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Good news: Stalkerware survey results show majority of people aren’t creepy

August 26, 2020 admin coalition against stalkerware, domestic violence, domestic violence victims, location sharing apps, monitoring apps, newsletter survey, parental monitoring apps, stalkerware, stalkerware survey

Credit to Author: Philip Christian| Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Stalkerware survey results are in. See how more than 4500 Labs readers responded when asked, “Have you ever used an app to monitor your partner’s phone?”

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Lock and Code S1Ep13: Monitoring the safety of parental monitoring apps with Emory Roane

August 17, 2020 admin Chrome Extension, covid-19 scams, defcon, hbo phishing, hbo scam, instacart, instacart breach, Intel, intel leak, lock & code, lock and code, lock and code podcast, malwarebytes labs podcast, malwarebytes podcast, netflix phishing, netflix scam, phishing, phishing scam, podcast, sba scam, SCAM, spying apps, stalkerware, TikTok, twitch phishing, twitch scam, vulnerabilities, youtube phishing, youtube scam, ziggo, zoom, zoom vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:30:00 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we talk to Emory Roane, policy counsel at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, about parental monitoring apps.

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Lock and Code S1Ep11: Locating concerns of Bluetooth and beacon technology with Chris Boyd

July 20, 2020 admin atlas of surveillance, blackrock, cisa, confidential vms, DNS, goldenhelper, podcast, stalkerware, Twitter, website misconfigurations

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:30:00 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Chris Boyd, lead malware intelligence analyst for Malwarebytes, about Bluetooth and beacon technology. Last month, cybersecurity experts warned the public about the data collection embedded in the Donald Trump 2020…

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Stalkerware advertising ban by Google a welcome, if incomplete, step

July 14, 2020 admin coalition against stalkerware, google, Google Ads, Monitor, monitoring app, monitoring apps, spyware, stalkerware

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:03:43 +0000

Google will no longer allow advertising of stalkerware and spyware tools, but a written exception could allow some companies to skirt the rules.

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Coalition Against Stalkerware bulks up global membership

May 27, 2020 admin anonyome labs, appesteem corporation, bff bundesverband frauenberatungsstellen und frauennotrufe, centre hubertine auclert, coalition against stalkerware, commonwealth peoples’ association of uganda, community overcoming relationship abuse, copperhead, coronavirus, corrata, cyber peace foundation, domestic abuse, domestic violence, f-secure, illinois stalking advocacy center, Malwarebytes, Monitor, monitoring applications, monitoring apps, sparc, spyware, stalkerware

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 15:00:32 +0000

The Coalition Against Stalkerware brought aboard 11 new organizations to address the potentially dangerous capabilities of stalkerware.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 136

April 2, 2020 admin Android, mobile devices, news, podcast, privacy, remote working, spying apps, stalkerware, telecommuting

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:51:47 +0000

In this episode, Dave and Jeff sit down with Kristina Shingareva to discuss the stalkerware problem.

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A week in security (March 16 – 22)

March 23, 2020 admin a week in security, apt36, awis, covid-19, emotet, fake news, money mule, monitorminor, phishing scam, romance scam, shadow iot, slack, stalkerware, trickbot, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, who, World Health Organization

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:44:58 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including COVID-19-themed threats, child identity theft, and securely working from home.

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The dangers of MonitorMinor stalkerware

March 17, 2020 admin Android, mobile devices, root, stalkerware, Threats

Credit to Author: Pavel Shoshin| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:00:33 +0000

MonitorMinor is one of the most dangerous spying apps for Android out there. Here’s why.

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