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Security Fix: Letter From the Anti-Spyware Coalition Conference

Brian Krebs writes on Security Fix:

As long as I have been writing about computer security, the number one complaint and help request from readers has consistently been how to eliminate or ward off threats introduced by spyware and adware. Now that I've spent the day at the first annual conference of the Anti-Spyware Coalition in Washington, D.C. -- an organization headed by the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology -- it was clear that the ever evolving threat of "badware" is presenting serious challenges, not just for law enforcement officials and policymakers, but for the vanguard of the tech security and advertising communities as well.

The twin themes that I heard throughout nearly every track of the conference were that a large portion of the spyware problem is being fueled by the advertising imperatives of Fortune 500 companies, and that -- ironically -- the scourge of spyware is perhaps most pronounced in the business environment.

posted by Fergie @ 2/10/2006 10:47:00 AM