Spyware risks have been rising fast in recent years, and although security firms always advise caution, the consensus has been that only a very small number of people are affected by the attacks.

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Apple iPhone and Google Android users across the world are being ...

After going quiet for a few months amid public exposure and US sanctions, the Predator spyware is back and is even better to evade detection. This is the worrying revelation coming from experts at ...

Ireland is considering new legislation that would expand surveillance powers for law enforcement, including the regulated use ...

ROME — Spyware from a U.S.-backed Israeli company was used to target the phones of at least three prominent journalists in Europe, two of whom are editors at an investigative news site in Italy, ...

The U.S. government’s must-pass defense policy bill includes a measure that aims to shield U.S. troops and diplomats from ensnarement by commercial spyware programs. The provision, slotted into the ...

Pegasus is one of the most powerful spyware tools in the world, and now experts say Apple’s newest iPhone update is making it harder to find. The software, created by the Israeli company NSO Group, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In his new HBO film, Surveilled, investigative journalist Ronan Farrow travels from Israel and Spain to Canada and Washington ...

Forensic investigation has confirmed the use of Paragon's Graphite spyware platform in zero-click attacks that targeted Apple iOS devices of at least two journalists in Europe. Researchers at Citizen ...