Pegasus Spyware: so dangerous that it should be banned? OTW explains...

Pegasus is used around the world to hack people's phones. It's extremely dangerous and can be used to control a phone remotely without the user knowing that is running.
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00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Brilliant Ad
01:59 - OTW Books
03:54 - Pegasus overview
06:54 - Pegasus info
07:40 - Pegasus in use
08:56 - Human rights
09:25 - 0 Day malware
13:33 - Original Pegasus 1 click exploit
14:30 - How it works
16:52 - Remote access
17:48 - Malware links
19:30 - Femtocell
21:01 - Stingray
22:10 - How they work
23:50 - Pegasus 0 click exploit
24:55 - Pegasus malware
25:29 - Human rights
26:51 - ISO/Android vs malware
27:40 - Governments
29:19 - What can we do?
30:35 - Be responsible
32:01 - Governments and malware
32:51 - NSO
35:14 - Privacy
36:03 - Command and control
37:36 - Processes
38:38 - NSO developers
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40:30 - Social engineering
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[@mydogsbutler]

It's extremely dangerous but the pegasus issue is largely a media red herring to avoid discussion of 5 eyes (14 eyes) epic global spying. Why western media don't like Pegasus is someone is cutting into their spying grass. Either end spying globally, including downscaling organizations like NSA, GHCQ, and Chinese, Russian and other large counterparts or a natural consequence is other countries will spy on the countries that lament about spying then hypocritically spy. Perhaps Pegasus democratization of spying will be a wake up call for the governments of 14 eyes nations. If foreign governments are tapping their own phones, like they have been doing ot others for decades, then maybe they will see why mass computer surveillance they'be been doing of foreign states is morally wrong. Mind you that's wishful thinking. What's more likely to happen is virtue signalling hypocrisy.

[@ishka3405]

How do you even find out if your phone is infected by pegasus?

[@Bloodywasher]

yep good old pegasus among I think there was one other big one. good ol' Mossad :)

[@jessen00001]

Funny.. see how easy it is to deactivate all google apps and try to go deep in your android with developer settings enabled. Try to disable google.android.gms.persistence So who is spying on you? Who does most governments work closely with?... But why be scared about someone spying on you if you not harming anyone?

[@jessen00001]

What about Palantir? The number one spy tool that the Government's are using today. This feels like a honeypot 😂

[@EchoMirage72]

When a government commissions anything for use, their justification is always "it will be used against our enemies" but invariably it will always be turned inwards against it's own people.

[@feliciaware7609]

As a Retired combat Marine I want to tell you that as what you are doing is just as important as any warrior on the battlefield. You are waging warfare against cheater on the digital battlefield. You are defending and protecting the most vulnerable of our society against these predators and cheaters. Keep up the good work Team *Topphase Resolution* ..

[@someone2324]

Privacy is one of the most fundamental human rights

[@cyberdevil657]

❤Yes!

[@drTERRRORRR]

(US "Patriot Act" rolling on it like a tank)

[@sefzxm6486]

privacy is a facade

[@KJ-xt3yu]

And yet blanket geo location warrents are done almost every day with out legal ramifications, from the gov.... its by the gov....on the USA...by the USA orders..... 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@alfonzo7822]

​@@sefzxm6486definitely seems that way

[@greyether777]

When these two get together, it ALWAYS seems to end too soon....just can't get enough. Thanks guys!

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

Thank you, both of you for addressing this issue and educating us

[@davidbombal]

You're welcome! OTW has an amazing wealth of knowledge and it's great to have him share it with all of us! 😀

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

​@@davidbombalalways looking forward for your videos 🙏🏻

[@JayzDog]

The problem is not Pegasus, it is phone makers that don’t let you install a proper firewall and a proper app locker.

[@corail53]

it can also be a problem with pegasus. Anyone can use it if you have the money (a lot of money as its license is around 600k for the base version).

[@Dzboss31]

Yes But you can control your phone with a rooted device and learn about android system

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

Pegasus attacks the hardware

[@RANSOMEART]

I believe someone once said "you control the endpoint, you control the network?"

