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How rogue antivirus software vendors avoid scrutiny from credit card companies
In a bid to trace the flow of loot to vendors of rogue antivirus software, researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara infiltrated three scareware affiliate networks as part of a
Can you trust your own laptop?
Yet another case of peeping via webcams has surfaced, this time with a 20-year-old computer repair tech arrested on suspicion of installing spyware on an unknown number of Mac laptops. This case is
Peeping computer repairman is cautionary tale for outsourcing maintenance
A computer repair tech has been arrested for spying on women undressing and showering, via software he installed on the Mac laptops he repaired. The twist is that 20-year-old Trevor Harwell allegedly
Microsoft issues warning of new browser-specific scareware
Microsoft has issued a warning about a new scareware racket that tries to trick users into installing a rogue anti-virus software , a relatively new malware vector that has gained increased prominence
