Secure your system from Pegasus spyware
in last article we have discuss about pegasus spyware now let us understand how you can protect your system from this kind of spywares.
There are several means of securing your device from Pegasus, starting from developing good technology practices.
- Always update your operating system to the latest version. Apple and Google regularly release updates which include security patches for vulnerabilities and malware. Both Apple and Google have released fixes for Pegasus. Apple released a patched version of iOS (starting from iOS 9.3.5) and Google has put in place specific controls to mitigate Pegasus on most Android OS’s (starting April 2017).
- Pegasus spyware (as well as all sorts of other malware) infiltrates phones by way of the phone user clicking a link in a text message, email, Twitter post, or any other means. When receiving any message with a link, make sure you are familiar with the person sending the link and actually verify that the message along with the link is coming from the person you believe has sent it. Note that a determined attacker will very carefully craft a message to make it appear as though it is from someone you know, and will be regarding a topic of interest to both of you!
- While the first two recommended practices should protect you from Pegasus (at least until the next version is released), it is critical to maintain secure communications including calls and messages that are not vulnerable to Pegasus and other malware. Secure calls and messages will insure you can communicate securely even when spyware infiltrates your phone and you are “under mobile surveillance.”
Check If Your Phone Is Infected With Pegasus Using MVT :
To trace one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware programs, MVT relies on running forensic scans that look for “Indicators Of Compromise” or IOCs. These IOCs are basically signs that are believed to exist on every Pegasus-infected device.
Before looking for signs of a Pegasus threat, the MVT lets you create a backup of your device data. You will then have to feed in Amnesty’s latest IOCs to the toolkit. The toolkit will run scans against the IOC data and highlight any suspicious presence in the output folder. According to TechCrunch, the scanning process takes about 1-2 minutes to complete.
Since MVT is open-source, you can easily download it from its GitHub page. Once that’s done, you can head out to this website and follow the given instructions for installation. However, MVT does not have a user-friendly interface, so you’ll need to have some command line know-how before you begin.
Moreover, before the scan can start, you’ll have to feed in the latest IOC uploaded by Amnesty’s researchers from this page. Make sure you use the latest IOCs to maximize the accuracy of the scan.
The IOCs are constantly being improved to remove false detections and increase the effectiveness of MVT. Because of this, there is a chance the toolkit might flag your device as infected even when it’s not.
For most people, minus journalists, the risk of having Pegasus on their phone is relatively low. But, if you still want to be totally sure and know your way around the command line, it won’t hurt to run an MVT scan.
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