Pegasus Spyware
Pegasus Spyware
Pegasus is a highly advanced and dangerous spyware developed by NSO Group Technologies, an Israel-based cyber intelligence company. This spyware can secretly infiltrate any smartphone—whether Android or iPhone—and take full control of it without the user's knowledge.
Question1.
What is the name of the exploit used by Pegasus to compromise Apple iPhones via iMessage in 2021?
Question2.
Which CVE was associated with the FORCEDENTRY exploit used by Pegasus?
Question3.
Pegasus exploited which Apple service that allows data delivery even when the target is offline?
Question4.
In a 2019 attack, Pegasus compromised Android devices through which widely used messaging platform?
Question5.
What network protocol was exploited in WhatsAppʼs VoIP stack by Pegasus for remote code execution?
Question6.
Which file type was used in the FORCEDENTRY exploit disguised as an image to trigger code execution?
Question7.
What is the name of the image rendering library in iOS exploited via malicious files by Pegasus?
Question8.
Which port is used by Apple Push Notification Service that Pegasus abuses to deliver payloads?
Question9.
Pegasus sometimes exploited Safari browser on iOS. What rendering engine does Safari use?
Question10.
In Android, Pegasus could gain root access using privilege escalation. Which Android system file manages root access control?
Question11.
What is the term for spyware silently running in memory without leaving traces on disk?
Question12.
Pegasus has capabilities to activate which two phone sensors for surveillance?
Question13.
Which powerful command-line utility on Android can be misused by spyware to record screen activity?
Question14.
Pegasus often escalated privileges via kernel exploits. Which Android kernel protection is meant to prevent such attacks?
Question15.
What forensic mobile toolkit is commonly used to detect Pegasus infections?