Newsletter: Nearly a quarter of online daters experience digital stalking

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A new survey, commissioned by Kaspersky of 21,000 people worldwide, reveals shocking data about the extent of digital abuse. 

• A third (34%) of respondents believe that Googling/checking social media accounts of a person you had started dating as a form of due diligence is acceptable and 41% admitted to doing so when they started dating someone
• Almost a quarter of respondents (23%) had experienced some form of online stalking from a person they were newly dating.
• Over 90% of respondents are willing to share passwords that could potentially allow their location to be accessed

According to the study – which interviewed 1,000 people in 21 countries around the world – online daters are keen to take steps to protect themselves in the quest for love. However, despite almost a quarter of respondents (23%) saying they had experienced some form of online stalking from a person they were newly dating, people are still vulnerable to an alarming rise in stalking and abuse this Valentine’s day from risks posed by location settings, data privacy and more broadly, oversharing. 

Kaspersky honors Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence thru staging activities for Coalition Against Stalkerware

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To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Kaspersky has introduced a special stalkerware and spyware detection tool – 12 months on from the foundation of the Coalition Against Stalkerware.

Newsletter: What is ‘spouseware’ and why it’s linked to domestic abuse?

03/30/2020 03:34:03 PM

Author's note: Global cybersecurity brand Kaspersky has recently exposed about 380 variants of stalkerware discovered in the past year. Turns out, these legit programs are often used as tools for domestic espionage or to spy on partners, which serves the reason they’re also touted as 'spouseware.'

In this newsletter, the top worldwide security firm discloses the story behind this coined term, and why it has been linked to cases involving domestic abuse.

Newsletter: Data-hungry Stalkerware reads messaging apps and can unlock monitored devices

03/28/2020 08:24:39 PM

Author's note: There's no place to hide. 

Nowadays, anything that hampers our online accounts would trigger paranoid at its worst-possible level. There's also the pitfalls of using the internet for too much, that cybercriminals could hack their way to steal our precious asset – data. 

In this newsletter, Kaspersky tackles the data-hungry stalkerware and the danger it brings. Read them below for more information: