TechCrunch builds spyware look-up tool for Android devices
Zack Whittaker, Security Editor at TechCrunch, today announced that the publication has created a‘spyware look-up tool’ capable of determining whether Android devices have been targeted by agroup of stalkerware applications. Following a pione...
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Australian charged with developing and selling desktop stalkerware
Last week, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced that it has charged a 24-year old Australian national for allegedly creating and selling the Imminent Monitor remote access trojan (RAT), which had been used by many domestic abusers and which...
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Avast and Refuge Launch ‘Digital Break-Up’ Kit to Raise Awareness of Tech Abuse
19 July 2022 Almost half of Brits (47%) know someone else’s online password; with one in five of them knowing their ex partner’s password Avast, a global leader in digital security and privacy, and Refuge, the UK’s largest single provide...
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Visit TinyCheck’s brand new page – a free, open-source tool for detecting stalkerware on your mobile device
In 2019, as a response to the growing threat of stalkerware, researchers from Kaspersky developed TinyCheck. TinyCheck is a free, safe and easy to use tool that allows the scanning of a device for stalkerware and spyware programs without making the ...
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Annual Kaspersky report on stalkerware highlights the link between online and offline violence
In the third edition of “The State of Stalkerware Report 2021” Kaspersky presents findings on the impact of stalkerware on its victims and the state of stalkerware in the world. Kaspersky’s data shows that in 2021 close to 32,700 unique global...
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The Coalition Against Stalkerware welcomes the inclusion of cyberstalking and cyber-harassment in the new European Commission’s proposal on combating violence against women and domestic violence
On International Women’s Day (8 March 2022) the European Commission published a proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. The proposal aims to ensure a minimum level of protection across the EU against suc...
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Coalition Against Stalkerware celebrates two years of work to keep technology safe for all
To mark the second anniversary, the international alliance takes a look back on its achievements while seeing still a lot of challenges ahead. Two years ago, in November 2019, the Coalition Against Stalkerware was founded by 10 organizations. Tod...
Read more Coalition Against Stalkerware Commends FTC’s Actions Against SpyFone
Yesterday, the Federal Traded Commission (FTC) in the United States announced banned stalkerware maker SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business over allegations of secretly harvesting and sharing data on people's physical m...
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The Coalition Against Stalkerware launches new technical training
Fulfilling one of the Coalition’s founding missions, the Coalition Against Stalkerware’s basic technical training on stalkerware aims to help increase capacity building among non-profit organizations, working with survivors and victims, law ...
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Coalition Announces New Partners, Activities
Since the Coalition Against Stalkerware was launched less than two years ago, it has grown a lot. From ten founding partners, we now have more than forty partner organizations from around the globe, working in domestic violence survivor support and ...
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