Millions of People Are Installing Malware on Their Partners’ Phones
5/25/202650 min
This week Joseph speaks to Zack Whittaker, an editor at TechCrunch. Zack has been leading coverage into the spouseware or stalkerware industry. This is malware sold to ordinary people, which they then often install on their girlfriend’s or someone else’s phone. Zack talks about the crazy scope of this problem. Behind the stalkerware network spilling the private phone data of hundreds of thousands Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users Stalkerware tag on TechCrunch This Week In Security Newsletter YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/BLb46310iLs Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJoseph Cox· Host0:00
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Zack Whittaker· Guest0:29
This company makes, like, two million dollars plus. They're money laundering. They're using identity theft. It's a whole cybercrime operation. You see sometimes the photos of their retreats that they go on. They drink, and they take photos, and they're so happy that they're working at this small startup, but not realizing that their software potentially is infecting hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
Joseph Cox· Host0:49
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the 404 Media Podcast, where we bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds, both online and IRL. 404 Media is a journalist-founded company and needs your support. To subscribe, go to 404media.co. As well as bonus content every single week, subscribers also get access to additional episodes where we respond to their best comments, and they get early access to our interview series too, just like this episode. Gain access to that content at 404media.co. This week, I'm speaking to Zach Whitaker. He's an editor over at TechCrunch. I've known