Android stalker and spyware detection surged by 48% over the past year, and not only do these apps invade user privacy, vendors do not appear to care about tackling vulnerabilities found in their ...

Detections rates for stalkerware applications on Android and Windows devices are slowly improving, according to the findings of a seven-month research project carried out by independent antivirus ...

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. Cybersecurity companies are partnering ...

Smartphones have become the most intimate devices in our lives, quietly logging where we go, who we talk to, and what we ...

The Coalition Against Stalkerware launched this week, with the aim of offering a centralized location for helping victims of stalkerware, as well as defining what stalkerware is in the first place.

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, ten organizations – Avira, Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence, G DATA Cyber Defense, Kaspersky, ...

Note: This story contains descriptions of digital abuse and references to domestic violence. Early in her marriage, Samantha noticed that her husband would disappear into the bathroom for a long time.

Stalkerware programs enable an abuser to intrude into a person’s private life and can be used as a tool for abuse in cases of domestic violence and stalking. By installing these applications on a ...

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. You'd think it would be difficult to ...

Google has reportedly pulled several ads for “stalkerware” apps that apparently allow users to spy on spouses’ phones. The search giant already bans advertising apps designed to surveil spouses — ...

New research by cybersecurity company Kaspersky has found that Russia, Brazil, and the United States of America were the countries most affected by stalkerware last year. A new report, "The State of ...