In recent days, you have probably not been able to miss the Pegasus affair: the Israeli company NSO Group is accused of having sold this virus to numerous governments so that they could discreetly spy on their populations. The case has since grown to such an extent thata tutorial dedicated to checking that your iPhone has not been infected was then published.
The downside is that it is rather complicated to follow for the uninitiated. It requires you to use code hosted on Github, which is not accessible to everyone. To remedy this, the iMazing management software has chosen to integrate the manipulation into its Mac version. This simply requires connecting the iPhone to the computer and waiting around ten minutes for the scan.
Most users are not at risk
Before you start downloading iMazing, good to know: according to the latest news, Pegasus has only contaminated certain categories of Internet users. There we find politicians, company directors and even individuals posing a “danger” to national security. Far from the description of ordinary mortals, therefore.
What's more, it turns out that all iPhones updated to iOS 14.7.1 (or later) are now protected against spyware. Indeed,this version of the operating system includes a change which closes the security vulnerability on which NSO capitalized to infiltrate the system previously. However, no device is safe from the potential new ideas of Middle Eastern society...
How do I check if I am infected with Pegasus with iMazing?
In order to detect the presence of Pegasus on your iPhone, you must start byinstall iMazing on a Mac by clicking here. Here are the following steps:
- connect iPhone to Mac with Lightning/USB cable
- open iMazing
- choose the evaluation version, sufficient for this operation, by clicking onContinue testing
- in the third column, click onDetect spyware
- click three times onFollowing
- Start analysis
iMazing will then inspect the different files present on the iPhone by comparing them with its database compiling most known viruses. As soon as a match occurs (with Pegasus or another malware), the app alerts you and offers to take the necessary actions.
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