Egy álcázott kémprogram titokban felveszi a beszélgetéseket, valamint fényképeket és videókat készít, majd továbbítja azokat parancs és vezérlő szerveréhez.

Új eszközt adott az újságíróknak és az emberi jogi harcosoknak az Amnesty International.

Germany's Der Spiegel, citing secret documents, also reported the NSA has backdoors in Juniper, Cisco, Huawei and Dell products

The spyware has been used against South Korean military systems, according to McAfee.

Foreign-made devices or even parts are sometimes deliberately infected with spyware and malware, official says.

VB100 díjat nyert a VIPRE Antivirus+Antispyware

Ma már szinte minden, magára valamit is adó vírusirtó fejlesztő cég büszkén hirdeti, hogy terméke a kémprogramok ellen is védelmet nyújt. Ha azonban egy antivírus programra hagyatkozunk a spyware-ek ellen, az olyan, mintha ejtőernyő helyett mentőmellényben ugornánk ki a repülőgépből.

Washington's attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state's 2005 Computer Spyware Act.

Microsoft Corp. this week defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool against charges that it acts like spyware because it constantly checks in with Microsoft when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.

AOL LLC is letting users test a new security tool that analyzes their PCs and home networks and alerts them about gaps that could leave them vulnerable to viruses, worms, spyware and other threats.

Search engines deliver links to dangerous Web sites that download spyware and adware to visitors' PCs, exploit security vulnerabilities and attempt to scam users and include them in spam lists, a new study has found.