Tag Archives: spyware

In recent weeks, two typically secure Internet sites have been exploited successfully by phishers. Apple’s iTunes store, situated behind the company’s walled ecosystem, has been a tough nut to crack for cyber miscreants, although it has had problems with them …

Google has been called on the carpet by a prominent spyware fighter for contributing to the bottom line of Internet snoopsters.           “By paying spyware vendors to show advertisements, Google both enlarges and prolongs the spyware problem,” Harvard Business school …

From time to time a customer, friend or family member will ask me about spam.  The conversation will follow a fairly predictable path from “Why do I get so much spam?” all the way to “How do these spammers make …

The FTC has shut down a known malware and spyware vendor. On Monday a U.S. District Court handed down temporary restraining order forcing CyberSpy Software to cease selling its RemoteSpy program, which is a keylogger. The company was also ordered …

Most web browsers are supposed to protect people by implementing security zones. These safe zones use different security settings of a web browser, which can vary based on the location of the web page being viewed. Phishing emails can lure …