Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The best defense against spyware is to ensure your iPhone is eligible ...

Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; some of these apps are also making it increasingly difficult to remove them ...

The Pegasus spyware is a dangerous zero-day exploit that requires no action from users in order to compromise one of the best iPhones and expose your personal data. That means that simply receiving an ...

Update, Dec. 23, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 21 now includes advice for checking to determine if your iPhone has been infected by spyware using an app called Am I Secure? There is also ...

Several government security agencies worldwide are warning people about spyware that's been snooping on mobile phone users' private data. An advisory from the various agencies issued on Wednesday ...

Catwatchful is an app that claims to be a “child monitoring app” but is, in actuality, a spyware app that acts invisibly on phones to send a victim’s data back to a dashboard viewable by the person ...

Summary: A report from the NCSC has revealed that there are dozens of legitimate-looking Android and iOS apps that are actually masquerading as spyware. Hackers typically use this spyware to spy on ...

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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 ...