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Earlier Spyware stories

Mac security site littered with malware

Gamekeeper turned poacher

12 Mar 09:28

Chinese mobile users targeted by Trojan

Smart mobile malware

5 Mar 11:57

Malware removes rival rootkits

Worm wars get stealthy

Channel Register 28 Feb 15:05

InfoJack Trojan burrows into Windows CE machines

China syndrome - for now

27 Feb 12:01

Dodgy affiliates use malware to flog Symantec and Check Point

Malvertisement break

12 Feb 08:57

FBI sought approval to use spyware against terror suspects

Analysis Magic Lantern reloaded

8 Feb 19:40

Spyware another weapon for domestic abuse

Remote controlling spouses

31 Jan 14:37

Rogue ads infiltrate Expedia and Rhapsody

When legit sites attack

30 Jan 21:53

Skype Trojan wiretap plan leaks onto the net

We have ways of hearing you talk

29 Jan 17:24

Spotted in the wild: Home router attack serves up counterfeit pages

Drive-by pharming

23 Jan 10:13

Facebook blocks Secret Crush over adware row

Spurned Zango pleads innocence

8 Jan 16:05

'First' iPhone Trojan rolls into town

More a prank than a threat

7 Jan 17:15

Ransomware Trojan locks up infected PCs

UK regulator probes pay-by-phone extortion

3 Jan 15:08

Sears admits to joining spyware biz

On page 10 of 54-page diatribe

3 Jan 01:04

Russian Feds close in on Pinch Trojan authors

Tales from the Underground

21 Dec 10:48

Dutch regulator slaps spyware purveyors with €1m fine

Millions of PCs infected

18 Dec 16:01

Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers

Coordinated attack

Channel Register 7 Dec 21:35

Miscreants subvert search results to punt malware

Using botnets to plant links and nurture zombie farms

28 Nov 2007, 16:37

Webroot taps UK-based email filtering firm

Anti-spyware firm moves into security services

Channel Register 27 Nov 2007, 12:18

Germany seeks malware 'specialists' to bug terrorists

Daft plan gains further traction

21 Nov 2007, 13:09

PS3 firmware update filters web content

Yes but how much will it cost to use?

Reg Hardware 16 Nov 2007, 13:55

World of Warcraft spykit gets encrypted

Increases effective stealth level by 5

15 Nov 2007, 22:49

Alicia Keys hit by MySpace Trojan hack

Fallin'

9 Nov 2007, 16:59

Software cracking tools open the door to malware

One in six PCs harbour dodgy utilities

31 Oct 2007, 11:15

FTC demands bigger spyware penalties

Raising the fine line

30 Oct 2007, 16:36

Security researchers plot revamped anti-virus tests

Behaviour-based testing

10 Oct 2007, 10:47

Yahoo feeds Trojan-laced ads to MySpace and PhotoBucket users

'High risk creative' on out of control web

11 Sep 2007, 00:30

Trojan-fuelled botnet menaces UK eBay users

Updated Auction giant guards against attack

10 Sep 2007, 11:34

ISPs turn blind eye to million-machine malware monster

Cablevision and Comcast coddling criminals?

10 Sep 2007, 06:02

Zango abandons PC Tools adware lawsuit

Adware classification rumpus

29 Aug 2007, 17:26

Sony bundles rootkit-like software on USB drive

Hits replay on CD debacle

29 Aug 2007, 10:29

Webmail-creating Trojan targets Gmail

Captcha buster spreads

15 Aug 2007, 15:46

Russian phishers loot $500K in two-year hacking spree

Turkish banking customers target in long-running scam

2 Aug 2007, 16:14

Spyware hackers raid Calif. city coffers

Wild Wild West

12 Jun 2007, 17:52

Anti-spam sites weather DDoS assault

Storm Trojan fingered in tempest

11 Jun 2007, 14:37

US House passes another anti-spyware bill

The cure could be worse than the sickness

7 Jun 2007, 02:26

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