Spyware modules are related to computer viruses, but pose a different type of threat to your systems. Spyware is created by underhanded, unethical marketers who want to monitor your customers' ...

Google and Yahoo affiliates are getting themselves into trouble with the firms' many national advertisers, according to a Business Week article. It works like this: the Web's biggest sellers of ...

The logo of the Israeli NSO Group company appears on a building where they had offices in Herzliya, Israel. (AP Photo/Daniella Cheslow, File) OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Meta presented the bulk of its case ...

You've outfitted your computer with anti-virus software and bought a spam filter for unwanted email. Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the Internet again, another cyber-pest is baring its ...

There are some computer programs that threaten online privacy that users may not know about. Plus, there is no privacy for people living inside the "Big Brother ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The U.S. government’s must-pass defense policy bill includes a measure that aims to shield military servicemembers and diplomats from ...

There are plenty of ways to goof off online— there’s no shortage of Santa screensavers, online reindeer games and other amusements, much of it free. But while you may not spend any money, you could ...

The U.S. government’s must-pass defense policy bill includes a measure that aims to shield U.S. troops and diplomats from ensnarement by commercial spyware programs. The provision, slotted into the ...

In other immigration news, Bloomberg is reporting ICE is about to get access to a controversial spyware program built by the Israeli-based company Paragon. A $2 million contract was signed last year, ...

Slashdot and Newsbytes are reporting a new twist in spyway. It's amazing what a company can get away with now under the guise of protecting its "intellectual property". Radlight (a multimedia player) ...

Bruce Edwards began to understand that spyware was more than a consumer PC problem when his users started complaining loudly about poor performance and an increase in pop-up ads. But it wasn’t until ...

An upcoming software release from America Online Inc. (AOL) will add spyware protection to the list of standard features for its broadband and dial-up Internet customers, the company said Tuesday. AOL ...