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And here I thought iOS with its walled garden approach would make these kinds of attacks impossible.
Walls have never been fool proof, though that doesn't mean building them is a waste of time.
This is really convoluted. There is a $3 app from the App Store called iVerify that checks. [1] 1. https://www.iverify.io/
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And here I thought iOS with its walled garden approach would make these kinds of attacks impossible.
Walls have never been fool proof, though that doesn't mean building them is a waste of time.
If only there was a central choke-point, globally, for all iMessage messages that could weed out particularly ill-formed messages such that they never reach your phone ...
If only ...
I ran this tool and found a trace that I was infected (malware detected in CrashReporter.plist). Any clue what I should be doing, if anything, to address this?
I'm no expert, but if you ask me, I would completely erase the phone, upgrade it via DFU, and start fresh. After setting it up again, run another backup and rerun the tool to doublecheck. That or ditch the phone
I ran this tool and found a trace that I was infected (malware detected in CrashReporter.plist). Any clue what I should be doing, if anything, to address this?
If it's real: Adjust your behavior to account for the fact that once you know you're a target, there is no device on the market and no practical measures you can use to maintain safety. Assume everything you do on or near a computer used by you or a close contact is being monitored. The level of effort needed to maintain strong security in the context of being a target is astronomically higher than any individual can deal with.
Isn't "Pegasus" transmitted via a well-crafted iMessage ? If only there was a central choke-point, globally, for all iMessage messages that could weed out particularly ill-formed messages such that they never reach your phone ... If only ...
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I'm no expert, but if you ask me, I would completely erase the phone, upgrade it via DFU, and start fresh. After setting it up again, run another backup and rerun the tool to doublecheck. That or ditch the phone
This is an expert response.
You need to jailbreak to do a complete file system dump to actually check if you’ve been infected by Pegasus. This is not the most accurate method.