http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1161/all xx http://www.itworld.com/government/69202/chinas-porn-filter-blocks-falun-gong-sites Internet filtering software that China plans to distribute nationwide blocks content related to a spiritual movement banned in China, despite government claims that the software targets only porn. http://www.itworld.com/government/69202/chinas-porn-filter-blocks-falun-gong-sites#comments Government Internet News China Falun Gong regulation spyware Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:25:49 -0400 ITworld staff 69202 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66761/fbi-ethical-hacker More details are emerging about how the FBI engages in hacking and the planting of spyware. http://www.itworld.com/security/66761/fbi-ethical-hacker#comments Government Security Opinion FBI hack spyware Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:37:14 -0400 ITworld staff 66761 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66654/fbi-used-spyware-catch-cable-cutting-extortionist The FBI used spyware to catch a Massachusetts man who tried to extort Verizon and Comcast by cutting 18 data- and voice-carrying cables in 2005, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Wired.com revealed yesterday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66654/fbi-used-spyware-catch-cable-cutting-extortionist#comments Legal Security News Comcast FBI spyware Verizon Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:36:45 -0400 ITworld staff 66654 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/62443/its-not-your-computer If the company provides the computer, the company owns the computer and has the sole right to decide how the employee uses that computer and what software can be loaded. Locking down Windows-based systems stop a wide variety of security problems. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/62443/its-not-your-computer#comments Business Endpoint security Hardware Internet Operating systems Personal tech Security Small business Software Tech & society Windows Video ComputerWorld spyware The Daily Show viruses Windows Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:21:31 -0500 James Gaskin 62443 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/58919/court-allows-spyware-program-go-back-sale A Florida company that sells a spyware program must change advertising pitches that emphasized the product's clandestine nature, a federal court has ruled. http://www.itworld.com/legal/58919/court-allows-spyware-program-go-back-sale#comments Legal Security News CyberSpy FTC spyware Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:51:52 -0500 ITworld staff 58919 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/58497/how-spyware-nearly-sent-teacher-prison If there's a poster child for the dangers of spyware, it's Julie Amero. Here's her story. http://www.itworld.com/security/58497/how-spyware-nearly-sent-teacher-prison#comments Legal Security Interview spyware Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:10:15 -0500 ITworld staff 58497 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/58262/spyware-case-finally-closed-teacher-julie-amero Former schoolteacher Julie Amero has paid a $100 fine to end her infamous spyware case. She had been facing 40 years in prison http://www.itworld.com/legal/58262/spyware-case-finally-closed-teacher-julie-amero#comments Legal Security News Julie Amero spyware Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:35:48 -0500 ITworld staff 58262 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/58015/us-court-halts-sale-spyware-program A U.S. court has ordered a software company to stop selling a program that secretly records keystokes on a person's PC, the FTC said Monday. http://www.itworld.com/legal/58015/us-court-halts-sale-spyware-program#comments Legal Security News FTC spyware Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:50:08 -0500 ITworld staff 58015 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/56784/aberdeen-group-2008-email-security-report With 130 billion email messages sent daily – at least 100 billion of which are spam, likely carrying malware that could deploy a botnet or spyware on your machine – are you feeling safe? http://www.itworld.com/security/56784/aberdeen-group-2008-email-security-report#comments Security Research botnet email security spam spyware Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:25:58 -0400 ITworld staff 56784 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/55758/phishing-emails-exploit-browser-weaknesses Most web browsers are supposed to protect people by implementing security zones. These safe zones use different security settings of a web browser, which can vary based on the location of the web page being viewed. Phishing emails can lure users to a malicious code web site. http://www.itworld.com/security/55758/phishing-emails-exploit-browser-weaknesses#comments Security Feature Firefox malware phishing spam spyware Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:59:06 -0400 gzammit 55758 at http://www.itworld.com