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- Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak
- The recently leaked accounting data of thousands of Hotmail users -- Gmail has also been affected -- obtained through what appears to be a badly executed phishing campaign, once again puts the spotlight on the how bad password management practices remain an inseparable part of the user-friendly ecosystem. ...
- Tags: MSN Hotmail, Password, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- ASP.NET CAPTCHA Control,Component 2.0 (Windows)
- The AspXtremeCaptcha .NET web control & compoment that creates and validates image and sound CAPTCHAs Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, which can easily be used from ASP.NET application with just drag & drop from the Visual Studio Toolbox, no need to modify the .config...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Windows, Safabyte
- Software downloads 2009-09-29
- Google reCAPTCHA could raise bar in anti-bot, anti-spam battle
- Well what are other options?I'm not knocking your concern because it is a valid point. But does that mean we just leave everything open to bots and spammers? What could be done for the disabled? I thought reCAPTCHA had some ways of handling this.What about for the deaf-blind?Implement CAPTCHA or...
- Tags: anti-spam, reCAPTCHA, Amazon.com Inc., CAPTCHA, bot, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- 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
- Michael Jackson's death themed malware campaigns spreading
- The sudden death of Michael Jackson quickly opened a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to capitalize on. With a malicious spam campaign, blackhat SEO search results poisoning which is serving scareware within the first 100 search results for Michael Jackson's death, and an opportunistic participant in Zango...
- Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, Spam, Michael Jackson, Malware Campaign, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- 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
- 56th variant of the Koobface worm detected
- Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008. According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...
- Tags: Infection, Malware, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD
- 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: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Microsoft exec outlines Windows 7 security [video]
- Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system. Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, explains at the RSA Conference in San Francisco how it...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Video, Microsoft Corp., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'
- 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. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Google's CAPTCHA experiment and the human factor
- Any research is prone to irrelevance if it starts with the wrong research questions, takes the wrong perspective, or in this case, attempts to fight the wrong enemy - automated bots attempting to recognize CAPTCHAs. Researchers at Google recently released a paper detailing a new CAPTCHA system...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Koobface Gang Mixing Social Engineering Vectors, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu
- 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. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- News to know: Microsoft's reversal, Obama's policies, MySpace, Apple netbook
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments Sam Diaz: Microsoft backpedals on severance payback ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Citrix Systems Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, MySpace, HL7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- News to know: RIM, Facebook TOS, Apple-Adobe, Android
- 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 Andrew Nusca: SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating Sam Diaz: Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA
- Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHAWell... Not exactly..But you just did....But surely even the M$ apologists wouldn't be stupid enoughTo say [i]that[/i]. Even Yahoo mail has a higher market share then [i]hotmail[/i], and Yahoo mail pales in comparison to Gmail..Microsoft is the ...It seems Microsoft is the Play ground for...
- Tags: Spam, CAPTCHA, Microsoft Corp., Play Ground, Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Spammers break Microsoft Live Hotmail CAPTCHA...again
- The latest version of Microsoft Live Hotmail's CAPTCHA authentication system has been broken, reports InfoWorld via security company Websense. According to a detailed analysis of the latest hack by Websense, spammers have come up with a new scheme to fool the...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Spammer, Websense Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail systematically abused by spammers
- With the industry's eyes constantly monitoring the usual suspects' use of phony hosting providers, another market segment within the underground marketplace has been developing beneath the radar, aiming to build a malicious infrastructure (Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts; Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack) through...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Anti-spam, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Spam, Internet, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters
- Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...
- Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
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