The Pegasus spyware, an infamous malware sold by the NSO Group, has been in the news recently following sanctions imposed by the United States. In Hungary, the chairman of parliament’s Committee on Defense and Law Enforcement, Lajos Kosa, announced to journalists that Hungary’s Interior Ministry has previously purchased the Pegasus spyware. This statement follows July’s investigation which revealed that Pegasus has been used to target a number of individuals in Hungary, including ten (10) lawyers, an opposition’s politician, and multiple “government-critical” journalists. Kosa insisted that Hungary’s use of the Pegasus malware has been completely legal in every surveillance case and has received permission from their court system or the Ministry of Justice. In Palestine, six (6) activists have discovered Pegasus malware on their phones with the help of Frontline Defenders, a non-profit which protects human rights activists. The three (3) activists named in the report all belong to “human rights and civil society groups” that, in October 2021, were added to a list of terrorist organizations by Israel, the home of the NSO Group. Four (4) of the hacked phones exclusively used Israeli telecom SIMs which contradict the NSO Group’s previous statements that alleged the Pegasus spyware cannot target Israeli phone numbers. Finally, the Mexican government is striking back against nefarious Pegasus operators by arresting businessman Juan Carlos García Rivera. García Rivera is an employee for a private intermediary for the NSO Group in Mexico that handled spyware contracts from the previous administration. He is accused of taking part in an operation that targeted twenty-five (25) Mexican journalists who remain unnamed. This is the first arrest in Mexico linked to the Pegasus spyware and is one of the only arrests worldwide. Known instances of Pegasus exploitation have been increasing exponentially, and the Ankura CTAPT will continue to provide relevant reports on this spyware’s use in espionage campaigns.