Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

Spyware 233

Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 233

Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2025

Android Apps Use Bluetooth and WiFi Scanning to Track Users Without GPS Cyber Insider Researchers found that 86% of apps they analyzed collect sensitive data, including location data stemming from scanning Wi-Fi network details, and collecting device identifiers.

Surveillance 75

Surveillance Telecommunications Malware Data breaches 75

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Experts spotted a rare Linux Desktop spyware dubbed EvilGnome. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused. Pierluigi Paganini.

Small Business 90

Small Business Media Spyware Advertising 90

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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Software 62

Software Malware Antivirus Spyware 62

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2019

The domain name used for the sniffer’s codes storage and as a gate for stolen data collection was registered on May 7, 2018. We dubbed this JS Sniffer family GMO because the malware uses gmo[.]li li host.”. GMO can detect Firebug and Google Developer Tools, which allows the sniffer to remain undetected.

eCommerce 110

eCommerce Marketing Data breaches Advertising 110

SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

To calculate the statistics, data from the consumer line of Kaspersky’s mobile security solutions was reviewed according to the Coalition Against Stalkerware detection criteria. Other types of monitoring or spyware apps that fall outside of the Coalition’s definition are not included in the statistics found here.

Mobile 108

Mobile Passwords Surveillance Technology 108

SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

Following this, we released the first of a series of additional reports describing the final payload in the infection chain: a highly sophisticated spyware implant that we dubbed “TriangleDB” Operating in memory, this implant periodically communicates with the C2 (command and control) infrastructure to receive commands.

Malware 98

Malware Government Phishing Social Engineering 98