[@calebshotsauce]

@@RANSOMEART yeah like elliot from mr robot or something, maybe Otw

[@Blackwaterswamp]

Thinking that the government or corporations care, and are not one and the same, is foolish. There is no privacy period. Thanks for both of your work.

[@Just_A_Tech.._]

Many thanks to you two David & OTW, your collaboration is always top-notch.👌 Keep up the good work. 🙏🙏

[@KristopherNoronha]

Thanks for the upload! I know most of the stuff discussed, but it was interesting to be able to confirm my understanding was correct. I hope such videos get more attention and people stop clicking on links outside a sandbox, at the very least!

[@random-user-handle]

Dear David and OTW, you guys together are amazing! Hope this collaboration will continue for a long time, because I’m looking forward to any new video you guys work on! Great job!

[@zaccampa4055]

It’s always a good time with David and OccupyTheWeb!

[@athan_s_maliakkal]

You and Occupy the web are a great combo for sure. Well done

[@mikefrisinger5866]

I think bringing awareness to things like this is the first step to implementing policies to help protect privacy rights for people

[@gnagyusa]

We need to stop treating phones as secure devices. The mindset has to change. I don't keep any sensitive data on my phone, my cameras have tapes on them etc.

[@mrsmiley631]

What is a "secure device"? I was taught security is merely a state of mind.

[@Casp1anX]

Both your content and OTW content are addictive-especially helpful to gain value when you’re hooked, though 🙌🏽

[@altx.gnz4283]

This is real content!!! Thanks David and OTW sharing all your knowledge.

[@anargaziev]

Dear Mr. Bomball and Mr. OccupyTheWeb, Thank you for educating us on these issues. I would like to kindly please you to teach us how we can technically detect such spywares on our phones? What lessons or tutorials should we learn in order to find out whether our phones are being spied? Please help us learning that great area of cyber security.

[@BU5TER288]

thats a great question i would also like the answer to

[@NathanielAgiftfromgod]

Yes!!!

[@rayb5204]

Thank you, David, for another brilliant video! I always feel just a little bit smarter, much more hungry and inspired to learn more. OTW's classes are top notch! You are the best! Cheers!!

[@doc_mars]

Hi.Thanks for very in-depth video. If I have installed a distro such as arch linux on your phone, then access still be gained to your phone?

[@abdukantibye1777]

That was an awesome interview Dave. My best wishes to Neal, stay positive, fast 2 days at least a week exercise a lot , green diet , less sugar and red meat, a lot of water . Win your life back don’t give up and you will a champion in Golf as you are In Cybersecurity. All the best.

[@uhohspaghettios9966]

I am so happy to have found your channel. #1 favorite content! Thanks so much!

[@davidbombal]

Thank you so much! 😀

[@Vi-XiphiqiX]

Fantastically informative, thank you for the awesome content.

[@ebooooo1213]

Thanks a lot David, awesome content as usual. I would love to see you interviewing Ryan Montgomery!

[@davidbombal]

Hopefully soon 😀

[@lucianjohr5569]

Top content David....Love the videos you collaborate with OTW.

[@dctudu007]

Thank you !!😊 It helped me learn about the danger lurking around me.

[@jasonpitts8395]

Another great video David. OTW is correct you do have the best YT channel for cyber

[@slumb3rx]

Hey David first im learning from you and your videos for years and I'm fascinating by social engineer you have any recommendation on specific place that i can learn more about this skill and upgrade my self bit more?

[@chrisbowring4298]

What an enthralling captivating discussion! Thank you David! I look forward to hearing more! 👍👏

[@rdwnabdi5778]

Welcome back Master OTW Thnkz both of u ...

[@AddySecuritySandbox]

That would be great a technical demostration of Eternal blue ! we will wait for the session David,

[@sfurtado3]

As always thank you both so much for the content!! Amazing as always! Happy Father's day yall and all other fathers out there!

[@davidbombal]

Same to you! Thank you!

