IPhone hacking: Pegasus is dead, Vive Predator

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As if the safety fix deployed by Apple with iOS 14.8 was going to be enough.

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You may not know, but NSO Group is far from being the only company to offer its custom mobile hacking services.A new survey signed by Citizen Lab thus reveals the magnitude of another program of the genre, called ... Predator.You can not make that up.Its developer?A company named Cytrox, without much surprise based in Israel too.

The software would have already made several importance, including a political refugee and a TV presenter both Egyptians.Ayman Nour, from opposition to power in place, would have even been monitored by several government actors at the same time.Its operating system at the time was iOS, however sold by its publisher as safer than Android alternatives.

Several countries already customers!

According to Citizen Lab's investigations, no less than eight states have to date on Predator, their specific motivations remain obviously to be defined.The officials in question here would be Saudi Arabia, Oman's Sultanate, Serbia, Greece, Madagascar, Armenia, Indonesia and therefore Egypt.So many regions where authoritarian drifts are commonplace.

The method used by this spyware to hack the journalist's iphone is apparently the same as that which was used to access the content of that of Jeff Bezos.As a reminder, this is a simple WhatsApp message emanating from a stranger and containing a poise link.On which the target therefore clicked, what is completely not recommended to do in this kind of case.But it is not always easy to know according to generations ...

What data is at risk?

Citizen Lab's report explains that many Apple services are accessible by Predator, including the owner Safari, the App Store, plans and others even more sensitive as a camera and email.Worse: some messaging supposed to be encrypted from start to finish such as Signal and Telegram are also concerned, a sign that even such alternatives are never 100% sure.

If you are also afraid of being scanned one day by a spy program, know that there are some strategies to protect yourself from possible harmful consequences.To find right here.

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1. December 18, 2021 at 5 h 32 min

   Isn't that an info for nothing in fact? Targets are targeting people, and hackers of large organizations or a country.The general public and far from all that, Android to these legal backdoors or found on forums for teenagers ... and let's not forget that a simple printing allows you to unlock an Android terminal.In the end, it ridicules rather Android I think ... Especially that the data recovered cannot be used by the justice.

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