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Your Android phone could have stalkerware. Here’s how to remove it

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Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, Cocospy and Spyic, among others. Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise […]

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Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

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There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers market their software — sometimes referred to as stalkerware — to jealous partners who can use these apps to access their victims’ phones remotely.  Yet, despite how sensitive this data is, an increasing number of

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Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people

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A security vulnerability in a pair of phone-monitoring apps is exposing the personal data of millions of people who have the apps unwittingly installed on their devices, according to a security researcher who found the flaw.  The bug allows anyone to access the personal data — messages, photos, call logs, and more — exfiltrated from

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California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers

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California’s privacy regulator is asking a court to fine a data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers in one of last year’s biggest data breaches. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), which enforces California’s state rules on data protection and privacy rights, known as CCPA, said Thursday that it is seeking

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UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data

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U.K. healthcare giant HCRG Care Group has confirmed it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident after a ransomware gang claimed to have breached the company’s systems to steal troves of sensitive data.  HCRG Care Group is one of the largest independent providers of community health and care services in the United Kingdom. The organization, previously known as

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Spanish spyware startup Mollitiam Industries shuts down

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Mollitiam Industries, a small and little-known Spanish spyware maker, is shutting down.  The startup’s demise was first reported by the intelligence and surveillance trade new website Intelligence Online, which blamed the company’s downfall on financial issues. Public business records confirm that the company filed for bankruptcy on January 23.  Unlike Hacking Team, NSO Group, and

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Australian IVF giant Genea confirms hackers ‘accessed data’ during cyberattack

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Australian IVF giant Genea has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that disrupted patient services and led to the access of potentially sensitive information. Genea, one of Australia’s three largest IVF providers with 21 clinics across the country, confirmed the incident in a statement on its website on Wednesday.  Australia’s national broadcaster ABC reports that Genea disclosed

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Palo Alto Networks warns of another firewall vulnerability under attack by hackers

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U.S. cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks has warned that hackers are exploiting another vulnerability in its firewall software to break into unpatched customer networks. Attackers are exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in PAN-OS, the operating system that runs Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the California-based company confirmed on Tuesday. Cybersecurity firm Assetnote first discovered the vulnerability,

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VC giant Insight Partners confirms January cyberattack 

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U.S.-based venture capital firm Insight Partners has confirmed that hackers breached its systems in January. When reached by TechCrunch, Insight Partners confirmed the cybersecurity incident in a statement published Tuesday. Calcalist first reported the breach earlier in the day. In its statement, Insight Partners said it detected that an “unauthorized third party” had accessed “certain

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