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Vigil Spyware being launched in Select Countries

VIGIL Spyware is software that can be installed on to a mobile phone that will allow someone else to remotely monitor activities on the phone. (Note: mobile spyware is slightly different from computer spyware.



Depending on the type of spyware installed, in most cases, the spyware will monitor:

Call history, including phone number, date, and length of call

Text messages, including phone number and SMS content

Contacts

Internet browsing, including history and bookmarks

Location of the phone

Photos taken on the phone


If the phone has been jailbroken (iPhone) or rooted (Android), spyware software can monitor more, including:

    Certain messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Viber, Skype

    Phone conversations

    Using the phone’s microphone to record the phone’s surrounding

Once the software is installed, the abusive person can monitor all the above activity via an online website.

It is difficult to identify whether spyware has been installed, since most spyware products operate in “stealth” mode, so it cannot be detected on the phone. The best way to identify whether spyware has been installed is for a forensic examination of the phone to be completed, often by police.

If it is not possible to get the police to do a forensic examination, some clues that spyware might have been installed include the following.

Physical access to the phone

All commercially-available spyware products require someone to download the software and run the installation on the phone being targeted. This can be the abusive person or someone who is installing the product on behalf of the abusive person. It is generally difficult for the user to accidentally install the software since this is an active process. The installation process generally requires 15-20 minutes to install.

Abusive person’s knowledge

Another clue that perhaps spyware might be installed is if the abusive person knows more than they should and that knowledge encompasses the types of spyware monitoring activities we listed above. Because spyware monitors a wide range of activity, the assumption is that abusive person will know all of that information. If the abusive person knows less information than spyware provides or more information than spyware provides, they might be gaining that knowledge from another source.

Strange activity on the phone

In some cases, because spyware is running on the phone, you may notice increased battery usage or data usage. If the phone has been jailbroken or rooted, the phone is less secure, which could result in faulty type behaviour on the phone, such as the phone shutting down or dropped calls.

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