News (24)

  • ZombieMeter keeps tabs on hacked PCs

    Internet security company CipherTrust on Thursday breathed life into its ZombieMeter, a new system that tracks traffic from compromised PCs around the world.

  • Microsoft takes on spam zombies

    Hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities it said used compromised PCs to send millions of junk e-mail messages.

  • Botnets and spyware still on the rise

    Personal computers that play unwitting host to zombie code are proliferating at a startling pace, according to a new report.

  • Season over for 'phishing'?

    The latest innovation in identity fraud typically begins with an unexpected e-mail message from a financial institution proclaiming something like: "Your account information needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports."

  • FTC to shine light on spyware

    Pressure is growing for new rules to curtail malicious programs known as spyware, once again raising a vexing problem for the Internet age: Can software risks be regulated into submission?

More News >

Features and Case Studies (3)

  • 10 ways to avoid being the victim of identity theft

    Identity theft is on the increase, to the tune of 10 million victims in the U.S. and $50 billion in costs. Share this list of preventive measures with your end users, friends, and family members to help protect them from this escalating crime.

  • Pest control: Battling spyware

    To help curb the torrent of spyware, ZDNet Australia presents a spyware superguide comprising the latest reviews, tips and tricks aimed at keeping users safe.

  • ISPs versus the zombies

    If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect -- and the health of the Net itself could suffer.

Reviews (1)

  • Spyware cures may cause more harm

    Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.

Create an e-mail alert for "federal trade commission"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
federal trade commission


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 1 'carnivore'
  2. Popularity: 1 ad-aware
  3. Popularity: 2 adware
  4. Popularity: 1 amazon.com
  5. Popularity: 1 antispyware
  6. Popularity: 1 antivirus
  7. Popularity: 3 borland
  8. Popularity: 2 botnet
  9. Popularity: 1 business portal
  10. Popularity: 1 christmas
  11. Popularity: 1 commission
  12. Popularity: 1 computer associates
  13. Popularity: 1 corel
  14. Popularity: 1 customer service
  15. Popularity: 1 declan
  16. Popularity: 1 digital signature legislation
  17. Popularity: 1 dot com
  18. Popularity: 1 e-tailers
  19. Popularity: 1 etrust
  20. Popularity: 1 f-secure
  21. Popularity: 1 federal
  22. Popularity: 3 fraud
  23. Popularity: 1 glb
  24. Popularity: 1 guerilla warfare
  25. Popularity: 2 isp
  26. Popularity: 3 john
  27. Popularity: 1 lavasoft
  28. Popularity: 1 mcafee
  29. Popularity: 1 norton antivirus 2005
  30. Popularity: 1 officescan
  31. Popularity: 1 pccillin
  32. Popularity: 1 personal data
  33. Popularity: 1 pest patrol
  34. Popularity: 3 phishing
  35. Popularity: 2 privacy
  36. Popularity: 2 scam
  37. Popularity: 1 search and destroy
  38. Popularity: 4 security
  39. Popularity: 10 spam
  40. Popularity: 1 spammers
  41. Popularity: 1 spy
  42. Popularity: 1 spybot
  43. Popularity: 6 spyware
  44. Popularity: 2 trend micro
  45. Popularity: 3 trojan
  46. Popularity: 1 websense
  47. Popularity: 2 worm
  48. Popularity: 1 y2k
  49. Popularity: 2 yahoo
  50. Popularity: 4 zombie

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Welcome to National Censorship Day
    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
  • Array That sinking Tcard feeling
    There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
  • Array The challenge of government 2.0
    The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured