With ironic timing, just as Samsung confirms its latest crackdown on apps installed from outside official app stores, here comes another alarming warning showing just why it’s making those changes.

UPDATE: Google’s spokesperson reached out with a statement. The company has confirmed “that users are automatically protected from known versions of this spyware by Google Play Protect, which is on by ...

Mobile spyware has been reported numerous times in the media as a serious threat for phone users. When we first covered the spyware issue back in March, 2012, we were shocked by the volume of comments ...

A new report released today by SentinelLabs, the research arm of listed cybersecurity company SentinelOne Inc., warns of a resurgence of CapraRAT spyware targeting mobile gamers and weapons ...

Spyware and stalkerware have been ever-present threats of the digital world for about as long as the modern internet has existed. As their names imply, their primary purpose is to spy on their victims ...

China's public security bureaus have allegedly installed the spyware on confiscated phones, according to research from cybersecurity vendor Lookout. Think twice about handing over your phone to ...

Italian spyware maker SIO, known to sell its products to government customers, is behind a series of malicious Android apps that masquerade as WhatsApp and other popular apps but steal private data ...

Cybersecurity analysts uncovered two file management apps available on the Google Play Store that are actually spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. So ...

Yet another spyware was discovered on Android, and this one had a huge reach. The so-called ‘SpinOk’ spyware was included in Android apps that were installed 421 million times, Dr.Web reports. SpinOk ...

A previously unknown form of Android spyware has been discovered in a marketing software development kit used in 101 applications that have been downloaded an estimated 421 million times. Detailed ...