topic Pegasus spearphishing used against Amnesty International in Industry News https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Pegasus-spearphishing-used-against-Amnesty-International/m-p/13198#M1319 <P>Amnesty International has been the subject of a spearphishing attack using the Pegasus tool.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So what?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Well, Pegasus isn't your standard back-alley RAT created by some teenagers in the basement.&nbsp; It is sold by NSO Group, an Israeli company, and is supposedly only sold to governments.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>NSO Group’s response to incidents like this has been to say that Pegasus is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable them to track criminals and terrorists.&nbsp; But there is a <A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/03/amnesty-international-spearphished-with-government-spyware/" target="_blank">fair history of Pegasus escaping those bounds</A> ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(So, would it be legal for a government to try and track human rights activists?&nbsp; Would it be ethical?)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:53:04 GMT rslade 2023-10-09T08:53:04Z Pegasus spearphishing used against Amnesty International https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Pegasus-spearphishing-used-against-Amnesty-International/m-p/13198#M1319 <P>Amnesty International has been the subject of a spearphishing attack using the Pegasus tool.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So what?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Well, Pegasus isn't your standard back-alley RAT created by some teenagers in the basement.&nbsp; It is sold by NSO Group, an Israeli company, and is supposedly only sold to governments.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>NSO Group’s response to incidents like this has been to say that Pegasus is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable them to track criminals and terrorists.&nbsp; But there is a <A href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/03/amnesty-international-spearphished-with-government-spyware/" target="_blank">fair history of Pegasus escaping those bounds</A> ...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(So, would it be legal for a government to try and track human rights activists?&nbsp; Would it be ethical?)</P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:53:04 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Pegasus-spearphishing-used-against-Amnesty-International/m-p/13198#M1319 rslade 2023-10-09T08:53:04Z