Source: blog.washingtonpost.com
An online banner advertisement that ran on MySpace.com and other sites over the past week used a Windows security flaw to infect more than a million users with spyware when people merely browsed the sites with unpatched versions of Windows
Source: techdirt.com
Earlier this week, we noted that adware/spyware vendor Zango (formed out of the merger of two widely disliked adware firms) apparently had someone trying to convince MySpace users to add videos to their site that also just so happened to install some of their adware.
Source: Pcworld
Of course WGA is spyware. I got it on my computer. I deleted the WGA files. In fact since I stopped it downloading stuff from Microsoft it's been much more stable! I don't like pre-installed software.
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The Ultimate RootKit. It's Invisible! Now what?
Source: news.com.com
The spyware slobs are at it again
Source: BusinessWeek
Just be smart when you surf. Free surfing software with pop-up ads could cripple your hard drive.
Source: msnbc.msn.com
A nice long write-up about Direct Revenue, a spyware company that's gotten itself into legal hot water in New York.
Source: macdailynews.com
I love this.
Source: blog.spywareguide.com
A real world example of how easy it is to persuade people to run an executable file and create your very own Botnet
Source: talk2action.org
Excerpt: Imagine: in one hand, you hold cold pizza or your favorite caffeine-loaded cola, while with the other, you command a Christian militia battling the forces of the AntiChrist. Times Square is ablaze with video billboards and piled high with the bodies of New Yorkers.
Source: it.slashdot.org
Over the last few days an advertiser used an ad to install the ErrorSafe malware that tried to trick people into believing they had a fault on the computer that needs them to purchase a fix.
Source: arstechnica.com
"The video game Left Behind seemed destined to tear a giant fiery swath of controversy through the digital landscape.
Source: kotaku.com
A group tracking religious rights activities says the Christian game Left Behind is wall-to-wall spyware. Game play and ad viewing will be tracked once the title is installed on PCs. The software can't be deleted or removed.
Source: urlwire.com
Which operating system is the most secure? Windows, Linux or Mac? Jim Kukral, creator of is going to find out by pitting two PC's and a Macintosh computer against each other in the ultimate battle to see which one will survive the longest under delibera …
Source: stason.org
A discussion of the major junk mail problems and solutions to them. Provides links to more extensive information and vendors providing solutions (including open source products).
Source: Information Week
The identities included Social Security numbers, names, and addresses, and were transmitted to an unknown hacker by the keylogging Trojan horse that was on a PC in the state agency where the employee has been working.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
-- Following your favourite football team in the World Cup via the net has its dangers, research shows. Many websites associated with teams playing in the tournament are infested with spyware and adware found security firm McAfee.
Source: news.zdnet.co.uk
More than 60 percent of compromised PCs scanned by Microsoft were found to be running malicious bot software
A recently opportunity to talk with David Moll the CEO of Webroot. Webroot is the creator of such programs as SpySweeper, and Windows Washer.
Source: stason.org
You thought there was only the credit reputation? Now introducting reputation for internet users.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
If you take your net safety seriously, you will probably have anti-virus and a firewall and perhaps even an anti-spam program to stop the malicious software and messages getting at your home PC.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Source: australianit.news.com.au
"He lumped the thing back to Microsoft's headquarters and turned it over to a team of top engineers, who spent several days on the machine, finding it infected with more than 100 pieces of malware, some of which were nearly impossible to eradicate."
Source: sci-tech-today.com
Security experts issued a warning today about a newly intercepted spyware program called DigiKeyGen, which purports to give free access to pornographic Web content, but in fact blackmails unwitting users who have downloaded it.
Source: stason.org
Phishing is a social engineering showcase. Just as you thought SPAM was the worst thing that could have happened to email...