As NSO Group mulls selling Pegasus, can we ever trust this spyware to become a tool for good?

Infosec community is battling the log4j bug that has the whole internet stressed out. But at the same time, privacy activists might have a wholly different reason to heave a sigh of relief. While this is playing out, Israel-based NSO Group is considering shutting down its notorious spyware product Pegasus, and selling the company — potentially ending a nightmare of breaches of sensitive information and surveillance of prominent global figures and journalists. A report by Bloomberg noted the NSO Group has consulted advisors from New York-based bank Moelis & Co. to chart the road ahead. It said that two unnamed…

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