Spyware Detection & Pegasus Protection
Detect Commercial Spyware Targeting Your Organization
BRACE provides specialized intelligence on commercial spyware including NSO Group's Pegasus, Candiru, and Predator. Protect executives and high-value targets from sophisticated surveillance threats.
What is Commercial Spyware?
Commercial spyware refers to sophisticated surveillance tools sold by private companies to governments and other entities. Products like NSO Group's Pegasus, Intellexa's Predator, and Candiru's spyware can silently compromise smartphones, intercepting calls, messages, and data. BRACE tracks these vendors and their government clients, alerting organizations when they may be targeted.
Why BRACE for Spyware Protection?
- Intelligence on 15+ commercial spyware vendors and their capabilities
- Monitoring of government clients known to deploy spyware
- Executive protection alerting for high-value targets
- Detection indicators for identifying compromised devices
- Expert analysis from former intelligence community professionals
How BRACE Spyware Protection Works
Vendor Tracking
We monitor commercial spyware vendors, their products, and known government clients.
Targeting Analysis
Intelligence on which industries, organizations, and individuals are being targeted.
Executive Alerts
Priority notifications when executives or key personnel may be targeted.
Detection Support
Indicators and methodologies to identify potentially compromised devices.
Spyware Detection FAQ
What is Pegasus spyware?
Pegasus is commercial spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group. It can silently infect iOS and Android devices using zero-click exploits—meaning no user interaction is required. Once installed, Pegasus can access messages, emails, calls, camera, microphone, and location data. It's been used to target journalists, activists, executives, and government officials worldwide.
How do I know if my phone has Pegasus?
Pegasus is designed to avoid detection, but forensic analysis can identify artifacts it leaves behind. BRACE provides intelligence on Pegasus deployment and targeting. If our intelligence indicates your organization may be targeted, we recommend professional forensic analysis of executive devices.
Who uses commercial spyware like Pegasus?
Commercial spyware is primarily sold to government agencies for law enforcement and intelligence purposes. However, it has been widely abused to target journalists, human rights activists, political opponents, business executives, and lawyers. BRACE tracks which governments have acquired these tools and their targeting patterns.
Can antivirus detect Pegasus and commercial spyware?
Traditional antivirus is largely ineffective against commercial spyware. These tools use zero-day exploits and sophisticated evasion techniques specifically designed to bypass security software. Detection requires specialized forensic analysis and threat intelligence about deployment patterns.
How can BRACE protect my executives from spyware?
BRACE monitors commercial spyware vendors and their government clients. When we detect targeting patterns that may affect your industry or when intelligence indicates specific individuals may be targeted, we alert you immediately. We also provide detection guidance and can coordinate forensic analysis of potentially compromised devices.
Protect Against Commercial Spyware
Get intelligence on spyware vendors and protect your executives from surveillance threats.