Spyware

Much like Apple has done with their Apple Retail Stores, Microsoft seems as though it will be following the same pattern.

The free avast! antivirus now blasts spyware, too—and does it nearly as well as the top products.

clipped from www.canada.com Bank online security misleading, study finds Paul Van Oorschot, Canada Research Chair in Network and Software Security at Carleton University, and Ph.D. student Mohammad Mannan, a specialist in Internet security, tested the standard banking claim of a “100 per cent online security guarantee” against the fine print that makes it conditional on fulfilling complicated security requirements.

Seven vulnerabilities patched. Adobe has fixed several vulnerabilities in Flash the graphics and video software. The company classifies the patches as "critical" and advises people upgrade to the latest version, 9.0.124.0. All of the vulnerabilities could allow a hacker to execute code on a machine.

While GPS based spyware technology leaves behind tell-tale signs, a physical device that will be installed on your phone, typically behind the battery, you can have tracking spyware on your phone and have no idea. If your employer wants to keep track of you, they may provide you with a cell phone with a GPS tracking device installed. If you suspect that your movement is being tracked by your employer and that makes you uncomfortable, the simplest method of avoiding problems is to leave your company phone at home when you are off duty. If you are suspicious that you have tracking spyware installed on your telephone there are several things that you can do. If you are in a situation where you think that your location is being tracked, you will not want to venture out without a cell phone, but if you keep it turned off the spyware will not work. More Spyware News

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Part three of a three-part series on computer hacking within the Echo Boom generation.

The financial industry in the United Kingdom recently reaffirmed a policy that holds online banking customers liable for losses if they fail to secure their personal computers against data-stealing computer viruses. While this policy may seem surprising or even draconian to some Americans, the reality is that most U.S. consumers remain woefully uninformed as to their own security liabilities ...

Identity thieves are moving beyond traditional phishing attacks and using popular social networking and video-sharing sites to infect our computers with spyware.

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