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 ...

Spyware is designed to stay invisible, so if it’s hiding on your computer, you’re not supposed to notice—at least not right away. I want to walk you through the specific warning signs, tools, and ...

Microsoft Corp. gave an official name to its software for protecting computer users against spyware. The software, which has been known as Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1, will be called Windows Defender ...

Microsoft has purchased Giant Company Software, a small anti-spyware software company it hopes will shore up its security defenses. Microsoft declined to say how much it paid for the 10-person company ...

Trend Micro today announced its intent to acquire privately held anti-spyware software provider InterMute Inc., which makes both consumer and enterprise SpySubtract products, for $15 million.

Read more about the commercial surveillance vendors threat and its ecosystem and learn how to protect from it. A new publication from Google’s Threat Analysis Group focuses on commercial surveillance ...

Internet giant Google on Tuesday named what it said are some of the worst offenders in the surveillance software industry and called on the United States and its allies to do more to rein in the sale ...

With the ink barely dry on Microsoft’s acquisition of antispyware company Giant Company Software questions have arisen about the ownership of the antispyware code Microsoft bought. Microsoft ...

Apple has issued a new warning to iPhone users that it believes have been targeted by spyware. The iPhone maker sent the notifications to users in 100 countries, according to TechCrunch, which spoke ...