Pegasus spyware is a Malware which can enter into your device without you having an actual contact with any form of link either by email or any other website . The NSO group founder of this malware based in Israel claims it to be affective against terrorism and drug trafficking.
Pegasus have the power to track your location, record your camera activity ,record your voice, and get all the crucial information from your device .It is not possible to escape from the attack of this malware as it need only a phone call or a message to get into your device without you even accepting the call or reading the message it can be installed successfully.
The most dangerous thing it is capable of to do is when it enters a device it can store information of a fingerprint which can have deadly consequences as many countries use certain army officers fingerprint for the launch of any nuclear power . This malware can be very destructive for human kind if it gets in wrong hands of a terrorist .
Big companies like Whatsapp & Apple have spoken out about this being stealing information of them and there users. According to recent happenings attacks have been done on diiferent VIP people taking an example of prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan stealing information of phone calls and meetings.
NSO claims to make these software for military use only But 1300 attacks have been identified in last 12 months.
Things You can do to prevent such Attacks
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Never share your mobile phone digits to a random person whome you don't know personally.
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Download a safe VPN .
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Update your phone with the the latest version .
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Do not download any software to your device without properly knowing about it.
- Do not click on random emails or links without verifying the details of the sender.