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PC World November 2005 Anush Yegyazarian |
Security by the Numbers Cybercrime and worries about online safety continue to grow. Here's some statistics on trends, product use, and losses relating to online security issues. |
InternetNews December 1, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Anti-Spyware Tools All the Rage The market for anti-spyware tools will hit $305 million by 2008, according to new research from IDC. |
PC World July 2005 Andrew Brandt |
Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection? Determining what classifies as spyware is a difficult problem, and would-be spyware manufacturers try to make sure their software is not blacklisted by the major anti-spyware tools. |
CRM June 1, 2005 Marshall Lager |
Fear and Loathing in the Database A company's CRM system might make it vulnerable to hackers, but with risk comes opportunity. |
PC World November 2005 Mary Landesman |
Best Defenders No, you don't need to put up with PC-clogging, privacy-invading spyware. New and potent tools for killing it dead. Spy Sweeper 4.0... Platinum Internet Security 2005... McAfee AntiSpyware 2006... CounterSpy 1.029... Interview with Gregor Freund on the future of spyware... |
InternetNews April 23, 2007 Roy Mark |
A New Fight Against ID Theft Improved cyber security, increased law enforcement and public education top the recommendations of President Bush's Identity Theft Task Force plan issued today. |
PC World October 2005 Mary Landesman |
New ZoneAlarm Tackles Spyware Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm Security Suite 6 provides firewall-based spyware protection, but may require too much user interaction. |
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark |
DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Joel Bruckenstein |
Securing Yourself And Clients Identity theft poses a serious threat for financial advisors and their clients. Here are steps to take to prevent identity theft and related security concerns. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 George Hulme |
May I See Some ID, Please? Identity theft continues to be consumers' top complaint, and ID theft-related complaints are on the rise. Bank-related identity theft comprised 18 percent of all ID theft complaints. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran |
ID Theft Hits Paper Harder Despite growing fears of online fraud related to Web-based banking services, the increase in identity theft is hitting consumers closer to home than in cyberspace. Identity theft crimes are more often committed off-line rather than online. |
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Roy Mark |
States Lead Congress on Breach Protections While federal lawmakers dither on data-breach legislation to protect against identity theft, states take matters into their own hands. |
InternetNews August 23, 2005 Tim Gray |
Most Spyware Born in The USA Spyware purveyors are developing and deploying new tactics to deliver infectious malware to corporate PC's faster than IT executives can enlist solutions to block them. |
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark |
New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code. |
PC Magazine October 28, 2003 Sebastian Rupley |
Lock 'Em Out Take steps to protect yourself from identity theft. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 David Kushner |
Making Computer Crime Sexy A look at cyber crime in the movies and real life. |
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Toddi Gutner |
What's Lurking in Your PC? Because it's so new and still evolving, many computer users don't understand spyware. Here's a quick tutorial to bring you up to date on this insidious problem. |
InternetNews September 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
AOL Rolls Out New Spyware Killer AOL is rolling out new spyware-killing software from Computer Associates to its users in an effort to combat the daily deluge of intrusive code. |
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
How To Stymie The Snoop In Your PC Besides viruses, now you have to watch out for spyware. This software snoops on your online activities and sends the info to third parties without your knowledge. Learn how to protect yourself from these sneaky programs. |
PC World December 2004 Bob Tedeschi |
Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed. |
PC Magazine November 30, 2004 Sebastian Rupley |
Spies Behind Bars Has your browser been hijacked lately? The biggest crackdown on spyware yet got underway in October when the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill declaring spyware illegal. |
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Most Americans Say 'Net is a Danger to Kids A survey finds that 94 percent of consumers agreed that the Internet presents a threat to children. |
PC Magazine August 17, 2005 Ryan Naraine |
The Lookout: Ducking Spyware More that 90% of Internet users in the United States have altered their online behavior significantly to counter the threat of spyware programs, according to a study. |
Inc. March 2007 |
What We're Worrying About These days, computer security threats are coming from all directions. Here's what is keeping entrepreneurs up at night, according to a recent survey by the research firm Forrester. |
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Roy Mark |
