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Dark Reading
With access to SIM, location data, and a preview of recent SMSes, attackers have everything they need for account takeover or targeted social engineering.
Graham Cluley
The founder of a spyware company that encouraged customers to secretly monitor their romantic partners has pleaded guilty to federal charges - marking one of the few successful US prosecutions of a stalkerware operator. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Register
pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade that the US has managed to prosecute a consumer spyware vendor successfully. …
The Register
Also, Swiss ransomware posture looks like its cheese, the CVE Program wants YOU, more sus checks and more A security researcher looking at samples of stalkerware discovered an SQL vulnerability that allowed him to steal a database of 62,000 user accounts. … Infosec In Brief
Graham Cluley
Another scummy stalkerware app has spilled its guts, revealing the details of its 62,000 users - and data from thousands of victims' infected devices.
Dark Reading
The same easily exploitable vulnerability was found in three of the apps that led to the compromise of victims' data.
Graham Cluley
A serious security vulnerability has been found in popular stalkerware apps, exposing the sensitive personal information and communications of millions of people. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Bleeping Computer
Apple's macOS Sequoia, now in beta testing, will make it harder to bypass Gatekeeper warnings and add system alerts for potential stalkerware threats. [...]
The Register
Also: Velops routers plaintext; everything is a dark pattern; Internet Explorer rises from the grave, and more love Commercial spyware maker mSpy has been breached – again – and millions of purchasers can be identified from the spilled records.… Infosec in brief
Graham Cluley
US spyware vendor pcTattletale has shut down its operations following a serious data breach that exposed sensitive information about its customers, as well as data stolen from some of their victims. pcTattletale was promoted as "employee and child monitoring software" designed to "protect your business and family." Of course, what it actually was, was a way to surreptitiously spy upon other people's phones and computers - secretly viewing everything they did. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.