It's Here; It's There; It's Spyware
May 21, 2006
By DAN MITCHELL
FOR all the improvements in computer security, using the Internet is growing only more dangerous — both at home and at work.
The annual Web@Work survey, conducted by Harris Interactive for the security firm Websense, found that the number of companies reporting spyware infestations had jumped 50 percent in the last year alone, and now nearly 92 percent of companies report that they have found spyware on their networks (websense.com).
Spyware is a somewhat loose term, and can mean anything from often innocuous Web cookies to Trojan programs that can hijack a computer.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/
FOR all the improvements in computer security, using the Internet is growing only more dangerous — both at home and at work.
The annual Web@Work survey, conducted by Harris Interactive for the security firm Websense, found that the number of companies reporting spyware infestations had jumped 50 percent in the last year alone, and now nearly 92 percent of companies report that they have found spyware on their networks (websense.com).
Spyware is a somewhat loose term, and can mean anything from often innocuous Web cookies to Trojan programs that can hijack a computer.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/