2025 Spyware Surveillance 
Security Affairs
JANUARY 27, 2025
Apple addressed the first zero-day vulnerability of 2025, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild aimed at iPhone users. Apple released security updates to address 2025’s first zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085 , actively exploited in attacks targeting iPhone users.
Security Affairs
APRIL 8, 2025
WhatsApp addressed a flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-30401, that could allow attackers to trick users and enable remote code execution. WhatsApp released a security update to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30401, that could let attackers trick users and enable remote code execution.
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Security Affairs
JULY 4, 2025
A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of 62,000 users, turning the spy tool into a data leak, security researcher Eric Daigle revealed. A flaw in the Catwatchful Android spyware exposed its full user database, leaking email addresses and plaintext passwords of both customers and its admin, TechCrunch first reported.
Security Boulevard
MARCH 24, 2025
This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 16 MAR 2025 - 22 MAR 2025. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. The post Privacy Roundup: Week 12 of Year 2025 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Security Affairs
JUNE 24, 2025
link] — Andy Stone (@andymstone) June 23, 2025 Stone noted WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted by default, providing stronger security than most apps on the CAO’s approved list, which lack this protection. The House has banned other apps as well, including TikTok, OpenAI ChatGPT, and DeepSeek.
Security Affairs
MARCH 3, 2025
In a statement published on 25 February 2025, Cellebrite announced that it had blocked Serbia from using its solution after reports that police used it to unlock and infect the phones of a journalist and activist. CVE-2024-53104 was patched in Androids February 2025 update, while CVE-2024-53197 and CVE-2024-50302 (CVSS score of 5.5)
Security Affairs
JANUARY 29, 2025
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085 ,to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Usually, such kinds of vulnerabilities are exploited by nation-state actors or commercial surveillance spyware vendors in targeted attacks.
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