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Monthly Archives: February 2008
StopBadware turns 2 and welcomes 2 new sponsors
In the two years since StopBadware began, we’ve grown considerably, in both size and scope, and we’ve witnessed an evolution in the ways badware purveyors distribute harmful software. Our basic commitment – to work towards a safer internet, guided by … Continue reading
Tagged aol, sponsors, stopbadware, trendmicro
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Stop Badware Nostalgia: Press Coverage 2006
As we move into our 3rd year we would like to ruminate on some of the highlights through our years. Starting with 2006 coverage we will move forward to the present day. *Highlights from 2006* StopBadware attracted notice from the … Continue reading
Tagged history, press, stopbadware
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Banner Mal-vertisement: Firstchoice Exposed
ForceUp.com has been connected with a recent mal-vertising campaign. Contacting companies and offering to advertise on their sites, Diane Samuels, representing forceup.com, has been linked with an SWF that “raised questions”:http://temerc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&p=3429107 for many of those contacted. Attempts to contact her … Continue reading
Tagged advertising, malware
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NCC Takes 17 Companies to Task for Unfair Licensing Agreements
The UK “National Consumer Council”:http://www.ncc.org.uk/ (NCC) issued a report on Feb 19th, 2008 questioning the legality of End User Licensing Agreements (EULAs). “This investigation”:http://www.ncc.org.uk/news_press/pr.php?recordID=377&PHPSESSID=a74528341fdfa9cd82fd9badf1a8721c corroborates findings from German and Norwegian research that companies exploit consumers using the language in these … Continue reading
“Fake Shareaza” takes over updates from the real thing
Users of the popular filesharing application Shareaza are reporting that a competitor has taken over a former Shareaza website and is using it to overwrite the real Shareaza application with an impostor posing as an update. How is that possible? … Continue reading
Tagged scams, socialengineering
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Presidential Campaign used as Malware Decoy
“Symantec”:http://www.symantec.com/index.jsp has noted that the presidential election frenzy is serving as clever camouflage for some malware distributors. Recently spotted: spam baited with “Hillary Clinton’s name”:http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2008/02/you_know_its_election_year_whe.html that leads to a Google redirect and, as Brian Krebs puts it, a “”spam-spewing zombie”:http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/02/fake_prez_campaign_video_sprea.html.” … Continue reading
Tagged malware, redirect, stopbadware
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Flash Redirection Poses Security Problems
Last Monday “Information Week”:http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206401955 carried an article on Adobe’s Flash technology as a potential vector for malware writers to co-opt a computer. “The problem is that [Flash] .swf files are being actively manipulated by malware authors to deliver [malicious] ads, … Continue reading
Tagged flash, malware, redirect, security, stopbadware
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StopBadware discussion group sees flurry of hacked WordPress blogs
We like to feature occasional guest posts from members of the StopBadware community. Below, guest poster and StopBadware discussion group volunteer Steven Whitney sheds some light on a recent flurry of attacks on WordPress sites: The StopBadware discussion group began … Continue reading
RealPlayer Follow-Up Report
Public response to StopBadware’s recent RealPlayer alert has generally been positive, and we are pleased to hear that RealNetworks plans to correct some of the behaviors which we identified in the alert in a future RealPlayer release. Nonetheless, we are … Continue reading
Tagged badware, realplayer, stopbadware
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