A week in security (August 30 – September 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs ProxyToken: another nail-biter from Microsoft Exchange Macs turn on apps signed by Symantec, treat them as malware Google Play sign-ins can be abused to track another person’s movements FTC bans SpyFone and its CEO from continuing to sell stalkerware BrakTooth...

SpyFone & CEO Banned From Stalkerware Biz

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has kicked spyware maker SpyFone out of the surveillance business. The same goes for its CEO, Scott Zuckerman, and Support King LLC, the company behind the stalkerware. In a Wednesday announcement, the FTC slammed SpyFone, calling it a stalkerware app that sold...

FTC Bans Stalkerware App SpyFone; Orders Company to Erase Secretly Stolen Data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday banned a stalkerware app company called SpyFone from the surveillance business over concerns that it stealthily harvested and shared data on people's physical movements, phone use, and online activities that were then used by stalkers and domestic...

FTC bans SpyFone and its CEO from continuing to sell stalkerware

Nearly two years after the US Federal Trade Commission first took aim against mobile apps that can non-consensually track people’s locations and pry into their emails, photos, and videos, the government agency placed restrictions Wednesday on the developers of SpyFone—which the FTC called a...