Last week Forrester Research released “Anti-Spyware Adoption in 2005,” a study by analyst David Friedlander with Natalie Lambert, that included some surprising stats. What struck me most was that 39 ...

Just like malware, spyware can easily invade your precious iPhone. Even with the most advanced mobile security, Apple still struggles to remove the unwelcomed guests in its handsets. With the recent ...

The fruity cargo cult Apple is getting into serious trouble over its current surge in spyware. In April, the tech titan sent out a flurry of notifications to iPhone users across 92 countries, blaring ...

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

Spyware appears to be following the same pattern of consumer backlash and litigation as spam, its equally unsolicited and unwanted cousin. Spyware is software installed on a computer that can alter ...

Sometimes, the company that gets the complaint is rightly to blame. But with alarming frequency, officials at these and other technology companies say they are tracing customer problems back to one ...

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 ...

I have a recently imaged computer, and everything is fine and dandy. No spyware or anything on it, clean as a whistle. My friend uses my computer, opens up a webpage to look at song lyrics. A pop-up ...

WASHINGTON - It's the newest computer security problem to attract the attention of Congress: spyware, or software designed to collect computer users' personal data without their knowledge. Secretly ...

This week, I was suddenly called into my boss’s office for an urgent meeting. From the look on his face, I expected to hear that we had a serious security incident under way. Instead, he asked what ...

When the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 was signed into law, many critics complained that it wouldn’t do much good. The law left enough loopholes and leeway that even known spammers were pleased at the ...