Tag: Spyware

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

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...

Spanish spyware startup Mollitiam Industries shuts down

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...

Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward

Another person who was allegedly targeted on WhatsApp with spyware made by Israeli company Paragon has come forward. Beppe Caccio, one of the co-founders...

Journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Paragon spyware: “I feel violated”

On Friday, at 2:48 p.m., Francesco Cancellato received an ominous notification on his cellphone while he was at home near Milan.   “This is a...

WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with spyware

WhatsApp said on Friday that it had disrupted a hacking campaign that targeted around 90 users, including journalists and members of civil society.  A...

Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting

On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting to discuss the dangers of commercial spyware, which marks the first time this...