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What is stalkerware?
The Coalition Against Stalkerware defines ‘Stalkerware’ as tools – software programs, apps and devices – that enable someone to secretly spy on another person’s private life via their mobile device. The abuser can remotely monitor the whole device including web searches, geolocation, text messages, photos, voice calls and much more. Such programs are easy to buy and install. They run hidden in the background, without the affected person knowing or giving their consent. Regardless of stalkerware’s availability, the abuser is accountable for using it as a tool and hence for committing this crime.
‘Stalkerware’ Apps Help Domestic Abusers Spy On Their Victims
Watch Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski on this NBC News segment discussing stalkerware, and the large rise in the use of stalkerware apps during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our 2021 State of Malware Report found:
+565%
Stalkerware-type app detections, 2020
+780%
Monitor-type app detections, first half of 2020
+1,055%
Spyware app detections, 2020
Stalkerware guides
How to protect against stalkerware
A murky but dangerous mobile threat
Mobile stalkerware
A long history of detection
Helping survivors of domestic abuse
What to do when you find stalkerware
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