A highly sophisticated adtech operation is tracking users, stealing device data, and pushing malware on illegal streaming and ...

When you think of malware, it's understandable if your mind first goes to elite hackers launching sophisticated dragnets. But unless you're being targeted by a nation-state or advanced crime syndicate ...

Crusader is an adware program that displays advertisements, modifies text in search results, and displays tech support scam alerts depending on the web sites that you are visiting. This adware ...

Many people think of adware as a form of malware, but that's not necessarily true. Adware is software that helps serve advertisements to you on your computer, usually within a web browser (though ads ...

Google has struggled for years to keep malicious applications from sneaking into the Play Store, but a new round of takedowns is highlighting the challenge of getting the problem under control. At the ...

Researchers found 152 Chrome extensions with 105,000 installs tied to adware, data collection, and fake Google organic traffic.

The Мини тесты TrueTest Google Chrome extension is an adware program that displays advertisements on web sites that you visit. These advertisements will be in Russian and will be for dating sites, ...

Surely some of the advertisers whose products appear as adware-delivered popups must be aware of what’s going on. The question is, how many? A new report (PDF) from the Center for Democracy & ...

Toyota Motor executives are adamant about respecting their customers' privacy, and they say they won't alienate buyers with Web monitoring and other controversial online marketing tactics. So they ...

The decision by adware leader Claria to postpone its initial public offering comes as the fast-growing business of advertising-supported software is increasingly coming under pressure. For years, ...