Organized cybercrime groups, particularly the merchants of spyware, have become really organized in the last few years — as in punching a virtual clock from 9 to 5. And according to Symantec Corp.’s Kevin Richards, an increasing percentage of spyware and other forms of malware that security researchers are discovering ...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 3, 2007 (PodTech News) — The finalized merger of BellSouth and AT&T included an unprecedented agreement with serious implications for network neutrality. Also, security issues set the year off to a jittery start, with a short-lived malware virus and a short-lived Gmail vulnerability. The holiday season closed ...

“Diane,” (not her real name), is a middle-aged, college-educated consumer who bought her first Mac about a year ago. Before that, she was a PC-user. Her main reason for switching was to avoid viruses and malware. She bought her second Mac, a laptop, this Christmas. Diane speaks with Inside Digital ...

Two big events in the San Francisco Bay Area kept the tech industry abuzz this week. PodTech has reports from the Web 2.0 Summit and the Dow Jones Consumer Electronics conference. Also, a look at a new way high-tech criminals have found to get malware onto your computer. And we ...

Is your computer riddled with spyware, adware and other malware? ShortCuts security expert Rocky Oliver shares his tips for beating the spyware menace. Rocky recommends two freeware programs:
Ad-Aware
Spybot Search and Destroy

More info:
www.ibm.com/ShortCuts

Here is what Microsoft had to say, “In his keynote address at the RSA Conference 2006, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates shared Microsoft’s immediate and future plans to achieve a more secure digital future, where interconnected networks worldwide allow people to work and play across a ...