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- Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads
- A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign. According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...
- Tags: Advertisement, Gawker Media, Suzuki, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)
- ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, antivirus, SpyBot, ultimate guide, TrendMicro RUBotted, Trend Micro Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- STasks Process Manager 1.8 (Windows)
- AntiSpyware, AntiTrojan, AntiVirus - small and powerful soft. Working as manager of Windows Tasks with allow and deny list of processes and applications. The most important is to populate right the allow and deny list to have a good security. What you must to check when the STasks software show...
- Tags: Window, Microsoft Windows, Virus, SaschArt, STasks, Windows Service, Construction, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms
- Software downloads 2009-09-13
- EyeWonder malware incident affects popular web sites
- During the last couple of hours, visitors of popular and high trafficked web sites such as CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Gamespot, WorldOfWarcraft, Mashable, Chow.com, ITpro.co.uk, AndroidCommunity; Engadget and Chip.de, started reporting that parts of the web sites are unreachable due to malware warnings appearing through the EyeWonder interactive digital advertising...
- Tags: Web, EyeWonder, Malware, Web Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- News to know: Morro reviewed; RIM; Intel; Windows 7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Cloud Computing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files
- Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe filesThey should....Default to show all extensions and give people the ability to hide them if they prefer, not sure why they would, but the option would be there. This is a good point to make and I hope...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, UAC, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Scareware pops-up at FoxNews
- There have been numerous reports from affected users that a scareware variant of PersonalAntivirus and ExtraAntivirus has been poping-up at FoxNews.com during the last couple of days, through a malvertising campaign. This most recent case of malvertising (MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising; Fake Antivirus XP...
- Tags: Web, Advertisement, Campaign, Network, Web Site, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model
- Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business modelGluttons for punishmentSo the Conlicker botnet only runs on Windows PCs? How long must Windows users put up with this stuff before Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows and starts over. I just don't understand why they can't make an OS without all...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Conficker, business model, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Scareware meets ransomware: "Buy our fake product and we'll decrypt the files"
- A newly pushed scareware called File Fix Professional 2009 (FileFix Pro 2009), has the potential to influence the way in which spreaders of rogue security software optimize their revenue in the future - by encrypting critical business files and requiring a $50 purchase of the fake...
- Tags: Network, Security Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security, Viruses And Worms, Investment, Finance, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- Rogue security software spoofs ZDNet Reviews
- Impersonation is a form of flattery by itself, however, not when it comes to the very latest round of rogue security software this time impersonating ZDNet, CNET's and PC Magazine's reviews section, making it look like legitimate and highly respected technology sites have actually reviewed and recommend the rogue security...
- Tags: Software, Security Software, Impersonation, O1, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- News to know: More Kindle, Intel, IT Talent, Google energy
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Christopher Dawson: Kindle 2.0: Give me a Classmate instead Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Kindle 2 - It is what it...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Smart Phones, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Fake Antivirus XP pops-up at Cleveland.com
- Have we reached the phrase when targeted advertising would equal evasive malware campaigns pushed through third-party ad networks, to a geolocated set of visitors only? Could be. During the weekend, rogue antivirus XP pop-ups were served to visitors of Cleveland.com, according to visitors' complaints which I also managed to verify....
- Tags: Advertisement, Network, Antivirus, Ad Network, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire
- Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what's promoted as a Remote Administration Tool, has in fact built-in antivirus software evading capabilities, rootkit functionality and tutorials on...
- Tags: Malware, FTC, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued
- The software purveyor behind AntiVirus XP, a fake anti-virus package, has been sued and will hopefully be put out of business. There has been plenty of information available on this organization for some time, yet unsuspecting consumers continue to hand over their own money for what amounts...
- Tags: Software, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows XP, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit Vista
- Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit VistaI disagree that if Windows 7 is only 64 bit that ....... it will be a total nightmare. Part of the reason Vista x64 has problems is because it was released in 64 and 32 bit doubling the qual;ification effort of everyone involved. ...
- Tags: Network technology, Operating systems, accountability gap, antivirus, 64-bit, operating system, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- With IE 7, green means go for legit sites
- With IE 7, green means go for legit sitesSounds like Opera 9.1's Fraud Protectionwhich uses TrustWatch to verify sites.Microsoft and it's continuing saga of innovations . I do recall an extension that does the same on Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 6 , and it goes by the name of...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, phishing, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2006-11-13
- Vista app compatibility: What's the story?
- Vista app compatibility: What's the story?Vista CompatibilityThere is a wiki maintained at http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List that gives a fairly exhaustive list of what works and doesn't.KnowledgeBase Article URL is BadThis article is exactly what I need today. However, the URL involving the KnowledgBase Article is missing. Can someone post the correct URL?...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-21
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