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“Kaspersky lab” has called Russia the largest number of users on a mobile device which the software was installed for surveillance.

For the first six months of 2020 in Russia, the number of gadgets with Stalker software — it is used for covert surveillance and spy on users — increased by 28% compared to the same period of 2019.

ACCORDING to Stalker being increasingly used, despite the fact that in the second quarter of 2020, the number of users on whose devices were recorded such programs declined slightly. This probably happened because as a result of isolation, many have started home much more time, — said the expert of “Kaspersky Lab” mobile threats Victor Chebyshev reporters СNEWS.

He explained that such programs are often installed for the surveillance of your loved ones. Often they are the initiators of domestic violence.

The expert said that Stalker software allows you to access the contents of the mobile device, and also to spy on the person through the camera of your smartphone in real time. The attacker becomes the available information in calendar and contact list, can he read the correspondence, messengers, record calls, identify the location and display history in web browsers. Some apps allow you to control the device. All Stalker software is paid.

We will continue to monitor the situation and improve the technical capabilities of our products and also help NGOs working with victims of domestic violence — said Chebyshev.

According to him, the world has also increased the number of users with the Stalker on mobile devices. For the first six months of 2020 the world was 39% more such gadgets than the same period last year.

Coalition against Stalker were created in November 2019. It was called Coalition Against Stalkerware. In addition to “Kaspersky Lab” includes 20 organizations. One part of them works in the field of information security, the other helps to victims of domestic violence. The coalition seeks to raise awareness about the threat of a Stalker, and counteracts the crimes committed with the use of such programs.

NEWS.ru wrote that the attackers spread under the guise of TV shows Netflix ON the computer.