“Stalkerware” putting personal data of smartphone users at risk: Report

A smartphone spyware has put personal data of hundreds of thousands of users at risk, like call records/recordings, text messages, photos, browsing history and precise geolocations, the media reported.
The personal data can be pulled from a person’s phone because of a security issue in widely used consumer-grade stalkerware or spyware, reports TechCrunch.
“We can’t name the spyware or its developer since it would make it easier for bad actors to access the insecure data,” the report said on Tuesday.
It said that efforts were on to contact the spyware developer because the security and privacy of thousands of people are at risk until the issue is fixed.