Tag Archives: download

Safari Security Questioned; SBW Encourages Action

You may recall that StopBadware.org recently “played a role”:http://blogs.stopbadware.org/articles/2008/04/17/apple-responds-to-community-concerns in successfully encouraging Apple to improve its disclosure in pushing the Safari web browser to users through its Apple Software Update application. Now, Nitesh Dhanjani, a security researcher, “writes”:http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html about his … Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Drive-By-Download Follows on Heels of Fake Media Download

Over the last several weeks, users downloaded more than they were bargaining for from several P2P networks. “TechNewsWorld”:http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Trojan-Infected-MP3s-Have-PC-Users-Singing-the-Blues-62936.html?welcome=1210700213 reported on “McAfee’s Avert Labs”:http://www.mcAfee.com that more than 500,000 computers have been infected. Users download a faux-mp3 file from a legitimate music … Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Symantec Security Report Examines Second Half of 2007

Last week “Symantec Corp”:http://www.symantec.com/index.jsp released a security report summarizing findings from the last six months of 2007. Similar to findings in StopBadware’s “Trends in Badware 2007″:http://www.stopbadware.org/home/reports report, Symantec finds that badware, malware, spyware, and bots develop rapidly in the current … Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off