Results for 'Stalkerware'
Coalition Against Stalkerware bulks up global membership
May 27, 2020 - Today, the Coalition Against Stalkerware brought aboard 11 new organizations to address the potentially dangerous capabilities of stalkerware, an invasive, digital...
International Women’s Day: awareness of stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps on the rise
March 9, 2020 - Nine months ago, Malwarbytes recommitted itself to detecting invasive monitoring apps that can lead to the excessive harm of women—most commonly...
Stalkerware and online stalking are accepted by Americans. Why?
February 27, 2020 - Despite warnings from domestic abuse networks, privacy rights advocates, and a committed faction of cybersecurity vendors, Americans may be accepting and...
Malwarebytes teams up with security vendors and advocacy groups to launch Coalition Against Stalkerware
November 19, 2019 - Today, Malwarebytes is announcing its participation in a joint effort to stop invasive digital surveillance: the Coalition Against Stalkerware. For years,...
Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem
November 18, 2019 - Content warning: This piece contains brief descriptions of domestic violence and assault against women and children. In the past five years,...
Stalkerware developer dealt new blow by FTC
October 29, 2019 - Last week, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) interpreted its broad consumer protection mandate to file a first-of-its-kind enforcement action against...
How to protect against stalkerware, a murky but dangerous mobile threat
October 9, 2019 - Last week, we pledged that—in honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness months—we would continue the fight against the...
For Cybersecurity and Domestic Violence Awareness months, we pledge to fight stalkerware
October 1, 2019 - Starting today, two hallmark holidays are upon us. No, it’s not Halloween and Thanksgiving. It’s both Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Domestic...
Parental monitoring apps: How do they differ from stalkerware?
July 22, 2019 - In late June, Malwarebytes revived its long-running campaign against a vicious type of malware in use today. This malware peers into...
Helping survivors of domestic abuse: What to do when you find stalkerware
July 1, 2019 - We’re going to talk about something different today. We’re going to talk about domestic abuse. Earlier this year, cybersecurity company Kaspersky...
