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The world’s most coveted spyware, Pegasus: Lock and Code S03E04

February 14, 2022 0 Comments Android, government surveillance, iPhone, lock and code, lock and code podcast, nso group, pegasus, pegasus spyware, Podcast, spyware, surveillance, the pegasus project

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:10:00 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we provide a deep dive into possibly the most powerful government spyware tool in the world, Pegasus.

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International Women’s Day: awareness of stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps on the rise

March 17, 2020 0 Comments bureau of justice statistics, center for disease control and prevention, coalition against stalkerware, international women's day, monitor, monitoring applications, monitoring apps, spyware, Stalkerware, whatsapp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

For International Women’s Day, Malwarebytes is measuring the impact of our own campaign to raise awareness and protect users. These are the numbers on stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps.

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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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Sextortionists return for Christmas – price goes down, threats go up

December 24, 2019 0 Comments Cybercrime, malware, Scam, sextortion, Spam, spyware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:30:02 +0000

This follow-up sextortion demand, timed to align with Christmas, has a much more aggressive and menacing tone that last week’s version.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9oxseBcWbcM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Don’t fall for this porn scam – even if your password’s in the subject!

December 17, 2019 0 Comments Privacy, rat, Scam, sextortion, Spam, spyware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:03:19 +0000

This “I am well aware” email is just another sextortion scam where crooks try to blackmail you with a video they don’t actually have.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/IYX-tv1HR4k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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IM RAT spy tool seller raided, busted, kicked offline

December 3, 2019 0 Comments cyberstalking, imminent methods, imminent monitor remote access trojan, Law & order, malware, nca, rat, remote-access trojan, security threats, spy tool, spying, spying app, spyware, trojan

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:39:47 +0000

The spyware gave complete control of victimized computers, sold for as little as$25, and was bought by 14,500 hackers worldwide.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C9-5zyZFzdY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram stalker app Ghosty yanked from Play store

November 20, 2019 0 Comments api, content scraping, facebook, following activity, ghosty, Google, Instagram, like patrol, play store, Privacy, private accounts, Social networks, spyware

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:23:15 +0000

It was sucking up private profiles by requiring users to hand over their logins, giving it access to whatever accounts they follow.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SR3O4ii82mU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges

October 24, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, malware, mobilespy, phonesheriff, Privacy, retina-x, security threats, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking apps, teenshield

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:59:48 +0000

It’s the first time we’ve gone after a stalking app, the FTC said. In this case, that would be a stalking app that got breached – twice.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LN5zrcziLXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>