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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Hackers gaming search results with malware
In the last few days, there has apparently been a surge of badware-distributing web sites that trick search engines into thinking they’re legitimate. Researchers at Sunbelt Software first reported the gaming of Google results a few days ago, with articles … Continue reading
Transparency and responsiveness
Wired has an article about the U.S. government’s lack of a transparent, responsive process for individuals who are on the terrorist watch list to request removal if they are innocent. According to the article, even the process they do have, … Continue reading
Tagged bbc, government, stopbadware
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We’re millionaires!
Traffic to StopBadware.org recently reached the one million unique visitors per month mark, a major milestone in our two-year history. The majority of our visitors come to us through Google’s warning pages, while many others find us through blog posts, … Continue reading
Tagged milestone, stopbadware
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Happy Thanksgiving from StopBadware!
As our readers in the United States will know, this Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday. StopBadware, along with the rest of Harvard University, will be closed Thursday and Friday this week in observance of the holiday. We will reopen on … Continue reading
Tagged stopbadware
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Safe shopping tips
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the National Cyber Security Alliance have released a set of “10 Tips for Safe Holiday Shopping Online.” Click the link for the full version, but here’s a summary of the tips: Check out the … Continue reading
Tagged shopping, stopbadware
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Save the date: Anti-Spyware Coalition public workshop
The Anti-Spyware Coalition, of which StopBadware is a member, will hold its next public workshop on January 31 in Washington, DC. The theme for the day will be “Spyware: What’s Worked, What’s Left, and What’s Coming.” The ASC’s last conference … Continue reading
Tagged antispywarecoalition, asc, events
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StopBadware, Mozilla, and Google
On CNet yesterday, Chris Soghoian blogged an interview with Mike Shaver at Mozilla. In it, StopBadware’s role is mischaracterized. It turns out it was nothing more than a misunderstanding, and we’re happy to be working with Mozilla to set the … Continue reading
Tagged cnet, firefox, google, mozilla, stopbadware
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Responding to feedback, and looking for more
BBC columnist Bill Thompson has posted a thoughtful critique of Google’s safer searching warnings, and StopBadware’s involvement in the reviews process for websites. Thompson raises some common concerns we often hear from owners of websites which have been flagged by … Continue reading
Background images emerging tool of MySpace hackers
MySpace users, look out for a new brand of website hacking technique that’s emerged over the past week. The hack inserts code that loads a background image linking back to a badware site, and has so far had several prominent … Continue reading
Russian Business Network badware shop goes underground
The internet security community is buzzing with the news that the Russian Business Network (RBN), a notorious group of professional badware distributors and online criminals, has pulled down its websites and abandoned its IP addresses, effectively vanishing from the internet. … Continue reading
Tagged badware, crime, hacking, rbn, russianbusinessnetwork
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