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Spyware - Is someone watching you?
by Scott Hendison

What is Spyware?
Otherwise known as Adware, spyware tracks your Internet use, and reports it back to marketing companies. These marketing companies then use your web-surfing habits, your cookies, and other gathered information to “personalize” the popup ads, ad banners, and even your junk e-mail. There are other types of spyware too, that record keystrokes and passwords etc. but those are not commonly found or easily available to the public. For this article, I’m speaking of the spyware known as Adware.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 October 2007 )
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Phishing - New Security Threat

by Steve Shank

Very important: New Security threat.

What is it and How extensive is it?

Phishing is the name being applied to a significant new security threat. The Gartner Group estimates that 57 million U.S.

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 October 2007 )
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