[@tigermoney8576]

Mann your community, the majority of IT community, David B, OTW, and etc all dropping diamond and gems!! Letting us know how to win!! We need more people like y’all mann!! God bless y’all!! We appreciate you David and OTW!!!

[@jasonmoosha7897]

Legendary thanks David. From south Australia at work chatting about u Chanel interesting hey many people watching u Chanel

[@AbdullahKhan-ys3ik]

we all love our great teacher, doing a great job and educating about digital era and talking about privacy that is core thing for human society .

[@chkbroo]

thank you for bringing back OTW

[@dronefish9629]

One of the best OTW videos. Thanks.

[@cyberdevil657]

Always love to listen to otw and David!!

[@grinecosta322]

Thank you so much for the great content and this was one of the best

[@davidbombal]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@camelotenglishtuition6394]

What's crazy is there are probably 10 or more that we don't know about. Great video David.

[@davidbombal]

That is a worry 😢

[@camelotenglishtuition6394]

@@davidbombal Agreed, one of the reasons I don't use anything made by Apple. Their code is dog s**t. 100% believe it's harder to pwn an android these days.

[@davidbombal]

@@camelotenglishtuition6394 OTW disagrees with you. And I think many other people do too and say that Android is more vulnerable.

[@camelotenglishtuition6394]

@David Bombal I understand, but I disagree with OTW over several things. I would ask specifically what you think makes ios stronger when it has so many issues. Specifically with webkit, unused features in code, poor code review, and also very slow patch times.

[@noahaxr3679]

Technical details aside, it's easier to make mistakes on an android because your phone allows you to. A lot of iOS security is designed around blocking you from compromising your device. Android doesn't tend to care beyond asking "Are you sure?"

[@zanyaboutit]

Thanks David Bombal, just one quick request. Next time you interview OTW, can you ask about the release date of 'cyberwarrior handbook'?, because I already have read all his other books.

[@esmannr]

Getting a search warrant to surveil a subject should not include the use of a Stingray! All the phones in the area will connect to it. LEOs don't have a search warrant for everyone in the transceiver area!

[@esmannr]

@@Andrew-zy7jz Local LEOs can’t get one.

[@johnnylego807]

They have stuff way better than stingrays now. They also have CelleBrite. If they get your phone for even a second, they plug it in, and that’s all she wrote.

[@juanitalerssen7335]

would it be possible to investigate malware and resend it to the originator by working on the device in a faraday cage and send it when you remove the device from the cage?

[@julsstefano7729]

thx David for such a good material and thank for the OccupyTheWeb sharing such a good info

[@mason35715]

Always a treat. Thank you so much

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Derrick!

[@HillbillyIslandLife]

I had it, or something similar, used on my phone back in 2019. My ex's baby daddy was involved in the Cartel in Cbus, Ohio. About 8 months before he got busted, I noticed my phone, my hirls phone, and her sons phone was acting strangly and possibly hacked. I informed her ex of this while dropping her son off one day. Then, all of the sudden. I had several cars following me and my phone was torally acting weird! I was being followed by some group. I think it was the FBI because they busted the Columbus Police Cartel Unit for being crooked about 8 months after her ex was arrested by the Cartel Unit 😮 So, im a believer and i know what they did to me was illegal because i wasnt involved in anything criminal. This needs to stop because it was incredibly frightening!! Good Show guys!

[@predatorsecurityanddefense5753]

Thanks for the video. I have known about this technology for a while and even had a tech demonstrate it on one of our instructors phone. Question...if you ditch that smartphone and get a different handset is Pegasus transfered to the new one. Or would that agency have to target the new handset and infect it? Thankyou!!

[@ozzman530]

Everytime you release one of these videos w/ OTW, I get the urge to change my career into cyber security. Thank you for continuing these conversations.

[@NathanielAgiftfromgod]

Same lol😂😂😂

[@dustinhxc]

Loving these occupy the web videos David!!!!!

[@dragonsage6909]

Great episode! Thx

[@annasirne197]

Thank you for the guest. Amazing video.

