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A week in security (July 8 – July 14)

July 15, 2024 0 Comments AT&T, atommic stealer, crystalray, mspy, news, peloton, rockyou2024, shopify, taylor swift

A list of topics we covered in the week of July 8 to July 14 of 2024

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Dangerous monitoring tool mSpy suffers data breach, exposes customer details

July 12, 2024 0 Comments coalition against stalkerware, mspy, news, parental monitoring, Privacy, Stalkerware

Customers of the stalkerware application mSpy had their customer support details exposed after a data breach

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KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims

February 24, 2020 0 Comments breach, clevguard, cyberstalking, data breach, data loss, kidsguard, mobiispy, mobile spyware, mspy, PII, Privacy, security threats, spying, spying app, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking, stalking apps, surveillance, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:28:57 +0000

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/F2UPHduG6YE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Parental monitoring apps: How do they differ from stalkerware?

July 22, 2019 0 Comments Android, App Store, child monitoring, child monitoring apps, children's monitoring, children's monitoring apps, Circle with Disney, CitizenLab, Cornell University, digital monitoring, digital monitoring apps, Family Orbit, FlexiSpy, Gizmodo, Google Play, Google Play Store, Hoverwatch, Intimate Partner Violence, iOS, Kidguard, kids monitoring apps, MCCPTA, mspy, Nautilus, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, parental monitoring, parental monitoring apps, Predator in Your Pocket, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, spouseware, spyware, Stalkerware, surveillance, TeenSafe, UNICEF, University of Central Florida, Wait Until 8th

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

What are the differences between stalkerware apps and parental monitoring apps? What is an “acceptable” or “safe” parental monitoring app? And how can a parent know whether they’re downloading a “legitimate” parental monitoring app or instead a stalkerware app merely disguised as a tool for parents?

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Helping survivors of domestic abuse: What to do when you find stalkerware

July 19, 2019 0 Comments burner, burner phone, Cerberus, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FlexiSpy, Highster Mobile, Hoverwatch, kaspersky, MobiStealth, mspy, national domestic violence hotline, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Operation Safe Escape, Safety Net, Snap Maps, Snapchat Maps, spyware, Stalkerware, StealthGenie, surveillanceware, TeenSafe, TheTruthSpy, Tile, W.O.M.A.N., W.O.M.A.N. Inc, Woman INc

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:51:59 +0000

Starting today, we’re doing more to protect stalkerware victims than improve our detection capabilities. We’re helping survivors understand how to tell if they’re being watched on their devices—and how to safely get out of the situation.

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