Spyware rarely announces itself with pop-ups or flashing warnings. It slips into everyday routines, quietly tracking what you type, where you click, and which accounts you open, often for months ...

Microsoft Corp.’s announcement last week that it has purchased a small vendor of antispyware tools serves to highlight the growing seriousness of the spyware problem for users, according to security ...

I still remember when my dad got his first smartphone. After a whole day of figuring out how it worked, he exclaimed, "Well, there's an app for everything, it seems." Indeed, apps make our daily lives ...

After several months of testing, Yahoo has released an enhanced version of its Internet-services toolbar that now comes with a feature for removing often unwanted software such as spyware and adware.

Apple offers two options that are triggered by iPhone hardware and are not fully in software. Either “press and hold either ...

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 ...

The United States announced new sanctions Monday against a commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer whose program allowed easy access to almost any information stored on ...

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On top of collecting operators' profits and money for consumer redress, commission would like ability to impose civil fines on companies issuing spyware Organizations and law enforcement agencies ...

Users are advised to update the phone to the latest operating system in order to prevent the latest spyware attack.

Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the running of his now-defunct Michigan-based spyware company.