Tag: Domestic Abuse
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The Team Helping Women Fight Digital Domestic Abuse
Location-enabled tech designed to make our lives easier is often exploited by domestic abusers. Refuge, a UK nonprofit, helps women to …
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More Domestic Abuse Cases Involve Tech
The number of complex domestic abuse cases in which perpetrators used digital technology to harass, stalk, and control their victims has …
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Domestic Abuse Victims Exposed in Cloud Misconfiguration
Thousands of domestic violence victims have had their emergency distress messages exposed after a developer misconfigured a back-end AWS …
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Coalition Against Stalkerware bulks up global membership
Today, the Coalition Against Stalkerware brought aboard 11 new organizations to address the potentially dangerous capabilities of …
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Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem
Content warning: This piece contains brief descriptions of domestic violence and assault against women and …
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A week in security (October 14 – 20)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we tried to unlock the future of the password (its vulnerabilities, current alternatives, and possible …
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Why all organizations must better protect sensitive data
About two weeks ago, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) kicked off with a new message stressing personal responsibility for …
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How to protect against stalkerware, a murky but dangerous mobile threat
Last week, we pledged that—in honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness months—we would continue the …
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Helping survivors of domestic abuse: What to do when you find stalkerware
We’re going to talk about something different today. We’re going to talk about domestic …
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Mobile stalkerware: a long history of detection
Recently, we have received an alarming question from many Malwarebytes users, asking, “Do you detect stalkerware?” The answer is an …
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Hacked stalking app reveals victims’ photos, texts and location info
Another mobile stalking app has been hacked, endangering both its customers and the victims that they spy on. According to Motherboard, an …
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