Google malware watchdogs ban mom-and-pop shops
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But not MySpace One morning last week, Alan Jay, director of Digital Spy, woke up to discover that Google was warning millions of web surfers that his UK-based entertainment news site was one "that may harm your computer."â¦
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Sanctions against botnet operators The Federal Trade Commission, the US consumer rights watchdog, has succeeded in shutting down four illegal spamming operations judged to have breached federal anti-spam laws. Targets of the lawsuits included an operation that offered the supposed chance to "date lonely wives" and two outfits that allegedly bombarded unwilling recipients with lurid ads for pornographic web sites, sent via compromised PCs.â¦
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Google, the paid-search advertising company, has been hit by a computer worm this week which used its website to disable potentially tens of thousands of internet notice boards.
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Spyware has come under target of the Federal Trade Commission with a new complaint filed in federal court which is requesting that two Internet based advertising and software firms be closed.
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It's a Swedish smackdown: To protest Perspektiv Broadband's AllOfMP3 morality play, the Pirate Bay bans the ISP's users. In Monkey Bites.
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Symantec has revoked its decision to blacklist a program that allows Web surfers in China to browse government-blocked Web sites. The move follows reports that the firm labelled the Freegate program, which
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Google's search appliances could expose Web sites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks.
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(InfoWorld) - I search, therefore I am. That was the rude lesson AOL subscribers learned last month when the Internet giant thoughtlessly released reams of data on searches that its users conducted. Sure, the usersâ identities were removed, but as people quickly figured out, you can tell a lot about who somebody is by looking at what theyâre looking for. Now it turns out that those Blackberries and smart phones we drag around with us are talking, too. Mobile device security company Trust Digital reported last month that used smartphones and PDAs for sale on eBay can reveal reams of information â 27,000 pages, to be exact â about their former owners. The company purchased 10 mobile devices from eBay and salvaged data, including personal banking and tax information, corporate client records, product road maps, computer passwords, and contact address books, the company said in a statement. Most of the data was in the flash memory of the devices because the previous owners didnât properly cleanse the equipment using a âhard resetâ that would have erased the data. With the use of multifunction mobile devices growing rapidly within corporations, mobile data leaks are already a big problem, and enterprises should be investigating software to secure data on mobile devices, Trust Digital said. Luckily, the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is on the job. At this monthâs CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show, the group plans to announce new, open specifications to embed trust into mobile devices that will give added protection against data loss, as well as malicious code and spam, according to Mark Redman, principal engineer at Freescale Semiconductor and a member of TCGâs Mobile Phone Working Group, which is developing the new specification. The specifications will cover areas such as user data protection and privacy, allowing users to protect personally identifiable information, address books, and other credentials from being accessed. TCG isnât saying when mobile devices will be made available with security based on the new specifications, but a six- to 18-month gap isnât uncommon, said a TCG spokeswoman.
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DECEMBER 21, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Antivirus companies are warning Internet users about a new, fast-spreading worm that infects Web servers running a popular package of online bulletin board software and uses the Google search engine to find
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By Phil Mulkins, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 15--Dear Action Line: My kids think I'm an old fuddy-dud and bought me a computer with Internet service to "modernize me." On Monday, you said there were sneaks out there using "spyware" to steal my identity.
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Google has been sharply criticised in a report looking at the privacy policies of popular net firms.
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Organic The Australian competition watchdog has accused Google of "misleading and deceptive conduct".â¦
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England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive away kids who congregate outside shops and in other areas.
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New sales of these once-popular products have been banned. Now what?
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The latest malware trend should prompt you to think twice about the links you click next time you search.
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England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.
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These sites employ some interesting tactics in their efforts to take away some of Google's pie.