There has been a ruckus about the spying of 1,400 journalists and activists from around the world including India through WhatsApp. WhatsApp says that a company called NSO of Israel has carried out this spy through its Pegasus software (spyware).


WhatsApp said in a statement that it was spied due to a deficiency in the calling feature of the WhatsApp app.
So now the question is, how do the spying apps reach your phone and what are the ways to avoid them?
Pegasus is a spyware that can secretly spy any device.
Spyware like Pegasus is present in the users' phone without their knowledge and easily passes the confidential information in the phone to the hackers. Detecting whether your phone has spyware is a very difficult task. If you look at the WhatsApp case, no one was aware that they are being spied on.
He came to know about this when WhatsApp himself told it.
Typically a device installs spyware or malware or spy software/apps via a link.
Many times these apps come through a third-party app.
Let us know that whenever you install an app in the phone, it asks the users to click on the Agri button to give the license. These apps are not installed when Agree is not clicked.
With the click on Agree, these apps give you access to many apps like camera, microphone, message
Only then, spyware reaches your phone through these third-party apps. In addition, spyware software accesses your phone through gaming and porn sites. Be careful if your phone is crashing repeatedly or an app is hanging or crashing repeatedly.  Apart from this, if you see a folder in your phone that you do not know about, then you also need to be careful. If you feel that there is a suspicious app in your phone that you have not installed, first close the Internet connection of the phone and after clearing the