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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of ...

A hacktivist has scraped more than half-a-million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade “stalkerware” phone surveillance apps, exposing the email addresses and partial payment information ...

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 ...

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 ...

In late 2023, Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in more than 90 countries, warning them that mercenary spyware may have targeted their devices. The alerts were not hypothetical.

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 ...

Spyware can secretly track, record, and steal data from your phone. Watch for strange behavior, data spikes, or unknown apps as signs. Use antivirus tools, update often, and avoid untrusted app ...