Forget biz insider threats for a moment – let's talk about partners turning rogue and installing spyware on phones

Forget biz insider threats for a moment – let's talk about partners turning rogue and installing spyware on phones

Analysis Cybersecurity vendors have long warned of insider threats in corporate environments, but less attention has been paid to an insider threat closer to home: abusive partners and family members.


In a paper recently published through the Journal of Cybersecurity, Cornell University assistant professor Karen Levy and security veteran Bruce Schneier argue that intimate relationships open the door to a set of privacy and security risks that haven't been anticipated or adequately addressed by the public, the technical community, and policymakers.


"We describe privacy threats that arise in our intimate relationships: families, romances, friendships," said Levy. "These threats are poorly understood by the privacy/security community – but are extremely common, disproportionately harm the less powerful, and sh ..

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