[@MidAirUpdates]

Looking forward to Occupy the web talking On the AIGC era we are living in & how it impacts different Cybersecurity Fields

[@Abdullah-wh6ge]

Great video many many thanks @David

[@davidbombal]

You're very welcome!

[@douglasconnell6395]

Always assume your devices are already compromised.

[@PISSEDOFF-MADABOUTIT60]

Guys great show, more info then I can wrap my head around. Will be listening more.

[@daddyattitude]

John McAfee once said, "Computer Security is an Oxymoron."

[@dalrob9969]

Back in the DOS days, PC Tools, did a program byte count of the code in a software product. If the scanner found a different number of code bytes, say less or more, than the original known ( size ) of the code including key, count, it would send up the red flag. Think about thar for a second. One way to detect key loggers is get your hard drive used information motion, type 100 words on notepad, the delete it, re read hard drive bytes used,if it's the same count after you erased it, that's good, but if now you drive says it's more than the count you first logged, say about the amount you typed in, I would suspect a keylogger installed. Keep a watchful eye on disk storage usage. It's a pain, but.

[@Xploitastic]

It's alarming to think about the misuse of tools like Pegasus spyware, especially when it comes to infringing on individual privacy and human rights. I'd say "unbelievable", but sadly... Its not.

[@AnbuReckz]

It was created for misuse

[@commentfailedtopost]

Misuse?

[@_v0id309]

You guys together are best ❤❤❤, amazing video ❤❤❤

[@h_ian550]

Wow , really interesting topic!!! Thank you

[@h_ian550]

And malware too😂😂😂

[@michaeldawson6309]

Regards Pegasus if its sending messages back to servers would this traffic not end up detected by BOT activity security? I wounder if Zscaler et al could detect this malicious communication from the device to identify it as compromised?

[@kentallard1881]

Lol,Love how he's right,He said there's really no way to scan for any of these because when hackers catch wind that you're on to them they jump ship.

[@s1ked_416]

I agree with OTW, David Bombal is probably the best KZbin channel I have come across when it comes to updated information about security, when it comes to other stuff, in my opinion, I prefer John Hammond as my 2nd source for education, and Null Byte as my 3rd

[@peterkanja-uo4jw]

Thanks David your teach us new things for everytime

[@nozeonfroze1]

my mind is never invurniable to the knowledge you guys have...

[@manigandansrinivasan5194]

Eye opener content .keep rocking ....

[@cyberlizardcouk]

there should be a rule that all email client applications are required to run in a sandbox regardless of how thoroughly annoying this is.

[@pfcwells522]

New to the channel. The convos have been very insightful. Much thanksnto your guests for coming on and sharing their knowledge and experiences in the cyber world. I was wondering, have you every talked with the author of "This Is How They Tell Me The World End", ​NICOLE PERLROTH. I just finished her book. Her breakdown of the cat and mouse for the cyber exploit market is jaw dropping. There were somethings I was aware but she connected the names and marked the timeline for how the market started and has developed over the year. Would be a interesting guess even though she not a actual hacker.

[@360Production.Services]

Why isn't it stopped by firewalls or detected by router software?

[@woodenstick3517]

Keep it going David !👍

[@cajunphilippine]

I am educated every time I open your channel. Thank you, David and OTW. Excellent presentation as always when you and OTW are grouping up fantastic knowledge.

[@davidbombal]

Great to hear that Leroy! OTW is amazing 😀

[@michaellevi8905]

הפרשן שכח להזכיר שבגרסה האחרונה של פגסוס..היה פשוט ניתן להשתלט על הסמרטפון ללא לחיצה על כלום!

[@untoldstory176]

This is more exciting and interesting than Netflix! ,

[@JackofTradeApps]

Cant get enough of your content gents. More please! You're the perfect combination... IMHO

[@ShotTheoryPB]

100%, one of the best traits one can have working in a technician role is to have the ability to explain seemingly complex concepts in simple terms that executives can understand. * know your audience.

[@RockG.o.d]

I think the better option is basic devices which do a couple of things you need securely.

