Surely over the last few years you have heard about Pegasus, a mobile device spy system that has been used to access the data of the main political leaders. This situation has generated a lot of insecurity among citizens due to the danger it can pose for the country, but the best thing you can do is to get to know it thoroughly. How Pegasus works to understand the threat what it means and the vulnerabilities it presents.
When surfing the Internet, you have to be careful with the hundreds of dangers that you find along the way, although in reality danger lurks anywhere on the device. Not all viruses arise from installing a file or application, but there are cases in which the hacker executes code remotely after having gained access to the phone and thus taking control. Pegasus works in a similar way, but not identical, since it is a system that beyond taking control, the only thing it does is spy on everything that your mobile hides.
How Pegasus works
The first thing to clarify is that Pegasus affects both Android and iPhone phones, so don’t think that just because you have an Apple phone you’re going to be safe. Pegasus is one of the most dangerous spy tools current affairs and proof of this is that he has managed to collect information from Pedro Sánchez’s cell phone.
We could say that it consists of a virus responsible for collect data remotely and this data ranges from messages, emails, history, calendar, calls, images… But the worst thing is that it also gains access to the device’s location, microphone and camera, meaning it has you virtually under complete control.
Pegasus is nothing more than a spy virus that is more advanced than the rest and for this very reason you have to be careful. This spyware system was created by the security company known as Israel NSO Group with the aim of aim to spy on mobile phones from anywhere in the world and thus prevent a terrorist attack in advance. The problem is that its objective differs greatly from what has ended up happening with this tool, which has been implemented to spy on every person regardless of position, situation, job…
Is my mobile infected?
Pegasus is not very different from other viruses when it comes to infecting users’ mobile phones. The main way it usually enters devices is through a link whether it’s via SMS or Telegram chat where, when you click, you are automatically redirected to a web page and you will no longer be able to do anything here. Your phone will be exposed to Pegasus hacking and therefore your information is already visible to the cybercriminal.
You may have doubts because of fear, but the reality is that it is unlikely that your mobile is infected by Pegasus. In any case, to clear up the mystery you just have to use the Verification Toolkit toola program designed to detect if the device is infected by a spy virus. The application can be downloaded from GitHub, where all the necessary steps and permissions that the user must comply with to find out if the mobile has the Pegasus virus are also found.