Some spyware, such as keyloggers, may be installed by the owner of a shared, corporate, or public computer intentionally in order to monitor users.While the term spyware suggests software that monitors a user's computing, the functions of spyware can extend beyond simple monitoring.The only thing to note is that some unfortunately overlap so you’ll still have to shortlist.
In other words, the hacker has complete control–a phone owner need not even open the text for the attack to take effect.
Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge, that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a device without the consumer's knowledge.
examples of other notorious types include digital rights management capabilities that "phone home", keyloggers, rootkits, and web beacons.
Joshua Drake, VP of platform research and exploitation at the cybersecurity firm Zimperium’s z Labs division, reported the flaw to Google earlier this year, but he says that most manufacturers have not made fixes available to consumers.
The security hole puts 950 million Android devices at risk.
Narrowing down the list of talks isn’t easy so I chose mine based on their technology flare.