Malwarebytes

AUGUST 30, 2023

Anonymous hackers have breached the servers of spyware app “WebDetetive ” , accessing the user database. Spyware apps are installed on a potential victim’s phone without permission and lurk invisibly, collecting data and sending it back to the app operator. Use an antivirus on your phone.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The emergence of Kamran spyware, targeting users of a regional news website, has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts. Distributed through a possible watering-hole attack on the Hunza News website , the spyware prompts users to grant permissions, allowing access to sensitive data.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

A common example of this is surveillance. We normalize the use of surveilling and tracking young people through "parentware" or spyware (software which allows someone to see what someone else is doing on their device) and apps which enable the tracking of someone's location. Install and use antivirus on your devices.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware. Remcos installs a backdoor onto a target system.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

Pegasus is spyware, and spyware is not made to respect privacy. Antivirus vendors detect it. It enables abuses like the mobile phone hack of Hatice Cengiz , former fiancée of murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khoshoggi. Digital forensics labs know how to catch it. They have no shame. Pegasus in theory.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Types of spyware are often classified based on what information they’re gathering. Need More Intel on Rootkits?

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

And what if that unease was coming from your mobile device. The Federal Trade Commission in the United States, banned an app called SpyPhone, and its CEO Scott Zuckerman, from operating in the surveillance industry. I am a coordinator, the Coalition Against Spyware. In early September 2021. Both involve people getting hurt.

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