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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

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Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. I am a coordinator, the Coalition Against Spyware. Vamosi: That's a gray area with the Internet of Things. There are legitimate apps for that.

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Cybercrooks Are Increasingly Adept at Gaming Google's Services

SecureWorld News

One notorious scheme like this piggybacked on vulnerabilities in popular CMS platforms, such as WordPress and Drupal, to hack websites used by big-name nonprofits, U.S. Under the guise of account hacking tools, the malefactors were mostly distributing a spyware program known as Emotet. government entities, and colleges.

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