Like viruses and other harmful programs, spyware is a huge security problem. Worse than a typical virus, a spyware program can send corporate data directly from your company’s client computers to an ...

If you can say one good thing about computer viruses it is that they spring up and die away quite quickly. The well-established ways to defend yourself against them mean you can swiftly find them, fix ...

Spyware modules are related to computer viruses, but pose a different type of threat to your systems. Spyware is created by underhanded, unethical marketers who want to monitor your customers' ...

The average computer is packed with hidden software that can secretly spy on online habits, a study has found. The US net provider EarthLink said it uncovered an average of 28 spyware programs on each ...

There are some computer programs that threaten online privacy that users may not know about. Plus, there is no privacy for people living inside the "Big Brother ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Most people who know me would probably agree that, on the whole, I am a pretty reasonable person willing to ...

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has released documents about the FBI's CIPAV (Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier), malware used by the Bureau to conduct surveillance on suspects.

Phones at Number 10 Downing Street have been targeted by hackers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told. Boris Johnson was made aware of "multiple" attempts to infect his team's phones with ...

Like viruses and other harmful programs, spyware is a huge security problem. Worse than a typical virus, a spyware program can send corporate data directly from your company’s client computers to an ...