[@MP-cb7zk]

Great segment! Just curious, is there a tool/app that I can install on either my laptop (connected to my mobile device via USB) or on my mobile that will reveal spyware that has been installed on my mobile device? I take it that something like Pegasus isn't detectable through consumer based anti-virus software. Thank you to you both.

[@NathanielAgiftfromgod]

Just interested in reply😊

[@CLEFT3000]

Same

[@NathanielAgiftfromgod]

Thanks for the info

[@LeeMaiden]

I remember many many years ago, I had to learn how to hack/crack so that I could properly protect clients, I did PEN testing for companies often.

[@Cyb3r-Kun]

hay could you do a practical example of how to set up a subnet. I looked up a few tutorials but they all only explain the theory and how tlit works with IP but no practical examples of how to set it up on routers

[@brittislove]

Thank you David

[@godwinseshie6351]

Thank you for the video. I am new in hacking and interested in learning. How can i become a student of the facilitator/join his class?? Thanks

[@suyashpriyadarshi4297]

Another great episode by OTW 🎉

[@therealb888]

This couldnt have been timed before! Pegasus was my blindspot.

[@JamieTransNyc]

What we need are some huge Class-Action lawsuits against Apple and Google to give them an incentive to make more secure phones.... They will not respond to public pressure, they will only respond to financial pressure.

[@mikaellindqvist5599]

Google makes some of the most secure phones available given the right care. Its all about hardware.

[@RockG.o.d]

so what you want them to do? they patch as soon as it is found. They can't test every vulnerability in house.

[@waterillyowo9]

And Samsung

[@charlestort]

Thanks David, love this content

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Charles. Very happy to hear that.

[@purdie3dandlaserworks622]

love the book why has it taken so long to share this type of info l would have done this decades ago keep up the good work

[@Hartley94]

Thanks David.

[@computerman200]

So how do de detect Pegasus? And how do we protect ourselves from it / remove it?

[@Maxspert]

How effective is Pegasus malware on linux phones,I know they are not many linux phones but will have the same effect like on apple and android phones?

[@indilucy9141]

the sms is a usual attempt, you should update this story as nso has a new 0 click by physically calling the phone with just music . the owner answers the call to hear music while they hack the phone

[@Yadlina]

Thats interesting. Do you have further information for this kind of attack?

[@AnonymousQwerty]

OTW/David is the GOAT collab

[@graymanconcepts6404]

For those not familiar with EquationGroup, that is (in large) the NSA.

[@Roman.Joshua]

When I got a device that monitors my data usage (up and down) in the upper right hand corner, bc it is integrated in my custom Rom and I'm not doing anything, then "sb listening to my mic or taking pictures/a video of me" (I got stickers), will result in data usage, which I will notice eventually.

[@lumin0l161]

“A JIF image….” And I loved you OTW. How could you do this to us?

[@heioca9556]

Fascinating! Can't wait for y'all to cover eternalblue

[@therealcsing]

These types of laundry rooms are standard if you rent your flat. If you own your flat you usually have the washy things inside your flat.

[@a320nick]

Thanks David

[@BushBaby0101]

Thanks To The Both Of You For Helping Us; Grow ourselves Technically even if it's hard for us who are unfortunate at the moment 😊

[@Leroy0070]

In passing I'd really like you to touch up on LOIC(Low Orbit Iron Cannon) and the evolution of DOS/DDOSes.

[@punch3n3ergy37]

Maybe also do a deep-dive on what Malware is out there for Android. I'd be interested in that. Also what to do to protect against that type of malware.

[@pocketchangeinvestments6049]

yes my exact thoughts!

[@gayshawndayleequeef1946]

not until its been out for atleast 6yrs and nobody uses it anymore because its old news.

[@johnsheikh3831]

Sadly if you are a target of one of these attacks of the new version of Pegasus not much you can do in today day inn age

[@redeyes1432]

I'd love to see a video on hacking and AI and how crazy things might or could get in the future while we still have the training wheels on for AI? The last part of the video really made me think hmmmm AI hacking big problem?!

[@Iicence]

we really appreciate u sir.. thank u sm.