Security flaw in popular stalkerware apps is exposing phone data of millions

• Cocospy and Spyic were found to be leaking sensitive information
• The developers are not responding and the bugs have not been fixed
• People’s photos, messages, call logs, and more, are at risk

Email addresses, text messages, call logs, photographs, and other sensitive data, belonging to millions of people may have been exposed online thanks to a pair of faulty spyware applications.

Spyware apps, often also called “spouseware”, are apps that people covertly install on mobile devices belonging to their partners, children, or similar. They are advertised as legitimate monitoring apps, but are essentially operating in the grey zone and are not allowed on major app stores, such as the App Store or Play Store.