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 ...

Security researchers have just issued a stark warning for hundreds of millions of Android users, as a “frightening” new spyware threat has been discovered hiding on phones. They describe this as a ...

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 ...

Malicious apps popping up in the Google Play store for Android devices aren't a new problem. The latest of these came to light just this week courtesy of a Lab52 report on a newly-discovered threat ...

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 ...

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 ...

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