When you do business with a company, how long does it then get to use the information it learns about you? And if you ask them to please not send you e-mail, how often can they send you e-mail to see if you’ve changed your mind? Those are some of the questions one reader was [...]

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Enigma Software Group, Inc. (the "Company") , a technology and services company that creates and develops Internet Privacy Protection and Computer Security Software and Applications for Internet users, today announced a total of 3,560 new, renewal and third-party subscriptions for the week ending December 2nd. This represents an increase [...]

McAfee and Cox Communications on Monday announced a partnership to deliver a suite of antivirus and security software applications for high-speed Internet customers logging on through the country’s third-largest cable company. Dubbed the Cox Security Suite, the offering will be available to Cox high-speed broadband subscribers early next year at no additional cost. It includes [...]

Nearly 33% of websites are infected with downloadable malware, after infection rates almost doubled in the past year, according to research from the Sans Institute.  Users’ confidence in online security is waning, leading small and medium sized companies to lose business, it said. The security training organisation last week published its annual list of the [...]

CompTIA study finds that organizations perceive spyware as a bigger security threat than worms, viruses and browser-based attacks Spyware leapfrogged ahead of viruses and worms to become the biggest security concern in 2007, according to survey results from the Computer Technology Industry Association. 

Anti-spyware specialist Webroot has announced a merger with UK-based software-as-a-service firm Email Systems, expanding its provisions from desktop security software to a full range of managed services for business.  Email Systems offers email and web management and protection services, including encryption and archiving as well as security, for corporate and ISP customers. The merged company, [...]

Police questioned the suspected teenage kingpin of an international cyber crime network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions of US dollars from victims’ bank accounts, officials said Friday. Working with the FBI and police in the Netherlands, New Zealand police raided the home of the 18-year-old in the North Island city of [...]