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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Google glitch causes confusion
This morning, an apparent glitch at Google caused nearly every [update 11:44 am] search listing to carry the "Warning! This site may harm your computer" message. Users who attempted to click through the results saw the "interstitial" warning page that … Continue reading
Tagged google, stopbadware
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Openness versus consumer protection? Android, iPhone, and transparency
If you follow news about the Android mobile phone platform, you may have seen recent allegations of malware against a third party application available on Google’s Android application market. It’s unclear whether or not the application in question, MemoryUp, was … Continue reading
Tagged android, apple, generativity, google, iphone, transparency, zittrain
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President’s cyber security plan misses the (end)point
President Obama’s cyber security plan is revealed within the Homeland Security agenda posted on Whitehouse.gov. The plan echoes many of the recommendations made in a report (PDF) by the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency. The elements, all … Continue reading
Tagged obama, policy, stopbadware
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New bots, more badware sites?
In recent weeks, a new worm known as Conficker/Downadup has been making the rounds, turning many (reportedly millions) of PCs into bots. At the same time, the number of badware sites Google has reported to us has been steadily increasing, … Continue reading
Tagged botnets, google, stopbadware
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The dark side of automatic updates
When it comes to keeping client software patched against the latest known security vulnerabilities, automatic updates are one of the more effective mechanisms out there. By shifting the burden of checking regularly for updates from the user (we humans are … Continue reading
Tagged autoupdate, stopbadware
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Search engines as gatekeepers
Frank Pasquale wrote the other day at madisonian.net about the Jekyll and Hyde aspect of search engines as gatekeepers. When a single search engine dominates a landscape, as Google does in the U.S. and Baidu does in China, a drop … Continue reading
Tagged policy, stopbadware
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ICANN improves system for reporting false whois data
ICANN, which among other things oversees Internet domain registration, improved its system for reporting false whois data. ICANN requires accredited registrars—the companies that actually handle the registration of domain names—to obtain and publish accurate whois information for each registered domain … Continue reading
Tagged icann, stopbadware
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A fond farewell to CastleCops
The anti-malware world lost an important resource recently, as the venerable volunteer community at CastleCops shut down. CastleCops was a leader in focusing the generosity of many technically savvy volunteers on the malware problem, and members of its community have … Continue reading
Tagged castlecops, community
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