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February 26, 2010
By Nick Wingfield and Ben Worthen
Microsoft Corp. launched a novel legal assault to take down a global network of PCs suspected of spreading spam and harmful computer code, adding what…
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February 24, 2010
By Anonymous
Research just published by Kaspersky Lab claims to show that, whilst malicious software—including viruses, spyware, hackers and spam—detected…
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February 23, 2010
By Tom Demers
The focus on the utility (or lack thereof) of long tail keywords in paid search campaigns seems to ebb and flow, but recently a series of articles…
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February 22, 2010
By Michael Learmonth
Google is rolling out a long-delayed upgrade to DoubleClick’s core ad-serving technology—the world’s largest—which places billions of ad impressions on…
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February 22, 2010
By Tim Greene
Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host could work…
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February 18, 2010
By Siobhan Gorman
Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the…
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February 18, 2010
By Laurie Sullivan
Microsoft and Yahoo received approval from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Union to move forward…
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February 17, 2010
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Four little-known botnets were behind half of all botnet infiltrations in enterprises last year—and the No. 1 botnet hitting corporate networks carried the infamous…
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February 17, 2010
By Rob Garner
The company I work for just released a study on SERP (search engine results pages) click rates, and found that the sites surveyed received more than 95% of all…
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February 16, 2010
By Christopher Hosford
Google continues to dominate search queries in the U.S., but Microsoft’s Bing search engine is gaining market share, according…
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February 11, 2010
By Anonymous
Fewer botnets are becoming responsible for more infected machines, according to a report from McAfee. The anti-malware…
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February 11, 2010
By
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis…
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February 7, 2010
By Owen Fletcher
Chinese police have shut down what they called the country’s biggest hacker training Web site…
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February 5, 2010
By Steve Smith
Spyware was and still is the bane of neophyte PC users. I don’t know how many times over the years…
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February 4, 2010
By Liz Gannes
While relevant advertising is the only kind that’s useful, it’s creepy to see behavioral ads following you around the web…
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February 4, 2010
By Grant Gross
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would authorize hundreds of millions of dollars in spending on cybersecurity…
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February 2, 2010
By Mike Sachoff
The majority (69%) of media planners and agencies now use online advertising networks as part of their digital ad buys…
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February 1, 2010
By Wendy Davis
Several marketers sued Facebook for click fraud this summer, shortly after a flurry of complaints…
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January 28, 2010
By Laurie Sullivan
TRUSTe has developed a widget that provides consumers with the ability to opt-out from being targeted by advertisements…
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January 28, 2010
By Wendy Davis
Two Embarq customers have filed a new privacy lawsuit against the Internet service provider for allegedly funneling information…
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January 25, 2010
By Aharon Etengoff
Security researchers at the volunteer-based Project Honey Pot warn that spammers will increase their efforts to ensnare hapless Facebook users…
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January 25, 2010
By Charlie Abrahams
Over the last 15 years, the internet has revolutionised our lives and our businesses. It has provided a doorway…
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January 22, 2010
By Juan Carlos Perez
China’s search engine usage grew slower than in the other major search markets in 2009 and fell considerably…
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January 22, 2010
By Brian Krebs
The cyber attacks against Google, Adobe and a raft of other top U.S. corporations late last year were…
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January 21, 2010
By Mike Zapler
Stepping up the Obama administration’s commitment to promoting a free and open Internet around the world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…
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January 20, 2010
By Robert Westervelt
Security architects who monitor and manage many of the underlying systems that ensure smooth data flow…
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January 20, 2010
By John E. Dunn
Two simple techniques could be used to strangle botnets, a security expert has claimed. First, block email port…
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January 17, 2010
By Byron Acohido
Do-it-yourself cybercrime kits are driving a surge in Internet-borne computer infections. DIY kits have been a staple…
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January 14, 2010
By Ken Parnham
The phrases “Survival of the fittest” and “getting more with less” have never been truer. The online advertising market is a tough place…
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January 11, 2010
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Yet another botnet has been shut down as of today as researchers joined forces with ISPs to cut communications to the prolific…
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January 6, 2010
By Robert Westervelt
PandaLabs, the malware research arm of Panda Security, issued its 2009 annual report Tuesday, outlining the continued rise of more sophisticated…
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January 5, 2010
By Robert Lemos
Build-your-own-botnet kits based on a family of malicious software known as Zeus account for about one out of every ten botnets…
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January 5, 2010
By Richard Frankel
With so many new exchanges and exchange-like companies coming into existence, there is a tremendous opportunity for new kinds of efficiencies…
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January 4, 2010
By Robert Lemos
People have one more reason to celebrate the new year, according to the Shadowserver Foundation: Nearly a million Conficker-infected computers…
