April 1, 2025

Spyware

Amazon Amazon Web Services AWS Exclusive Security Spyware stalkerware

Amazon is still hosting stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert

Amazon will not say if it plans to take action against three phone surveillance apps that are storing troves of individuals’ private phone data on Amazon’s cloud servers, despite TechCrunch notifying the tech giant weeks earlier that it was hosting the stolen phone data. Amazon told TechCrunch it was “following [its] process” after our February

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Android Exclusive Google Google Play Lookout malware Security Spyware TC

North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store

A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the Google Play app store and were able to trick some people into downloading it, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout. In a report published on Wednesday, and exclusively shared with TechCrunch ahead of time, Lookout details an espionage campaign involving

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