Information Security Incident reporting is the process of collecting and reporting suspicious, inappropriate, or unauthorized activity related to University electronic systems and data. This includes but is not limited to suspected account abuse, data theft, data loss (such as loss of a thumb drive with sensitive information), and system security breaches.
Spyware usually consists of a small program that is installed on your computer without your knowledge. It is used to track your online activity, compile that data, and then send the information to a third party over the Internet. Malicious websites are notorious for attempting to install spyware on the computers of unsuspecting web surfers.