Stories about: US Federal Trade Commission

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Fake Firefox update spreads unwanted app 05 February, 2010 01:30

The successor program to the notorious Zango spyware Toolbar is being used to target users of Mozilla's Firefox with fake browser updates, a security company has alleged.
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US FTC to examine cloud privacy concerns 07 January, 2010 09:05

In a development likely to be closely watched by Google Inc., Amazon.com, Microsoft Corp. and other vendors, the US Federal Trade Commission is examining potential threats to consumer privacy and data security posed by cloud computing services.
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How to beat 22 Web security threats 06 May, 2009 13:37

Forewarned is forearmed. We investigate the latest and most deadly tech dangers, and explain how to fight back.
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Spam is silenced, but where are the feds? 28 November, 2008 09:00

On October 14, the US Federal Trade Commission, with help from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a vast international spam network known as HerbalKing.
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US Congress to push for net neutrality legislation 14 November, 2008 08:46

The US Congress will push for net neutrality legislation next year, even though the US Federal Communications Commission has acted against broadband providers that it found to block or slow Web content.
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Credit card thieves ran a polite, professional help desk 08 August, 2008 09:45

The criminal network identified in the US Justice Department indictments this week as having stole tens of millions of credit card numbers used people with skills in technology, finance and black markets -- some whom were notably polite, attentive and productive.
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Soloway case reveals big business behind spam 16 July, 2008 09:07

Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king.
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Laptops lost like hot cakes at US airports 01 July, 2008 09:19

Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey.
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Researchers say notification laws in US not lowering ID theft 06 June, 2008 10:41

Over the past five years, 43 U.S. states have adopted data breach notification laws, but has all of this legislation actually cut down on identity theft? Not according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who have published a state-by-state analysis of data supplied by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Researcher: Ad software maker likely violates copyright 30 May, 2008 10:04

Some videos offered by advertising software maker Zango are likely being distributed without permission from the copyright holders, according to a spyware researcher.
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Benefits of personal health records will eclipse privacy concerns 08 May, 2008 08:27

In five years, the privacy debate over personal health records will be a over, and you and I will be storing our medical records at a central location. Why? Because the benefits of better care and less paperwork will outweigh our current fears about data breaches and inappropriate data sharing. Whether that central location will be Redmond, Mountain View or Boston will depend on whom we trust most with our medical information.