Lenovo settles Superfish adware complaint, fined $3.5m
Lenovo settles with the FTC over its Superfish adware fiasco and is now banned from asking for consent in its end user license agreement.
Lenovo settles with the FTC over its Superfish adware fiasco and is now banned from asking for consent in its end user license agreement.
Australian online-classified site Gumtree was hacked and used to spread malware via online display ads, while a large US healthcare provider was shut down after a malware infection and only partially recovered days later.
David Braue | 04 Apr | Read more
Taiwan computer maker Asus must undergo independent security audits for the next 20 years as part of a settlement over the sale of insecure routers.
The volume of mobile spam messages touting free gift cards sharply fell after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed complaints in early March against eight companies, according to antispam vendor Cloudmark.
Jeremy Kirk | 18 Apr | Read more