The uber-powerful spyware named Pegasus by The Citizen Lab is published and sold by NSO Group, a company based in Israel.
The Israeli company's customers are governments around the world. It does not do business with commercial entities or end consumers.
Below are the key findings by The Citizen Lab:
1. Between August 2016 and August 2018, we scanned the Internet for servers associated with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. We found 1,091 IP addresses that matched our fingerprint and 1,014 domain names that pointed to them. We developed and used Athena, a novel technique to cluster some of our matches into 36 distinct Pegasus systems, each one which appears to be run by a separate operator.
2. We designed and conducted a global DNS Cache Probing study on the matching domain names in order to identify in which countries each operator was spying. Our technique identified a total of 45 countries where Pegasus operators may be conducting surveillance operations. At least 10 Pegasus operators appear to be actively engaged in cross-border surveillance.
3. Our findings paint a bleak picture of the human rights risks of NSO’s global proliferation. At least six countries with significant Pegasus operations have previously been linked to abusive use of spyware to target civil society, including Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
4. Pegasus also appears to be in use by countries with dubious human rights records and histories of abusive behaviour by state security services. In addition, we have found indications of possible political themes within targeting materials in several countries, casting doubt on whether the technology is being used as part of “legitimate” criminal investigations.
I recommend that you read the full report by clicking the below link:
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/09/hide-...egasus-spyware-to-operations-in-45-countries/
Singapore is mentioned as one of the 45 countries in which Sinkies' smartphones have been infected with Pegasus.
Additional reading for those who are living in the US or plan to travel there:
America 'One Of 45 Countries' Infected By Uber-Powerful Israeli Smartphone Spyware
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...rful-israeli-smartphone-spyware/#717c48cb72ff
The Israeli company's customers are governments around the world. It does not do business with commercial entities or end consumers.
Below are the key findings by The Citizen Lab:
1. Between August 2016 and August 2018, we scanned the Internet for servers associated with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. We found 1,091 IP addresses that matched our fingerprint and 1,014 domain names that pointed to them. We developed and used Athena, a novel technique to cluster some of our matches into 36 distinct Pegasus systems, each one which appears to be run by a separate operator.
2. We designed and conducted a global DNS Cache Probing study on the matching domain names in order to identify in which countries each operator was spying. Our technique identified a total of 45 countries where Pegasus operators may be conducting surveillance operations. At least 10 Pegasus operators appear to be actively engaged in cross-border surveillance.
3. Our findings paint a bleak picture of the human rights risks of NSO’s global proliferation. At least six countries with significant Pegasus operations have previously been linked to abusive use of spyware to target civil society, including Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
4. Pegasus also appears to be in use by countries with dubious human rights records and histories of abusive behaviour by state security services. In addition, we have found indications of possible political themes within targeting materials in several countries, casting doubt on whether the technology is being used as part of “legitimate” criminal investigations.
I recommend that you read the full report by clicking the below link:
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/09/hide-...egasus-spyware-to-operations-in-45-countries/
Singapore is mentioned as one of the 45 countries in which Sinkies' smartphones have been infected with Pegasus.
Additional reading for those who are living in the US or plan to travel there:
America 'One Of 45 Countries' Infected By Uber-Powerful Israeli Smartphone Spyware
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...rful-israeli-smartphone-spyware/#717c48cb72ff
