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Monthly Archives: January 2008
RealPlayer is badware
StopBadware has released an alert identifying RealPlayer as badware. See our press release here and the complete alert here. Interestingly, RealPlayer 10.5 and RealPlayer 11, both of which are distributed widely, both violate our badware guidelines, but in different ways. … Continue reading
Tagged badware, realplayer, stopbadware
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Yet another attack method
The bad guys who spread badware for fun and/or profit have a new way to infect your computer: load badware onto digital photo frames, hard drives, and other devices that you’re likely to take home and plug into your PC. … Continue reading
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Sun Java Update
Brian Krebs at the Washington Post points out an update available to Sun Java, which many PC users have installed, even if they don’t realize it. The update reportedly includes a number of security fixes. Brian’s post provides instructions on … Continue reading
Tagged java, stopbadware, update
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Secure your router
Many home and small business users have a wired or wireless router that allows them to share their high-speed internet connection and that helps to protect their network. According to a report from security vendor Symantec, failing to secure your … Continue reading
Tagged router, stopbadware, vulnerability
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Half of malware-distributing websites have been hacked
Security vendor Websense has released a report showing that half of the malware-distributing websites it examined in the second part of 2007 were otherwise legitimate sites that had been hacked. The report points to unpatched software vulnerabilities and problems on … Continue reading
Watch out for rogue anti-spyware (even on the Mac!)
According to security vendor F-Secure, MacSweeper is a new player to avoid in the rogue security software game, and is likely the first fraudulent anti-spyware product targeted to Mac users. Rogue security software coerces users into downloading supposedly beneficial software … Continue reading
Tagged apple, fraud, mac, rogueantispyware, socialengineering
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Tracing an ad attack
The folks at MacHouse have posted a nicely detailed analysis of the steps they went through to track down the origins of a malicious banner ad they found on their own website. MacHouse traced a malicious flash ad through a … Continue reading
Tagged adnetworks, ads, thirdpartycontent
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My SHC Community report released
We have just released a report identifying as badware the My SHC Community tracking application that we mentioned here a few days ago. The finding of badware was due to inadequate disclosure of extensive tracking and data collection and to … Continue reading
Tagged report, sears, stopbadware
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My SHC Community
Sears Holding Corporation (SHC), the parent company of Sears & K-Mart KMart [updated 01/07/08] stores, has recently come under fire regarding their My SHC Community application, developed by VoiceFive, a subsidiary of comScore. The concerns are focused around whether users … Continue reading
Tagged comscore, disclosure, sears, stopbadware
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