Tag: Stalkerware
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Stalkerware usage surging, despite data privacy concerns
Stalkerware has reached “pandemic proportions,” according to Kaspersky, which documented a total of 31,031 people affected by the intrusive …
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Stalkerware slinger LetMeSpy shuts down for good after database robbery
Stalkerware slinger LetMeSpy will shut down for good this month after a miscreant breached its servers and stole a heap of data in June. In …
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Stalkerware Maker Fined $410k and Compelled to Notify Victims
Last week, the New York Attorney General secured a $410,000 fine from Patrick Hinchy and 16 companies that he runs which produce and sell spyware and stalkerware. In addition, he and his companies must modify their stalkerware to alert victims …
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Stalkerware Developer Hit with $400K Fine
The developer of several stalkerware apps has been handed a fine of nearly half a million dollars and told to modify the software. A …
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Photos of kids taken from spyware-ridden phones found exposed on the internet
A stalkerware-type app that boasts “the best free phone spying software on the market,” has exposed the data it snooped on from the …
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Stalkerware-type detections hit record high in 2021, but fell in second half
After having tracked stalkerware for years, Malwarebytes can reveal that in 2021, detections for apps that can non-consensually monitor …
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Ban Pegasus spyware, urges European Union Data Protection Supervisor
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Stalkerware: 2021 in Review
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Coalition Against Stalkerware Celebrates Two Years of Work to Keep Technology Safe for All
Stalkerware makes it possible to intrude into a person’s private life and is a tool for abuse in cases of domestic violence and stalking. …
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Phone screenshots accidentally leaked online by stalkerware company
Stalkerware pcTattleTale hasn’t been very careful about securing the screenshots it sneakily takes from its victims’ phones. …
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FTC bans SpyFone and its CEO from continuing to sell stalkerware
Nearly two years after the US Federal Trade Commission first took aim against mobile apps that can non-consensually track people’s …
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Over 150 Flaws in 58 Stalkerware Apps Let Attackers Control & Steal Data From Your Android
The experts of ESET telemetry have recently declared that the attack rate of Stalkerware for Android is increasing rapidly. As per the …
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