Sting once sang, “Every breath you take, every move you make, I’ll be watching you.” Little did the artist know that he’d just created a mission statement for spyware, programs that infect tech ...

UPDATE: Google’s spokesperson reached out with a statement. The company has confirmed “that users are automatically protected from known versions of this spyware by Google Play Protect, which is on by ...

Mobile spyware has been reported numerous times in the media as a serious threat for phone users. When we first covered the spyware issue back in March, 2012, we were shocked by the volume of comments ...

A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform's official app store. Bitdefender first documented Mandrake ...

A new Android spyware named 'KoSpy' is linked to North Korean threat actors who have infiltrated Google Play and third-party app store APKPure through at least five malicious apps. According to ...

Italian spyware maker SIO, known to sell its products to government customers, is behind a series of malicious Android apps that masquerade as WhatsApp and other popular apps but steal private data ...

ESET researchers have uncovered two Android spyware campaigns targeting individuals interested in secure communication apps, namely Signal and ToTok. These campaigns distribute malware through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Apple iPhone and Google Android users across the world are being ...

Triout, a creepy Android spyware identified by Bitdefender researchers, can secretly snap photos and videos, record phone calls, log text messages and keep track of victims’ locations. The spyware ...

A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has learned. The breach reveals that SpyX and two other related mobile apps had records on almost 2 ...