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Tag Archives: drive
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
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
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
Social Networking Sites are Rewarding for Badware Producers
Social networking sites are fun. I’ve spent unknown hours procrastinating with them and my experiences have generally been favorable. Logging onto my account recently, I found multiple private and public messages from a contact, a high-school friend, who was trying … Continue reading
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