▲ 397 ▼ Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by VITecNet@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Guessing Pegasus and their ilk have an easy way around this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago* Nope! From Kaspersky: Reboot Daily: According to research from Amnesty International and Citizen Lab, Pegasus often relies on zero-click 0-days with no persistence. Regular daily reboots can help clean the device, making it necessary for attackers to repeatedly reinfect, thereby increasing the chances of detection over time. For a case with persistence, Lookout notes another bug was required and details the extra work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago* Nope! From Kaspersky: Reboot Daily: According to research from Amnesty International and Citizen Lab, Pegasus often relies on zero-click 0-days with no persistence. Regular daily reboots can help clean the device, making it necessary for attackers to repeatedly reinfect, thereby increasing the chances of detection over time. For a case with persistence, Lookout notes another bug was required and details the extra work. permalink fedilink source parent