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Officials at CyberDefender and Crawler traded barbs recently over a press release issued July 27 about Crawler’s Spyware Terminator 2.0 and Web Security Guard. In the release, Crawler officials stated that the real-time anti-spyware protection in Spyware Terminator coupled with Web Security Guard’s Internet threat prevention produce “the industry’s first totally free, full Internet [...]
CIPAV, which stands for “Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier,” is secret surveillance software that was used by the FBI last month to help identify the sender of almost daily e-mailed bomb threats to a Washington high school. Although at least one security professional agreed that CIPAV fits the description of spyware, much of what [...]
Spyware is not anything new. The term Spyware was coined in 1995 but it gained the prominence from 2000. As of 2007, spyware has become one of the top security threats to computer systems irrespective of the Operating Systems. If you ask most PC users they will probably tell you that they have bitter experiences [...]
Supt Jerome Hardenberg, of Western Cape’s commercial branch of the SAPS, said two cases of this sophisticated scam had already been uncovered where WIN-SPY software was downloaded on public computers at Internet cafes, and activated when specific information that could be used to commit fraud was monitored. Hardenberg said the software installed on computers could [...]
The federal agency charged with protecting consumers from Internet scams now finds itself wrapped up in one. Identity thieves have sent thousands of bogus e-mails purporting to be from the Federal Trade Commission — as well as from the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department — in an attempt to trick consumers into divulging [...]
By offering a single family of security wares for each area of the enterprise — client, server and edge — Microsoft hopes to bolster enterprise security by reducing the cost and complexity of managing those tools. While none of the Forefront tools can secure non-Microsoft environments or be considered “best of breed,” they’re all contenders. [...]
A new Internet scam uses email greeting cards being sent via spam email and the Reno Police Department warns people to be cautious when opening emails that say they have received a greeting card. “Like many other internet fraud schemes, would-be criminals are sending emails that claim the greeting card is from a family member, [...]
The spyware code named CIPAV or “Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier” appears to initially reveal all the usual information about the computer it’s installed on. For example IP/MAC addresses, list of open TCP and UDP ports, particulars about the operating system and Internet browser as well as user information. Then the application [...]
The Internet is a dangerous place full of privacy invaders, scammers, and hackers availing full advantage of your internet activities. You need to take certain preventive measures to avoid these threats. Spyware may get installed via certain shareware programs offered for download. Downloading programs only from reputable sources can provide some protection from this source [...]
The FBI planted spyware on the computer used by a Washington state teenager to finger him as the person behind a rash of bomb threats e-mailed to his high school, court documents revealed this week. The 15-year-old, a former student at Timberline High School in Lacey, Wash., pleaded guilty Monday to making the bomb threats, [...]
CNET reporter Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache recently conducted an interesting survey among 13 anti-spyware vendors. They asked that, if federal investigative authorities installed spyware on the machines of suspected wrong-doers, would the anti-spyware companies silently go along? In other words, if any of those suspects used the company’s anti-spyware software, would that software not [...]