Possibly. If anyone would like to check if their iPhone was infected by Pegasus I wrote up some step-by-step instructions here:
https://arkadiyt.com/2021/07/25/scanning-your-iphone-for-nso...
https://arkadiyt.com/2021/07/25/scanning-your-iphone-for-nso...
>You might have also noticed the “Encrypt local backup” checkbox. MVT only operates on decrypted backups, so there’s no point in encrypting your backup here and immediately decrypting it to scan it - just create an unencrypted backup and delete it after you’re done.
You should still do an encrypted backup even if you're going to immediately decrypt it for MVT. An encrypted backup contains more complete data; it's closer to a filesystem dump. The MVT docs actually explicitly recommend this, too:
>If you want to have a more accurate detection, ensure that the encrypted backup option is activated and choose a secure password for the backup.