Symantec Security Response blog:
Mobile spyware authors market their products as legitimate, but the software's secretive nature give stalkers, thieves, and abusive partners the means to spy on their victims' every move.
The CEO of a company that created the StealthGenie mobile spying app recently pleaded guilty for advertising and selling spyware. The US Department of Justice ordered Hammad Akbar to pay a US$500,000 fine and to hand over the spyware's source code. It's a significant result, as it marks the first ever criminal conviction surrounding the sale of a mobile spyware app.
"... While the shutdown of StealthGenie is a great move for mobile privacy, it's not the only mobile spying software on the market. Spyware such as mSpy (Android.Mobilespy) and Flexispy (Android.Flexispy) allows people with minimal technical skills to compromise their target's mobile devices and observe all of their communications and online activity. "
Continued: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/mobile-spyware-makers-are-shaky-ground-law-begins-catch-them

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