This is going to be a “things to ponder” for our next podcast, and I’ve submitted it to Throwback Saturday Night for future airplay. It isn’t an urgent thing for them, but something we all should be aware of.
The NSO group has been covered by numerous podcasts including Security Now and this one just for a two examples. I’m sure others have too. This is because of something called Pegasus which has been used as a surveilance tool at Journalists and other people.
Apple is suing them because they are targeting their products, and even one recent patched vulnerability is discussed. The NSO group claims their software has saved lives and governments have assisted in arresting pedophiles and other criminals thanks to the software.
The article indicates that there was no backup to the NSO claim of the above, and from what I’m hearing, it has done nothing but become a problem.
The Pegasus software can be installed without any knowledge of the victim, and it can do anything the NSO group wants. It is an Android and IOS problem, and the developers of this software bypass the software all of the time.
We’ll have to see what this lawsuit will look like as it proceeds.
- Apple sues Israeli spyware group NSO Ars Technica
What do you think of this one? A good thing or a bad thing? Why or why not?
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