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Attacking phishing at the source: Attacking phishing at the sourceDomainKeys--it's a startNow if mandated changes were in effect 'with teeth' that enforced usage of PGP or GnuPG or S/MIME for signed encrypted email, that would take down the spam to 0%!RE: Attacking phishing at the sourceSince phishing has cost countless pains to so many people,...; Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, inactivism, Attacking phishing, restraint; Discussion threads 2008-07-09

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Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack: In the wake of the recent malvertising attacks where malicious flash ads were appearing at trusted web sites, evidence from multiple vendors and researchers indicates that spammers and malware authors have once again switched tactics, and are one again abusing legitimate services such as Google's Picasa and ImageShack. Whereas the...; Tags: Technique, Spammer, Malware, Google Picasa, Attack, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...; Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome: Mozilla CEO John Lilly said he has no worries about Google jumping into the open source browser market. In a blog posted on September 1 before the beta release of Google's Chrome yesterday, Lilly noted that Mozilla's Firefox has plenty of competition and reminded the public that...; Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0: Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0how about with Safari 3.x /4.x & OperaI would like to see comparison chart with with Safari 3/4 & operaRE: Google Chrome is insanely fast ... faster than Firefox 3.0Fast, yes, but without adblock or equivalent, too painful to use.Well,...; Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome: Steal this browser: Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...; Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox; Discussion threads 2008-09-02
Google Chrome, the security tidbits: Google Chrome, the security tidbitsweb apps[pre]Web apps can be launched in their own browser window without address bar and toolbar. [/pre]"Web apps" are better known as "phishing sites"RE: Google Chrome, the security tidbitsInterestingly Google has been prominently at the helm of "productive" apps even though it has been accused of...; Tags: cloud computing, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Web application, security; Discussion threads 2008-09-01
Google Chrome, the security tidbits: The oft-rumored Google browser is real. It's called Google Chrome and it comes with a handful of security-related features like privacy mode and blacklist-based blocking of phishing and malware sites. [ PREVIOUSLY: Google hires browser hacking guru ] A beta version of the...; Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Dennis Fisher, Web Browsers, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-09-01
Google to launch browser to battle IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?: Updated: Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsoft's Internet Explorer and apparently Mozilla's Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds. In an odd leak, Google sent Google Blogoscoped a comic book outlining the technology in its Chrome browser. The leak was...; Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Philipp Lenssen, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-01
Internet Explorer 8 beta 2: With the public release of its second beta, Microsoft said it intends for the Internet Explorer 8 browser to be more customer-oriented than previous versions of its browser. Our initial impression of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is positive: we think Microsoft has not only caught up with Opera, Safari,...; Tags: Web browsers, IE 8 beta 1, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.; Product reviews 2008-08-27
Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.: The next time you get the urge to enter angry messages to phishers on fake malicious Web sites, stop and consider this discovery by researcher Joe Stewart. The identity thieves behind the Asprox botnet have built extra logic into phishing sites to detect taunts and subject those...; Tags: Identity Thief, Asprox, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Banking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Financial Services, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-26
Microsoft confirms 'InPrivate' IE 8: When Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 browser makeover ships later this year, it will feature several nifty privacy features aimed at giving surfers control over their Web footprints. One week after bloggers discovered clues that IE 8 will include a private browsing (ahem, porn mode), Microsoft used the...; Tags: Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Twitter's "me too" anti-spam strategy: With Twitter's continuing growth, its popularity is logically starting to attract the attention of malicious parties, like spammers, phishers, and malware authors who wouldn't mind the fact that nobody is following them when they're actively updating several hundred users with their latest propositions. Last' week's Twitter announcement...; Tags: Strategy, Anti-spam, Spammer, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spam, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackersHundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackersThey must have been running linux...Busy between prayers;-)RE: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackersThe people who claim to be islamists aren't the only one's attacking that server.http://finao.nl/Click at your own risk:)Politically...; Tags: Hacking, Hacktivism, Islamic hacker, Dutch Web site, Islamic, HUNDREDS, hacker; Discussion threads 2008-08-25
Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers: In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Mandatory email: Mandatory emailWe need better emailFrankly, email is currently broken - spam and scams and phishing make it a mess to wade through, even with the best spam blocking stuff.Problem is, we decided to use "adaptive filtering" statistical junk rather than solid encryption and digital signatures. What do the spammers do?...; Tags: e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-08-25
Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?: Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?Surely.If the RIAA is able to prosecute people for allegedly 'making available' a few music files then why are these 'cyber criminals' not pursued so vigorously? After all your average file sharer is not making any money out of it. ...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Cyberthreats, Spam, Typosquatting, U.S, security; Discussion threads 2008-08-21
Typosquatting the U.S presidential election - a security risk?: Cybercriminals know how to take advantage of anticipated traffic by abusing the momentum of a particular event, like the U.S presidential election in this case. Everyone, from scammers coming up with legitimately looking donation sites that they will later on spam, to the a bit more complex blackhat search engine...; Tags: Campaign, Domain, Internet, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-21
Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret: Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...; Tags: Opera Software, Vulnerability, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-20
Novell as Microsoft's client state: Novell as Microsoft's client stateEntreeIt's MS who want entree into the Linux world and for Novell, well, it's 'business as usual'.Novell move forward with or without MS and only provide bridging vis a vis Mono and ZENworks and VM Xen API interfaces; all else is not IP infringed unless MS...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-08-20