Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

Old Articles: <Older 2061-2070 Newer>

BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ben Elgin	The Case Against Direct Revenue Patrick Jordan made it his business to learn whether "adware-free" software really is pop-up-free, paving the way for law enforcers.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 Ben Elgin	Curing Your Computer of Spyware What's the Rx? Check out these free and reliable programs that can rid your PC of a stealth infestation.
InternetNews July 5, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	The Month of The Browser Bugs Begins A researcher found another critical hole in IE, but Firefox and Safari aren't safe from attack.
InternetNews July 4, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Image-based Spam on the Rise Among the lead culprits in the spam overflow is a new take on an old technique called image-based spam.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	IE, Firefox Users at Risk From New Flaws Reports abound of a flaw that exists in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox Web browsers that could allow for unintended information disclosure that could put users at risk.
PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	The 10 Biggest Security Risks You Don't Know About Hackers, scammers, and identity thieves are constantly coming up with new ways to attack your PC and your privacy. Here are the newest perils and how to foil them.
InternetNews June 26, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Is Browsezilla a Malware Magnet? PandaLabs alleges the freely available Browsezilla Web browser intentionally inserts malware onto a user's PC. Browsezilla developers dispute the allegation.
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Neil J. Rubenking	Expert View: Security's Shaky Structure Whatever happened to trustworthy computing?
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Another Government Security Breach According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, unknown hackers may have illegally accessed a USDA database containing the names, Social Security numbers and photos of current and former agency employees.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Next-Gen Bank Trojans Are Upon Us Regardless of how much damage they may have done in the past, a new generation of banking Trojans is beginning to appear, and they're game for even more pilfering, according to at least one security researcher.
<Older 2061-2070 Newer> Return to current articles.