to check iPhones and iPads to see if Pegasus is on board the device, how to uninstall it?
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14
14.8 patched one vuln known to be used by Pegasus.
That vuln was not present in ios 12 or earlier
Good news. Thanks . . . I'm relieved, for now.
As far as OSX vuln goes, the hole seems to benefit
messaging hackers mainly so laptops may be off the hook.
My Apple cynicism abates.
Cheers . . .
👍 😇
Nobody here would know.
Furthermore...
"Apple doesn't disclose, discuss or confirm security issues until an investigation has taken place and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page."
Unless you are an investigative journalist working against your government or a political activist in a dictatorial government it is very unlikely you would be a target for this multi-million dollar tool.
If you are worried do a restore to factory preferably using DFU and do not restore any backup.
Bit of a sledge hammer to crack an unlikely nut in my view.
There are tools that claim to check for it - e.g. https://imazing.com/blog/detecting-pegasus-spyware-with-imazing
iMazing is a respectable tool for managing data on an iPhone. And the Pegasus check can be done with the free trial download.
I don’t use iMazing and never have, but I know other forum members use it for data management purposes and speak well of it.
Amnesty International also has a tool available in GitHub - https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/20/check-your-iphone-for-pegasus/. Again, I’ve never used it, but there have been several write ups about it in various tech news sites.
Quite the opposite. iOS 12 and older did not have the hole used by Pegasus, so no patch needed.
If the hole was accidentally introduced in iOS 13 then older versions naturally don't have it.
MacOS has a similar breakdown that I need to check - official release notes seem to be behind the white hat hackers' publications last time I looked but that was midnight in Cupertino.
If there is a hole then it is patched by the current batch of updates.
It would help if people who find vulnerabilities reported them to the software developers in return for legitimate reward, rather than make millions out of it through despotic governments.
The detection tools are may have issues, as one of the files involved in the detection is now empty with 14.7 and 14.7.1.
NSO Pegasus spyware
