An antivirus utility that only defends against viruses would be nearly useless. Computer viruses are just one type of threat, and not a common one at that. A proper antivirus program defends against ...

The spyware industry’s worst kept secret has finally been spoken aloud in a federal courtroom: the boss behind pcTattletale has admitted to hacking and to selling software designed to let customers ...

About this series: Spyware is quickly replacing worms and viruses as IT managers' biggest worry. In this two-part series, security professionals and others debate spyware detection and who is best ...

In response to the recent attacks on University computers, IT Security Services has taken on a campaign to inform students and faculty of the dangers associated with Marketscore — spyware that can ...

Apple warned customers last week that their devices were targeted in a new series of spyware attacks, according to the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR). CERT-FR is operated ...

A program that installs spyware on a computer and “blackmails” users into buying software to remove it has been identified by a Spanish security firm. The program, called DigiKeyGen, lures computer ...

Microsoft Corp. and the Washington state attorney general have filed lawsuits against antispyware software vendor Secure Computer LLC, alleging that the White Plains, New York, company’s Spyware ...

Lawmakers have yet to get a handle on the best way to combat computer "spyware" that tracks Internet users' online activity, a nonprofit policy group said. Concern about spyware has grown over the ...

The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity to legal action brought by two Bahraini dissidents who accuse it of infecting their computers with German-made spyware, the UK’s Supreme Court ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ireland is considering new legislation to give its law enforcement agencies more surveillance powers, including allowing the use ...