Spyware

Banned for Life From Facebook, Man Finds a Home on Google Plus (Video)

Dan McDermott | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Spyware, Banned, Navajo Nation, Vancouver, Social Networking, Spying, Facebook, Guinness Book of World Records, Social Media, Montreal, Google+ Hangouts, Gadgets, Apple, Navajo, Google Plus, Guinness World Records, Captcha, Facebook Lawsuit, Gps, Google Plus Brands, Hacking, Walter Isaacson, Hackers, Video, Technology News
Dan McDermott

My special guest on this edition of Google Plus Week is Adam Guerbuez, the Montreal marketer who got sued for $873 million by Facebook and lost.

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Spyware Scandal Outrages Germany

GlobalPost | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Spyware, Germany, World News

BERLIN, Germany -- It's the stuff of modern nightmares. A seemingly innocuous email plants malicious spyware on your computer, allowing strangers t...

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Apple Users Targeted By 'Mac Defender' Malware

Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Spyware, Apple, Malware, Apple Computers, Virus, Computers, Computer Viruses, Technology, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Trojans, Mac Defender, Mac Defender Malware, Video, Technology News

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The 12 Scams of Christmas and Other Attacks

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Scams, Identity Theft, Online Safety, Internet, Spyware, Malware, Virus, Adware, Online Shopping, Scams, Technology News
Robert Siciliano

As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, be cautious. If you are ever in doubt that an offer or product is not legitimate, do not click on it.

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Chinese Computer Equipment May Be Bugged: RUMOR

ITworld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Spying, Trojan Bugs, Bugged Technology, Spyware, Chinese Government, China Google, China, Technology News

As you surely know, Google has accused China of hacking into its systems and is considering pulling out of China altogether. The U.S. government is ta...

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Cellphone Spyware Lets You Eavesdrop On Calls, Track Every Move (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spyware, Cellphone Spyware, Big Brother, Cell Phone Tracking, Phone Spyware, Tracking, Cellphone, Video, Technology News

Spyware for cellphones has taken Big Brother a whole new set of capabilities. With the new spyware software now available, you can be alerted every t...

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The Writers Workbench: Spy vs. Spy

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Spam, Spyware, Virus Protection, Media News
Robert J. Elisberg

It's taken a while, but the world has finally, seemingly caught on that having anti-spyware and anti-virus protection is a good thing.

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MILF's Problem with MILFs

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamic Militants, Milf, Spyware, Spying, Tina Fey, Richard Nixon, Terrorism, 30 Rock, Philippines, MILF Island, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Milfs, World News
Keith Thomson

By sticking with its current acronym, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is in a precarious position made famous by the Nixon fundraising organization, the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP).

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Internet Fraud as a Market Failure

Charles Perrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macintosh, Spyware, Anti-Virus Software, Credit Fraud, Mac Computers, Microsoft, Computers, Computer Viruses, Online Credit Card Theft, Modular, Financial Transaction, Online Trading, Freeware, Visa Europe, Internet Finance, Apple, Integrated Structure, Identity Fraud, Ubuntu, Computer Hackers, Computer Fraud, Microsoft Windows, John Markoff, Business News
Charles Perrow

If fraud expands faster than financial transactions on the internet, we might find there is a market for safe software.

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One Way to Find bin Laden

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bats, Gadgets, Spyware, Technology, Drones, Robots, Osama Bin Laden, U.S. Military Technology, Com-Bat, Politics News
Keith Thomson

2008-11-21-combay_bat.jpg One solution might be sending in this six-inch-long robotic micro-aerial vehicle known as the Com-Bat. In concept, similar to a radio-controlled toy.

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The Writers Workbench: Anti-Spyware

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Viruses, Spyware, Technology, Computers, Business News
Robert J. Elisberg

In terms of computer security, most of the major programs are major for very good reasons. But in malware protection, one shouldn't assume a Recognizable Name is better just because it's recognizable.

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Microsoft Helps Nab $900M Piracy Ring

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Copies, Windows, Microsoft, U.S. Customs, Microsoft Piracy, Computer Viruses, Software Piracy, Microsoft Knockoffs, Spyware, Viruses, Business News

SEATTLE — Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more ...

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New Advertising Start-Up Spies On Your Calls

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eavesdropping, Spyware, Puddingmedia, Business News

A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying a...

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