The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of illegally promoting spyware that his companies developed. PhoneSpector and ...

A consumer-grade spyware operation called TheTruthSpy poses an ongoing security and privacy risk to thousands of people whose Android devices are unknowingly compromised with its mobile surveillance ...

Imagine downloading an app onto someone else’s phone. That app can transmit the phone’s location, activity, and sometimes even data, all without the user’s knowledge. That’s basically what a ...

According to TechCrunch, the June 2024 breach remained unreported until now. There is also no indication that SpyX’s operators ever notified affected customers or their spyware targets. This is even ...

A stalkerware company has taken all of its assets offline with little explanation, in the wake of a compromise earlier this year. In February 2025, three stalkerware apps — known as Spyzie, Cocospy, ...

A spyware app called pcTattletale was recently discovered tapping into the systems of several Wyndham hotels in the US. The spyware was reportedly able to capture screenshots of the hotel booking ...

Amazon will not say if it plans to take action against three phone surveillance apps that are storing troves of individuals’ private phone data on Amazon’s cloud servers, despite TechCrunch notifying ...

Someone targeted a company operating multiple stalkerware apps and leaked names, email addresses, and partial payment card data.

An independent researcher claims that commercial grade spyware tool pcTattletale was found to leak live-screen recordings/screenshots to the internet, making it accessible by anyone and not just the ...

Apple's macOS Sequoia, now in beta testing, will make it harder to bypass Gatekeeper warnings and add system alerts for potential stalkerware threats. Gatekeeper is a security feature that checks all ...

Another scummy stalkerware app has spilled its guts, revealing the details of its 62,000 users – and data from thousands of victims’ infected devices. Security researcher Eric Daigle found a ...