A mail filtering company claims spammers are preying on the paranoia of parents and spouses by promoting "spyware" software.
A strain of malware disguised as anti-spyware has become the latest double-agent in multi-step "convergence" crime online.
Security experts have criticised targeted-ad company Phorm, claiming the nature of its infrastructure could increase the likelihood of successful denial-of-service attacks against its ISP customers.
Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report.
Fewer viruses are being detected, but spam and spyware continues to plague enterprise networks.
Symantec published its 10th Internet Threat Report this week and quietly admitted a few days later that its predictions of increasing Mac-targeted spyware threats have not been realised.
I found out last week that although Windows Vista will have a snazzy new firewall, by default it will be set to block only incoming traffic -- unless you decide to pay Microsoft an extra US$50 a year...
Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.
In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.
In the final part of this three-part special, our security experts tackle questions ranging from stopping spam and spyware liability, to hijacking e-mail addresses and Web site spoofing.
Critical security questions answered in the second part of this series include holding data to ransom, scaremongering, Internet law, spammers making money, the uber-virus, and spyware at home.
Technology can be tricky... it can even be sneaky, but in the end, we better see some benefit!
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Following its December purchase of anti-spyware specialist Giant, Microsoft has produced a tool designed to protect Windows against spyware. We take a first look at the beta version.
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