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Monthly Archives: October 2008
EstDomains no more
Domain registrar EstDomains, which has been targeted by security researchers as being complicit in various malware, phishing, and illegal pharmaceutical schemes, has been deaccredited by ICANN, the organization that oversees Internet domain names. According to a letter sent by ICANN … Continue reading
Tagged estdomains, icann, stopbadware
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Microsoft to release emergency Windows patch
Microsoft will release an emergency security patch for Windows tonight. This is unusual, as Microsoft typically releases security patches only once per month on what has become known as "Patch Tuesday." The rushed release may indicate that the security hole … Continue reading
Tagged patch, stopbadware, windows
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FTC warns about bank merger phishing attacks
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an alert this week about an uptick in phishing attacks preying on people whose banks have recently failed or been purchased: Phishers (pronounced “fishers’) may send attention-getting emails that look like they’re coming … Continue reading
Tagged ftc, phishing, stopbadware
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October infected network stats
In June we released "a report":http://www.stopbadware.org/home/badwebs with numbers from late May, showing the network blocks containing the largest numbers of badware sites reported by Google. We released updated in "July":http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2008/07/30/updated-infection-stats and "August":http://blog.stopbadware.org/2008/08/25/top-infected-network-blocks-for-mid-august. Here is another update from early October: |_.# … Continue reading
Asus bundles virus with new desktop PC
Dancho Danchev at the Zero Day ZDNet blog reports that Asus has accidentally shipped new desktop PCs with malware on the hard drives: Asus has confirmed and apologized to customers (press release in Japanese; translated version) for shipping malware on … Continue reading
Tagged asus, hardware, stopbadware
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Top 8 Cyber Security Practices
The National Cyber Security Alliance, which is coordinating the effort designating October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, has a list of the "Top 8 Cyber Security Practices." This list, although not new to many in the StopBadware community, is … Continue reading
Tagged ncsa, security, stopbadware
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Upcoming StopBadware webinar for nonprofits
Later this month, StopBadware will be giving a webinar on website & computer security for nonprofits, hosted by NTEN – the Nonprofit Technology Education Network. If you’re involved in technology for a nonprofit, and want to learn more about security, … Continue reading
Tagged education, nonprofit, nten, stopbadware
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Second call: Draft guidelines for public comment
Periodically, we update our Badware Guidelines to reflect what we have learned from the community and from our work. We have recently put together a draft of our new guidelines for software, and we’d like your feedback. Please let us … Continue reading
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Happy National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
Today marks the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, an effort to educate Americans about online safety: Each year, the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) joins with the National Cyber Security Alliance … Continue reading
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Gone Phishing
Our friends at Consumer Reports WebWatch turned a grant from the New York Attorney General’s office into a video educating users about phishing:
Tagged education, stopbadware, video, webwatch
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