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Brand impersonation: A cautionary tale

Brand impersonation: A cautionary taleNot realisticSounds great, but it's not realistic. The variations proliferate so fast no one can keep up. Years ago all you needed was a .com domain. Then came .net and .org. Now there are dozens of national variations. Remember MikeRoweSoft.com? With the number of social...

Tags: Branding, brand

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

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

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activation

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activationWhen are those Dells with Ubuntu going to be available?ntAdrian thanx for this story .I'd like to hear what the boys from the Microsoft hood have to say about this one . Man/Woman these stories just keep on getting better by...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, impersonation, Taskmgr, trojan horse, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

Additional Resources

Counting vulnerabilities is pointless

Suddenly it doesn't matter any more? Vulnerability count is an indication of software qualityIt goes directly to the process the vendor went through to root out vulnerabilities before shipping. At least if you compare products with the same general purpose and which receives the same amount of scrutiny.Time to fix...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, risk period

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Internet Explorer posts largest loss since '08; Firefox, Chrome, Safari gain

This is going to get very bloody and it does not look good for IE. If allMicrosoft has to look forward to is a kick from Windows Seven defaulting to IE to help slow the slide of IE, this does not bode well for MS. Further, if the OEMs start...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5.2, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Bing grabs a bigger slice of search market

Bing grabs a bigger slice of search market Why ZDNet stories are unreliable......"In July, Microsoft and Yahoo combined had just 8.77 percent of the global search market, _down_ from 8.45 percent in June." underlines mineTell me how ZDNet math does not stink. Ok let's wait now for ZDNet's own...

Tags: Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Pathchecker: An RFID Application for Tracing Products in Supply-Chains

This paper presents an application of RFIDs for supply-chain management. In the application, it considers two types of readers. On one part, one has readers that will mark tags at given points. After that, these tags can be checked by another type of readers to tell whether a tag has...

Tags: Supply Chain, Tag, Supply Chain Management (SCM), RFID, Enterprise Software, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2009-07-07

Twitter provides sneak peek of 'verified accounts'

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone posted a blog entry today in response to the frivolous lawsuit filed by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa after his account was impersonated. Stone wrote that the law suit was "an unnecessary waste of judicial resources." The law suit, however, was an...

Tags: Account, Twitter, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-06

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

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. Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Brand impersonation: A cautionary tale

Folks, it appears that someone has deemed me worthy of personal brand impersonation. Here's how to minimize that risk. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Brand, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-19

SMART Disk Monitor 8.0.0.33 (Windows)

SMART Disk Monitor is a network-wide disk space monitoring tool enabling system administrators to centrally monitor free disk space, SMART predictive failure, directory sizes, user access permissions, file extensions, and recently accessed files.Remotely monitor your servers free disk space, apply warning and critical thresholds, automatically clear alerts for re-notification, monitor...

Tags: Monitor, Disk, Microsoft Windows, Corner Bowl Software, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-05-06

Axigen Mail Server 6.2.2 (Windows)

A complete messaging solution with outstanding technical support, Axigen Service Provider Edition offers speed, security and reliability. Its failsafe, intelligent storage system helps you avoid any interruption of service or loss of data. It ensures smooth, automatic migration from any third party mail server and helps build better, more appealing...

Tags: Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-03-09

Malware-infected WinRAR distributed through Google AdWords

Scammers are at it again - taking advantage of Google sponsored ads for acquiring traffic in order to redirect it to malware-infected copies of legitimate software. win.rar GmbH is warning users of an ongoing fraudulent AdWords campaign pushing a malware-infected copy of WinRAR, the popular archiving application. Starting from the...

Tags: Google Inc., Zango, Google AdWords, WinRar, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-20

The Security of EPC Gen2 Compliant RFID Protocols

The increased functionality of EPC Class1 Gen2 (EPCGen2) is making this standard the de facto specification for inexpensive tags in the RFID industry. EPCGen2 supports only very basic security tools such as a 16-bit Pseudo-Random Number Generator and a 16-bit Cyclic Redundancy Code. Recently two EPCGen2 compliant protocols that address...

Tags: Protocol, Florida State University, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics

White papers 2009-01-01

Press "Upload" on that Video: "Point Is Not To Bust People,'' Says NBC

The point is to actually make fair use  -- fair and creative use -- use of someone's professionally produced content, if you're going to post a video online. The executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal, Rick Cotton, this afternoon said that 99 percent of...

Tags: Corporate Communications, Marketing, NBC Universal Inc., Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Video, YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Cyber terrorists to face death penalty in Pakistan

According to a recently signed "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" in Pakistan, any person who commits cyberterrorism causing the death of other people will face death penalty or life imprisonment : "Whoever commits the offence of cyber terrorism and causes death of any person shall be punishable with...

Tags: Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Black Hat Las Vegas Day 2

Again, sorry for the late updates.  Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person.  Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference.  Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to consistently forgetting to bring my camera, but...

Tags: black hat, microsoft corp., applet, image, vegas, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-09

Fake CNN news items malware campaign spreading rapidly

A currently active malware campaign taking advantage of a known social engineering tactic, namely, to entice the spammed user into clicking on a site with a fake news item in order to trick them into installing a fake Flash player (flashupdate.exe; get_flash_update.exe and watchmovie.mpg.exe), was massively spammed last night, with...

Tags: malware, social engineering, cnn, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, e-mail, viruses and worms, security, online communications, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Securing Voice Networks

Converged voice and data communication can be more secure than traditional PSTN communication with proper planning and design. Voice-related threats include toll fraud, denial of service attacks, impersonation exploits, and eavesdropping. This white paper discusses some voice-related threats and mechanisms available to deal with them, including network infrastructure, endpoints, call...

Tags: Global Knowledge, Network, Telecommunications, Voice, Voice Network

White papers 2008-07-22

Online brand-jacking increasing

With the evolving sophistication of online scammers' understanding of social engineering and trust building online, the techniques they use to build authenticity into their scam propositions have started directly influencing a targeted brand's reputation online in the most negative way possible - the loss of a customer's trust into the...

Tags: Brand, Scammer, MarkMonitor, Phishing, Branding, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-03