No one is safe from Pegasus: spyware detected on ordinary people’s phones (cybernews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Self-scans reveal that Pegasus, an invasive and powerful spyware that can secretly control phones and track owners, might be more widespread than previously thought. It was discovered on the phones of everyday phone users.

From wikiHow: How to Check Your Smartphone for Pegasus Spyware

top 9 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Amnesty International provides a FOSS tool to check your mobile backups for traces of the Pegasus Spyware. I’d trust that over a sketchy proprietary app. Link: https://docs.mvt.re.

[-] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

There could be spyware on your phone! Install this shady app to find out if you have the spyware or not!

I wonder if the shady app in the link is the spyware. This would be a brilliant way of getting on to people's phones.

[-] vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

My thoughts exactly… If there’s a FOSS tool to check, then we’d be talking.

[-] solo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I see what you mean and on top of that you would need to pay for it.

That's why I added in the description a link with instructions on the free tool designed by Amnesty International's Security Lab.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I'll just assume that my GrapheneOS install is safe, the checker probably wouldn't work anyway...

[-] eleitl@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

I haven't checked, does GrapheneOS do reproducible/deterministic builds so that you could verify that the published release matches your image? The boot attestation should not be able to be circumvented, if you trust Google hardware to do what it says on the tin.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Here are the built-in tools for verifying authenticity, a project to reproduce builds, and a thread where the devs confirm reproducibility and other community members link the above.

TL;DR - Yes.

[-] eleitl@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks, interesting. I have used boot attestation but not yet Auditor. Hope to have some quality time reading up on the documentation in the coming three weeks.

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

What do you mean??? WikiHow is a collection of only the most reliable tutorials and information. Now be good and install the shady app.

this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2024

6 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

59997 readers

2180 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS