Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:31:16 +0000
TheTruthSpy is an app programmed to siphon out photos, locations and more from smartphones.
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:31:39 +0000
In 2021, detections for spyware-type apps reached their highest peak ever, but amidst the record-setting numbers, the volume of detections actually decreased in the second half of the year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:25:43 +0000
We offer up some thoughts on where new and continuing attacks in the world of cloud may occur, alongside linking some current examples.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:24:11 +0000
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| The European Data Protection Supervisor has urged the EU and its member states to ban the Pegasus spyware and similar hacking tools. Categories: Stalkerware Tags: edpsEUlock and codeNSO GroupPegasus |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000
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| 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. Categories: Tags: Bureau of Justice Statisticscenter for disease control and preventionCoalition Against Stalkerwareinternational women’s daymonitormonitoring applicationsmonitoring appsspywarestalkerwarewhatsapp |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:00:00 +0000
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| Americans may be accepting and minimizing online stalking behaviors, including the use of invasive apps that can pry into a user’s text messages, emails, photos, videos, and phone logs. Categories: Tags: BJSBureau of Justice StatisticsCDCcenter for disease control and preventionCoalition Against Stalkerwarecyber stalkcyber stalkingmonitoring appmonitoring applicationsmonitoring appsNortonLifeLockOnline Creeping SurveySay AnythingSeven Brides for Seven BrothersstalkstalkerwarestalkingThe GraduateThe Harris Poll |
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Credit to Author: Alice Violet| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:19:30 +0000
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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=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:55:31 +0000
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| A roundup of cybersecurity news from November 18 – 24, including Coalition against stalkerware, exploit kits, ransomware, data leaks, and juice jacking. Categories: Tags: Coalition Against Stalkerwaredata leaksdeepfakeDisney+exploit kitsIoTjuice jackingLinkedInransomwarestalkerwareweb skimmer |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000
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| Today, Malwarebytes is announcing its participation in a joint effort to stop invasive digital surveillance: the Coalition Against Stalkerware. Categories: Tags: Coalition Against StalkerwareEFFElectronic Frontier FoundationEuropean Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic ViolenceG DatakasperskyMalwarebytesmonitormonitoring appmonitoring applicationsmonitoring appsNational Network to End Domestic ViolenceNNEDVOperation Safe EscapestalkerwareWEISSER Ring |
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