Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware

Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations ...
Analytics Insight

Landfall Spyware Breaches Samsung Galaxy Phones via Zero-Click Image Exploit

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have discovered a new type of Android spyware, Landfall, and they are calling it a ...
SlashGear

Removing Spyware From Your Android Phone: A How-To Guide

Spyware and stalkerware have been ever-present threats of the digital world for about as long as the modern internet has existed. As their names imply, their primary purpose is to spy on their victims ...
Computer Weekly

Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google

Dozens of surveillance companies are providing spyware technology used by governments around the world to spy on the mobile phones of journalists, human rights defenders, dissidents and political ...
TechCrunch

This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here’s how to remove it without one.

Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; some of these apps are also making it increasingly difficult to remove them ...
techtimes

Programmer Claims Russia's FSB Installed Spyware on His Android Phone: 'Traumatic Ordeal'

A shocking expose by Russian software developer Kirill Parubets reveals how Moscow's Federal Security Service (FSB) infects computers with spyware. The developer, who is an active Ukrainian activist, ...
Bleeping Computer

Apple: Mercenary spyware attacks target iPhone users in 92 countries

Apple has been notifying iPhone users in 92 countries about a "mercenary spyware attack" attempting to remotely compromise their device. In a sample notification the company shared with ...