In the context of recent news on ldquo Pegasus rdquo consider the following statements 1 It is a mal...........

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In the context of recent news on “Pegasus” consider the following statements:

(1) It is a malware developed by Israel based security company, NSO Group Technologies.

(2) Chyrsaor is the name assigned to the Android version of Pegasus by Google.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

NSO is an Israeli spyware company, which has developed the malware acting as spyware known as Pegasus, which can intercept communications sent to and from a device including communications over WhatsApp and Skype. There has been considerable outrage in many countries including India after WhatsApp confirmed that some of its users were targeted with spyware.