- Jul 22, 2014
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Google and Lookout researchers published a report today revealing the activities of a new Android malware family, which they believe to be the Android counterpart of the Pegasus iOS spyware.
After surfacing in 2016, the Pegasus spyware made headlines around the world after it was discovered that this wasn't your ordinary malware but a cyber-surveillance toolkit sold by an Israeli company called NSO Group.
Similarly to Italian surveillance vendor HackingTeam, the NSO Group developed Pegasus and sold it to governments and law enforcement agencies across the world, even in countries with dictatorial regimes, where it was used to track down dissidents and journalists.
At the time, Pegasus was the most advanced iOS malware ever discovered, using several iOS zero-days to infect and collect data from a victim's iPhone.
Initial Pegasus investigation moved to Android ecosystem
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After surfacing in 2016, the Pegasus spyware made headlines around the world after it was discovered that this wasn't your ordinary malware but a cyber-surveillance toolkit sold by an Israeli company called NSO Group.
Similarly to Italian surveillance vendor HackingTeam, the NSO Group developed Pegasus and sold it to governments and law enforcement agencies across the world, even in countries with dictatorial regimes, where it was used to track down dissidents and journalists.
At the time, Pegasus was the most advanced iOS malware ever discovered, using several iOS zero-days to infect and collect data from a victim's iPhone.
Initial Pegasus investigation moved to Android ecosystem
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