Spyware

At an age when most boys were playing with Lincoln Logs and Legos, Scott Davis was enthralled with what to him was a plaything of a completely different sort - computers.

The war of the future could well be waged online as groups hone their abilities to attack critical services.

The country is the top source of organized scams on the auction site. The company has sent over equipment and a team to help the authorities there. This small industrial center in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains is not Albena Spasova's favorite destination. Driving the twisting highway makes her ill. Once she arrives, danger lurks.

Spear phishing, spyware and state-sponsored cyber-attacks will define the security agenda in 2008, a security company predicted today. Network Box predicted a rise in targeted attacks on senior level employees, and an increase in social engineering leaving employees' personal information and corporate databases wide open to exploitation.

Sintex Industries has received shareholders approval to raise over Rs 2,376 crore through issue of securities in domestic and international markets.

An anonymous reader writes "This year's democrat-controlled Congress largely ignored technological issues in favor of social problems, CNet notes in another 2007 retrospective. Issues important to the tech industry (such as net neutrality) received short shrift, while the political body spent a considerable amount of time decrying the evils of the Internet. 'Hot topics this time around included ...

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This is the first time fines have been imposed for the distribution of “adware” in Europe, OPTA was quoted as saying in a statement on Tuesday. Like adware, “spyware” is also secretly installed on a computer and keeps track of the infected computer’s surfing and other activities without the user’s knowledge. The two directors, who worked under the name of Dollar Revenue, had installed the software in such a way that it was practically impossible to remove. In 2006 they succeeded in infecting about 22 million computers, between 20,000 and 40,000 of which were in the Netherlands. They have used a number of methods to spread the malicious software, for instance, duping people into visiting a certain website or downloading a film of a tennis star. But once the mouse button was clicked, the adware or spyware would be downloaded, causing an immediate flood of adverts. More Spyware News

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Trojan.Win32.CP4000 is an imaginary Trojan name used to threaten and trick users into buying the rogue anti-spyware application Files Secure . The user gets infected after downloading the video codec that infects the computer with a nasty Trojan. This Trojan then displays false warning messages stating "Your browser was hijacked by Trojan.Win32.CP4000" and recommends to download the program (most probably Files Secure), which will "remove" this parasite. However, in real Files Secure will not fix your PC but might actually expose you to more security threats.

A Democratic-controlled Congress neglects what tech firms have been pushing for years--and even Net neutrality doesn't get attention.