A shocking investigation has found that sophisticated malware has been developed to track persons of interest, journalists, and criminals, says New York Post. First off, take note that there is no evidence yet that the spyware has infected any phones in the United States, while a small number of Americans abroad have been found with the malware. Then again, at least 23 phones were found to have been hacked using Pegasus software from Israel's NSO Group, a technology company. The study shows that the spyware can monitor everything on a phone, even using the camera or microphone. The malware may not even need to be clicked to successfully compromise a phone. Timothy Summers, IT director at Arizona State University, a former cybersecurity engineer at the U.S. Secret Service, claimed that it is possible to use it to eavesdrop on almost the entire wo...
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