What is Mobile Spyware? Surveillance software is becoming more advanced and more accessible, making it increasingly important to be aware of current threats and prevention methods. Mobile spyware hides in the background of a mobile device and steals information such as incoming/outgoing call logs, incoming/outgoing SMS messages, contact lists, emails, browser history, photos, videos, and […]
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Eavesdropping Smartphones
What are Eavesdropping Smartphones? MediaTek is a Taiwanese company that manufactures chips for smartphones and other smart devices that are used by roughly one third of the world’s smartphones, and 43% of all Android devices. Security updates recently addressed serious vulnerabilities that could allow malicious Android apps to record audio and spy on users. Prior […]
Spyware
What is Spyware? Spyware is software that enables a user to obtain covert information about someone’s computer activities by secretly transmitting data from their device. There are many types of spyware focused on monitoring different types of information, ranging from relatively innocent web browsing trackers used by advertisers to cyberattacker enterprises seeking credentials and passwords […]