In the online training sessions, law enforcement officers learned about stalkerware and its installation methods along with different ways to detect it without compromising the safety of a victim. click here to read full...
The rise in the use of so-called “stalkerware” prompted an industrywide response in recent years to combat the spread of phone monitoring apps. Now, Google has also taken steps to curb the threat. click...
While these apps numbered in the hundreds a few years ago, they have since grown into the thousands. They are widely available on Google’s Play Store and to a lesser degree on Apple’s App...
The Federal Trade Commission has banned stalkerware maker Spyfone and CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business after failing to protect customers’ devices from hackers and sharing info on their location and activity. Stalkerware...
Security analysts at ESET identified 158 privacy and security issues in 58 Android stalkerware apps that could lead to account and device hijacking, data manipulation, and remote code execution, among others. click here to...
Nidb family was the prominent stalkerware, impacting around 8,100 users around the world. This stalkerware-as-a-service was used to sell multiple products, such as iSpyoo, Copy9, and TheTruthSpy. Click here for image source link and...
Russia, Brazil, and the United States of America were the countries most impacted by stalkerware last year, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. According to a recent study titled “The State of...
The state of stalkerware in 2020 (PDF) Main findings Kaspersky’s data shows that the scale of the stalkerware issue has not improved much in 2020 compared to the last year: The number of people...
Avast is joining the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Operation Safe Escape, Weisser Ring other leading companies in the fight against digital tracking. Click here for image source link...
TinyCheck is open supply program created to be applied on a Raspberry Pi with WiFi dongle and touchscreen. It was made by Félix Aimé, a senior stability researcher at Kaspersky Lab. Image and Write-up...
The statistics presented here draw on detection verdicts returned by Kaspersky products and received from users who consented to providing statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, the third quarter saw: 1,189...
IT threat evolution Q2 2020. Review IT threat evolution Q2 2020. PC statistics These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to provide statistical data. Quarterly figures...
