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Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people

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A security vulnerability in a pair of phone-monitoring apps is exposing the personal data of millions of people who have the apps unwittingly installed on their devices, according to a security researcher who found the flaw. The bug allows anyone to access the personal data — messages, photos, call logs, and more — exfiltrated from any phone or tablet compromised by Cocospy and Spyic, two differently branded mobile stalkerware apps that share largely the same source code. The bug also exposes the email addresses of the people who signed up to Cocospy and Spyic with the intention of planting the…

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