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Would factory resetting your phone on a regular basis remove the hack?
by mywacaday 6y ago
Would factory resetting your phone on a regular basis remove the hack?
- gruez 6y agoConsidering that we haven't had untethered jailbreaks in forever now, I think even a restart would do.
- aeternum 6y agoPossibly, but advanced malware like this can add many re-infection paths, opening a safari tab might be sufficient to trigger a re-infect upon browser launch. Many apps also make periodic background http requests, might be enough to just hijack one of those to trigger the RCE after reboot.
- Reelin 6y agoI don't think it's safe to assume that Pegasus can't manage persistence. This isn't run-of-the-mill malware we're talking about.