Consumers Whistling Past the Security Graveyard Less than 20 percent of American home computers are adequately protected against viruses, spyware, hackers and other security threats. Nevertheless, an overwhelming majority of users believe they are safe from an attack. |
InternetNews May 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
Trend Micro Acquires InterMute Trend Micro's acquisition of InterMute brings more spyware protection into the company's fold. |
Bank Technology News January 2003 Mark Bruno |
A New Breed Of Criminals Identity heists could drain $500 million this year. Staying ahead of the thieves may be the only way to curb the rise of identity thefts. |
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner |
New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft. |
Inc. August 2003 Robert X. Cringely |
They've Got Your Number Identity theft using a combination of computer technology and government information is a major crime just waiting to happen. |
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Report: ID Theft Haunting Bank Customers Banks need to address the growing concern among their customers over ID theft, or risk losing them. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2004 Ivan Schneider |
Who Was That Masked Man? MSU professor talks about the problem of fighting ID theft and the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act. |
InternetNews January 8, 2004 Roy Mark |
From Anti-Spam to Anti-Spyware The nation's largest ISPs jockey for position with the latest round of home safety and security tools. |
PC World July 2004 Tom Spring |
Striking Back at Spyware States, feds consider regulating intrusive software. |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
How Will They Scam Thee? Danger is lurking everywhere, it seems. The Federal Trade Commission issues a top 10 list of fraud complaints. Americans are being slammed by scams everywhere they turn. But is this a bona-fide crime wave, or just a good headline? |
InternetNews November 5, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC to Congress: Lose the Anti-Spyware Plans The Federal Trade Commission again warned Congress today that anti-spyware legislation is unnecessary with the existence of adequate fraud laws to contend with spyware perpetrators. |
InternetNews January 25, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas |
Ganging Up on Badware Harvard and Oxford team with Google, Lenovo and Sun for an online neighborhood watch. It will write standards and testing procedures to define what badware is, a topic of much contention with online advertisers. |
InternetNews February 12, 2010 |
Study Puts Identity Theft Cost at $54B in 2009 Research firm Javelin estimates that more than 11 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a 12 percent increase that led to tens of billions of dollars in costs. |
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Security Vendors Team Against Spyware McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thomson Cyber Security Labs plan to create a standard method for evaluating spyware products. |
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 |
Blogs of the Month Two recommended links: one details how to protect your self from viruses, spyware and other technology-related intrusions; and one which discusses psychometrics and testing and assessment practices. |
InternetNews June 8, 2005 Roy Mark |
Bad Actors Safe Under Spyware Legislation? Congress should do less, rather than more, when it comes to federal anti-spyware bills. |
PC Magazine November 1, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware Despite superb firewall protection, we can't recommend ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware as a spyware solution. |
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
ID Theft And Internet Fraud Declining? New studies indicate that the Internet isn't as dangerous as other places. |
Bank Technology News February 2005 Holly Sraeel |
Hot on the ID Theft Trail: Will the Real Jane Doe Stand Up? Welcome to the world of identity theft, where the snatch of an individual's social security number begins that unsuspecting individual's downward financial spiral. |
InternetNews August 22, 2005 Tim Gray |
EarthLink Goes Security Shopping The third-largest ISP bought the assets of anti-spyware maker Aluria Software and plans to use the technology in its upcoming security suite aimed at business users. |
InternetNews August 26, 2005 David Needle |
Hunting Down Spyware Tenebril says its SpyCatcher Enterprise blocks more spyware than competing products. Enterprises now spend over $130,000 per month in IT time fighting spyware-related issues. |
Searcher November 2005 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Another Phine Kettle of Phish: Identity Theft Prevention Ten things to do today to protect yourself against identity theft. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2004 Tom Taulli |
Our Money, Our Lost Identities There are many threats to our pocketbooks in the online world. Entrust's plan to put a stop to it can have a big impact for e-commerce. The company posted revenues of $21.3 million, which was a 6% increase from the same period a year ago. |
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel |
Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem. |
PC Magazine December 9, 2003 |
Phishing for Online IDs Spam and viruses are enough to worry about, but now online fraud is reaching epidemic proportions. |