'TheTruthSpy spyware lookup tool' that you can check whether your Android smartphone is being spied



Using spyware groups to extract all kinds of data from Android smartphones ' TheTruthSpy ' IT news site TechCrunch, which has identified the problem, provides a tool to search whether your device has been damaged. .

TheTruthSpy exposed: This spyware lookup tool says if your Android device was compromised | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/pages/thetruthspy-investigation/

TechCrunch launches TheTruthSpy spyware lookup tool | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/17/thetruthspy-spyware-lookup-tool/

In February 2022, TechCrunch reported on `` TheTruthSpy '', a group of spyware for stalking that is marketed under the guise of a child's smartphone monitoring app. Reportedly, when the spyware is secretly installed on the device by someone close to the owner of the smartphone, it continuously and covertly steals call history, photos taken, precise location data, etc. thing.

Behind the stalkerware network spilling the private phone data of hundreds of thousands | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/22/stalkerware-network-spilling-data/



It is believed that there are hundreds of thousands of victims around the world, mainly in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Indonesia, and India, but the only way for victims to know if spyware is installed on their smartphones is It Is difficult.

However, TechCrunch, which continued to investigate 'TheTruthSpy', succeeded in June in obtaining a list of IMEI numbers or advertising IDs of terminals whose information had been stolen by 'TheTruthSpy'. This data includes all terminals that were damaged by 'TheTruthSpy' by April, and the reliability of the data is also certain.

Therefore, TechCrunch has released 'TheTruthSpy spyware lookup tool', a search tool that allows you to check if your smartphone is included in the victim device list. In addition, if you access the search tool from a terminal already infected with 'TheTruthSpy', the perpetrator who installed the spyware on the terminal will be able to detect it, so TechCrunch will be able to use the smartphone of a trusted friend, the PC in the library, etc. We recommend accessing from a terminal that is not infected with spyware.

To use the search tool, access the TechCrunch page from

this link and search by entering your device's IMEI number or advertising ID in the red framed search field.



You can find your IMEI number by dialing '*#06#' in your phone app.



To find your advertising ID, first select 'Google' from the settings.



Tap Ads.



You can check the device-specific advertising ID on this screen.



If you are not affected by spyware, it will be displayed as follows. However, since this search tool only searches the victim list up to April, the possibility that spyware was installed after that cannot be denied.



Also, if 'match' or 'likely match' is displayed, there is a high possibility that you are suffering from spyware, but if you delete spyware on your own, spyware will appear on your smartphone. Since there is a possibility that the person who trained it will detect it, he said that he would like to consult with law enforcement agencies first.

in Mobile,   Security, Posted by log1l_ks