All you need to know about Pegasus

he spyware that started it all
Pegasus, the spyware sold by Israel’s NSO Group and Q Cyber Technologies that is believed to have broken through encrypted communication systems such as WhatsApp, can concurrently monitor about 50 smartphones.A person who runs a private cybersecurity firm and has seen Pegasus’ snooping capabilities up close said that the spyware can monitor up to 500 phones in a year, but can only track a maximum of 50 at one go. He said it costs about $7-8 million per year to license Pegasus.Facebook-owned WhatsApp’s court filings in the US show a contract with a Ghanaian company for monitoring 25 phones.