Pegasus could read WhatsApp messages from an infected phone.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 100 Details
“read WhatsApp messages or listen to calls or track location”
Software
software:whatsapp
Messaging application whose Trojanized Android copy was used as spyware and whose database was found among exfiltrated data.
Messaging application whose Trojanized Android copy was used as spyware and whose database was found among exfiltrated data.
“copies of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Tor, and Threema”
Messaging application whose users were targeted through a zero-click exploit associated with Pegasus and whose company sued NSO.
“he was targeted with what we now know to have been a zero-click exploit against WhatsApp users.”
Messaging application used by Mohammed’s lawyer to notify him that prosecutors had appealed.
“the lawyer sends me over WhatsApp that they have appealed”
Messaging platform to which scammers moved conversations from dating websites.
“they’ll move you up to WhatsApp”
Modern messaging application used as a comparison for Anom’s encrypted messaging functions.
“very much like a Signal or a modern WhatsApp”
Messaging service whose contact information was publicly posted by the investigated seller.
“Here’s my phone number. Here’s my WhatsApp”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Pegasus | Explicit | 100 |
| incoming | AFFECTS | zero-click exploit | Explicit | 100 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | pig butchering | Explicit | 141 |
Pegasus could read WhatsApp messages from an infected phone.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 100 Details
“read WhatsApp messages or listen to calls or track location”
zero-click exploit AFFECTS WhatsApp
Citizen Lab found a zero-click exploit targeting WhatsApp users, after which WhatsApp patched the application.
Explicit Confidence 98% · John Scott-Railton EP 100 Details
“he was targeted with what we now know to have been a zero-click exploit against WhatsApp users”
pig butchering INVOLVES WhatsApp
Scammers move dating-platform conversations to WhatsApp and use the channel to groom victims.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Ronnie Tokazowski EP 141 Details
“they’ll move you up to WhatsApp and then from there they’ll start grooming the person”