Millions of People Are Installing #Malware on Their Partners’ #Phones (with Zack Whittaker)
This week Joseph speaks to Zack Whittaker, an editor at TechCrunch. Zack has been leading coverage into the #spouseware or #stalkerware industry. This is malware sold to ordinary people, which they then often install on their girlfriend’s or someone else’s phone. Zack talks about the crazy scope of this problem.
#privacy #security
Content warning: Domestic abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony.
A new data leak shows the dangers of secret, silent #stalkerware. An app known as #Catwatchful appears to be just as insecure as all the others.
The Catwatchful app’s user login database was vulnerable to a simple #SQLinjection attack. In #SBBlogwatch, we call for Little Bobby Tables.
@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/07/catwatchful-stalkerware-data-breach-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc
(Also known as #spouseware and #creepware, this vile trade enables all manner of frightening and dangerous abuse, from stalking to serious sexual assault. It’s no laughing matter.)
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Richi Jennings