# Pegasus Spyware **Domain:** Commercial Spyware / Mobile Security / Surveillance **Doc Type:** Technology Node **Maturity:** Canonical ## Definition **Pegasus** is commercial spyware associated with NSO Group that can compromise mobile devices and provide access to sensitive communications, sensors, location and stored information. ## Public-Interest Context Investigations by journalists and technical researchers documented potential targeting involving government figures, journalists, human-rights defenders, attorneys and others. A name appearing in a potential-targeting dataset does not by itself prove successful device infection; forensic confirmation requires device evidence. ## Sources / Provenance - [Citizen Lab — Pegasus research](https://citizenlab.ca/tag/pegasus/) ## See Also [[wiki/Commercial Spyware|Commercial Spyware]], [[wiki/Highly Targeted Individuals|Highly Targeted Individuals]], [[wiki/Digital Forensics|Digital Forensics]] ## Relationships - **article-linked institution or supplier:** [[wiki/NSO Group|NSO Group]]. - **article-linked mechanism or framework:** [[wiki/Commercial Spyware|Mercenary Spyware]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Civilian intelligence marketplace NSO Group's commercial spyware product associated with remote device access. The article places Pegasus within the technical intrusion tier and the history of litigation and investigations. Commercial intrusion supplies a technical information capability distinct from purchased records and open-source research. Products, customers, contracts, ownership, court decisions, and sanctions form the operating environment of this market. The article connects the tier with commissioned cyber service through the professional instruments governing authorized use. ### Marketplace sources - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#X. Mercenary Spyware and the Intrusion Tier|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — X. Mercenary Spyware and the Intrusion Tier]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [Citizen Lab, Spyware Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges and Formal Complaints Related to Mercenary Spyware.](https://citizenlab.ca/spyware-litigation-tracker-legal-challenges-and-formal-complaints-related-to-mercenary-spyware/) - [Amnesty International Security Lab, Intellexa Leaks: Predator Spyware Operations Exposed (December 2025).](https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/12/intellexa-leaks-predator-spyware-operations-exposed/) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/NSO Group|NSO Group]], [[wiki/Pegasus Project|Pegasus Project]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].