Pegasus Spyware Samples Decompiled & Recompiled
Pegasus Spyware Product Manual 2013
Author: Jonathan Scott @jonathandata1
CURRENT VERSION 4.0
About Jonathan Scott
My name is Jonathan Scott, and I'm an American Security Researcher. I am currently a computer science PhD student at North Central University. My research focus is mobile spyware. I have been a mobile security engineer for ~13 years.
I was recently assigned an LVE from LG that affects all LG mobile devices in the world. I discovered a backdoor in all LG Mobile Devices that allows the attacker to live inside your device undetected. This has been built into the MTK chipsets since the 1st LG Smart Mobile Device (Cellphones and Tablets).
LVE-SMP-210010
source: https://lgsecurity.lge.com/bulletins/mobile#updateDetails
Description:
Operating System: AndroidOS
Samples 1-5.1 are executable and functional. I am still working on cleaning up Sample #6, but most the XML data can be read.
Steps To Install & Research The Spyware Samples
- Enable ADB on your android
- Disable Android Protect
- adb install sample#.apk
- launch the apk, example
adb shell am start com.xxGameAssistant.pao/.SplashActivity
Update: Sample 5.1
This sample can be installed as a standalone apk, but you will need to uninstall sample 5.
adb uninstall com.network.android
Sample 5.1 is also called com.network.android
Samples Included
| Sample # | Hash |
|---|---|
| Sample 1 | d257cfde7599f4e20ee08a62053e6b3b936c87d373e6805f0e0c65f1d39ec320 |
| Sample 2 | cc9517aafb58279091ac17533293edc1 |
| Sample 3 | bd8cda80aaee3e4a17e9967a1c062ac5c8e4aefd7eaa3362f54044c2c94db52a |
| Sample 4 | 144778790d4a43a1d93dff6b660a6acb3a6d37a19e6a6f0a6bf1ef47e919648e |
| Sample 5 | 7c3ad8fec33465fed6563bbfabb5b13d |
| Sample 5.1 | 3474625e63d0893fc8f83034e835472d95195254e1e4bdf99153b7c74eb44d86 |
| Sample 6 | 530b4f4d139f3ef987d661b2a9f74f5f |
| Product Manual 2013 | f6f0170d41075766b5ea18508453fa68dc946b8c58eaea4281b36207a32c7ade |
Acknowledgements
@vxunderground for providing the samples
@recordedfuture for sample validation
@botherder Claudio Guarnieri - (Head of Security Lab at Amnesty International) - 2013 Product Manual
Product Manual: 2013 Edition
Author: Guy Molho - Former NSO Director, Product Management
Author LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guymolho/
Document Hash: f6f0170d41075766b5ea18508453fa68dc946b8c58eaea4281b36207a32c7ade https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f6f0170d41075766b5ea18508453fa68dc946b8c58eaea4281b36207a32c7ade
Author Validation:
exiftool 2013-NSO-Pegasus.pdf Creator Tool : Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Combine Files Create Date : 2013:12:23 14:53:39-06:00 Metadata Date : 2013:12:23 14:53:39-06:00 Producer : Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Creator : Guy Molho Format : application/pdf
