Remote controlling spouses Spyware is becoming a tool of domestic abuse, according to security researchers.… Read more…
When ‘free’ isn’t free An online advertiser that falsely claimed consumers had won free prizes has agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to the Federal Trade Commission, which says the outfit failed to disclose that people had to spend money first.… Read more…
When legit sites attack This story was corrected throughout to name Expedia.com as one of two sites found by Trend Micro and Sandi Hardmeier to be serving malicious banner ads. While Excite.com has been found in the past to also host attack ads, there are no recent reports it has done so recently.… Read more…
When legit sites attack Excite.com and Rhapsody.com are the latest name-brand websites to be found serving advertisements that try to install malware onto users’ machines, security researchers said. The sites join a Rogue’s Gallery of mainstream destinations that include MySpace, Excite, Blick, and CNN.com, which all have been caught carrying tainted ads over the past [...]
Feeling phished? Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button was designed to save web searchers time by automatically opening the first page of a query. It turns out the feature, and similar ones from other search engines, are increasingly helping junk mailers get around anti-spam products.… Read more…