Cybersecurity companies focus on the role of 'stalkerware' in domestic abuse

Yesterday marked the start of not just Cybersecurity Awareness Month but also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic abusers often make use of stalkerware (commercial spyware used as a tool for domestic espionage) to leverage their partner's digital footprint for physical control. Yet it's a grey area for the cybersecurity industry as many of these applications are available on legitimate platforms and are marketed as harmless child-monitoring software. New research from Kaspersky has found that installation attempts increased in 2019 by 35 percent to 37,000. Also the threat landscape for stalkerware has widened, as Kaspersky has discovered 380 variants of stalkerware… [Continue Reading]