Traditional spyware often requires the target to make a mistake, like clicking on a suspicious link. Pegasus, however, can infiltrate a device without any such input.

The mobile security firm scanned the devices of 2,500 users who volunteered to use the iVerify Mobile Threat Hunting feature - and seven instances of high-powered Pegasus spyware were discovered.

They are seeking a court injunction to halt the use of Pegasus against them and others, as well as the release of government data on its use of the spyware.

For those who aren’t aware, the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group developed Pegasus spyware in 2011. Pegasus can remotely infect phones and steal messages, calls, and personal data.

WhatsApp's lawsuit, filed in 2019, accused NSO Group of exploiting a flaw in the app’s system to remotely install Pegasus spyware on users’ devices. The malware could access private messages ...

Two Thai activists have filed a lawsuit accusing the government of using the internationally notorious Pegasus spyware to infiltrate their mobile devices during a period of political unrest almost ...

Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access ...

Poland’s new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list ...

A report of a Pegasus attack on one Russian journalist sets off a flurry of concern among others. Apple has sent notifications to at least several more Russian reporters and editors that their ...