The word 'virus' gets tossed around a lot. Here's what actually counts, what to watch for, and how to stay two clicks ahead ...

A new type of spyware has been discovered being sold to various governments throughout the world and is meant to be used to spy mainly on journalists, activists, and political opponents. Here is what ...

Spyware and adware are pouring into enterprise desktops. How severe is the threat? And what can be done about it? Desktops littered with pop-up ads, computers grinding to a halt under the weight of ...

Have you ever wondered if someone is secretly watching your every keystroke on your computer? I know, it’s creepy to even think about. Yet this is a reality because of a type of sneaky spyware called ...

Rep. Shontel Brown of Ohio and two other Democrats have demanded answers about a foreign-made surveillance tool that can ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you ...

Experts say Commission is ‘fanning the flames’ of the continent’s own Watergate An arsenal of angry European Parliament ...

The move will give the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to the company’s powerful hacking software — known as Graphite — which can hack mobile phones and encrypted messaging ...

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The deployment of Paragon's Graphite spyware was a major scandal in Italy. Earlier this year, the messaging app WhatsApp revealed that 90 journalists and civil society figures had been targeted by the ...

A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new ...