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Everything about Spyware
Malware that collects and transmits user information without their knowledge
Spyware is any malware that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user by violating their privacy, endangering their device's security, or other means. This behavior may be present in other malware and in legitimate software. Websites may engage in spyware behaviors like web tracking. Hardware devices may also be affected. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SpywareA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Android Spyware Detection Using Machine Learning: A Novel DatasetInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: PegasusThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An empirical investigation of anti-spyware software adoption: A multitheoretical perspectiveCited 111 times
- Go sideways: WinFixerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SpySheriffA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
An empirical investigation of anti-spyware software adoption: A multitheoretical perspective
Investigating factors affecting the adoption of anti-spyware systems
Consumer motivations in taking action against spyware: an empirical investigation
Detection and Elimination of Spyware and Ransomware by Intercepting Kernel-Level System Routines
Is spyware an Internet nuisance or public menace?
A Timing Channel Spyware for the CSMA/CA Protocol
A Data-driven Characterization of Modern Android Spyware
What do consumers really know about spyware?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Android Spyware Detection Using Machine Learning: A Novel Dataset
Enhancing spyware detection by utilizing decision trees with hyperparameter optimization
Systematic Evaluation of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models for IoT Malware Detection Across Ransomware, Rootkit, Spyware, Trojan, Botnet, Worm, Virus, and Keylogger
Privatized espionage: NSO Group Technologies and its Pegasus spyware
No Privacy Among Spies: Assessing the Functionality and Insecurity of Consumer Android Spyware Apps
📚 Books worth reading
PegasusLaurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud · 2022- 📕Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2007United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary · 2007
A smart kid's guide to Internet privacyDavid J. Jakubiak · 2009
Combating spyware in the enterpriseBrian Baskin, Tony Piltzecker · 2006
PC magazine fighting spyware, viruses, and malwareEd Tittel · 2004- 📕Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement with Enforcers Beyond Borders Act of 2005United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · 2006
- 📕Combating spywareUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce · 2005
- 📕Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2007, and the Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2007United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security · 2008
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