Paul Haskell Dowland
Asociate Dean (Computing & Security) Edith Cowan University
Roberto Musotto
Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University
A major journalistic investigation has found evidence of malicious software being used by governments around the world, including allegations of spying on prominent individuals.
From a list of more 50,000 phone numbers, journalists identified more than 1,000 people in 50 countries reportedly under surveillance using the Pegasus spyware. The software was developed by the Israeli company NSO Group and sold to government clients.
Among the reported targets of the spyware are journalists, politicians, government officials, chief executives and human rights activists.
"The Pegasus spyware can infect the phones of victims through a variety of mechanisms. Some approaches may involve an SMS or iMessage that provides a link to a website." Reports thus…