Tag: spyware

Powerful spyware app first designed for Android targets iPhone owners

Monday, April 8, 2019 5:15 pm5 Comments

Security researchers have discovered a powerful surveillance app first designed for Android devices…

NSO Group employee allegedly stole company’s powerful iPhone spyware for personal profit

Friday, July 6, 2018 4:29 pmFriday, July 6, 20187 Comments

NSO Group sells some of the most potent, off-the-shelf malware for remotely breaking into smartphones…

OpinionSpy spyware rears its ugly head on Macs once again

Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:50 pm9 Comments

A new variant of the OSX/OpinionSpy spyware…

Why Edward Snowden won’t use an iPhone: Secret Apple spyware?

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:26 amWednesday, January 21, 201530 Comments

Is Apple’s wildly popular iPhone series hiding spyware, claims…

Spyware app can secretly take photos from Google Glass without user’s knowledge

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:04 pm14 Comments

The app takes a photo every 10 seconds when the display is off…

Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype; ‘Legal Intercept’ will allow company to secretly record VoIP communications

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:28 amWednesday, June 29, 201143 Comments

Microsoft’s “Legal Intercept” is designed to silently record communications on VoIP networks such as Skype…

Microsoft CEO Ballmer spends two days unsuccessfully trying to clean Windows PC malware

Monday, June 5, 2006 2:56 pmWednesday, February 5, 201474 Comments

Microsoft executives love telling stories against each other. Here’s one that platforms vice-president Jim Allchin…