Mozilla boss John Lilly says Apple's inclusion of the Safari browser in iTune's update software is comparable to methods used to distribute malware, and undermines the trust between software producers and their customers. There's an implicit trust relationship between software makers and customers in this regard: as a software maker we promise to do our very best to keep users safe and will provide the quickest updates possible, with ... Read full entry

Suspicious spouses turn to spyware As if there's any need to remind computer users to keep their virus and internet protection suites up-to-date. Nasty computer spyware isn't only used by hackers to steal your credit card details - suspicious spouses have adopted it as a way of monitoring and controlling their partners' every online move. Spyware is software that is surreptitiously installed on a computer with the aim of collecting personal ... Read full entry

Behind the Alicia Keys MySpace Scam You might want to take a closer look at your MySpace "friends" and perhaps consider parting ways with those you've never met, or had any sort of association with outside of MySpace, if the Alicia Keys incident is anything to by. Some visitors to her MySpace page ended up with far more than they bargained for... such as malware and an assortment of ... Read full entry