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Yahoo Messenger gets plug-ins

Yahoo Messenger gets plug-insYahoo is focusing on the wrong thing....Yahoo should focus on its messenger as a whole, to get it BETTER. Not fill it with spamwaretm and crapwaretm. I'm so sick and tired of bulked up messengers. Or better yet, clean out all the fake 'p0rn'...

Tags: Mac Client, minor, Yahoo! Inc., porn bot, Yahoo IM, plug-in

Discussion threads 2006-06-19

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McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCs

McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCsWouldn't it be best to inform peopleIf they have zombie PC's in their homes? I mean, it isn't like the ISP's couldn't see that "Hey, this data is shooting to a known zombie PC site.... let's inform the person who uses this...

Tags: Zombie PC, McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company Prevx

BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company PrevxDid the BBC break the law?Surely what the BBC did was in contravention of the UK Computer Misuse Act?They made unauthorised changes to people's computers without their permission. Sophos has been asked many times by the media to take part in...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Team management, SECURITY, Spam, team, British Broadcasting Corp., botnet, BBC team

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Password stealing malware masquerades as Firefox add-on

Password stealing malware masquerades as Firefox add-onAll it takes is will, of which there is none.ISPs don't care, and won't take any steps to simply cut them off for fear or anyone complaining. TripleIICut them off from the worldHow long would these sites last if we told the hosting...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), password, Internet Service Provider, TripleII, malware, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware sued

Infamous vendor of "AntiVirus XP" badware suedcombofix, smitfraudfix, etcI used all the usual tools to remove at least one incarnation of this s__tware, and it still kept coming back! Had to run the "uninstaller," then run smitfraudfix, then manually remove the folders and registry keys!All I can say is...Thank goodness...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, antivirus, Infamous vendor, AntiVirus XP

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Another free security utility: Trend Micro's RUBotted

Another free security utility: Trend Micro's RUBottedI'll not payAntivirus, anti-malware, anti-bot, anti-adware.... Where does it end? It's like having several different gangs extorting protection money from your small neighborhood grocery store. Really, one single "anti-bad-stuff" package should do it all.How about RU-Ed-Bott-ed?Mr. Bott frequently comes out and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Astaro, RUBotted, Trend Micro Inc., security utility, Microsoft Windows Vista, Norton Co., security

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Blogger hit by Skype porn spam, plays along for a bit

Well, if Austin Powers happened to be on the Skype session that blogger Jeremy Wagstaff participated on the other day, "hey bybee" might have been his first reaction to a very solid citizen named Veronica Sexy popping up. Instead, it's Jeremy that fields...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Blogger, Jeremy Wagstaff, Instant Messaging, Blogging, Web Site Development, Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-12

Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims

Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victimsEven with best practices and techniques, I still delete phishing e-mails.Sorry, won't happen. I'm happy to outsmart phishers! :)Tiny URLsI'm surprised that none of the phishers have yet to discover services like Tiny URL.just need a new programto track down the phishers and dump...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, best practice, e-mail, phishing

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

SANS Institute paints gloomy security picture

SANS Institute paints gloomy security pictureMy suggestion - shut down the internetIs there anyone willing to do that ? Well, I didin't think so. So stop whining, and take care of your turf. Accept that we're not at a point where we have a world police, but we are at...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Spyware, adware & malware, Deodorant, gloomy security, security picture, Internet, rich content, SANS Institute, security, village, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

Zero Days: How to protect yourself

Zero Days: How to protect yourselfMy take...if it's so dangerous and all... then stop using the internet all together. Come on let's be real here. I mean as much as I dislike Microsoft even I will admit that the last couple years have been pretty quiet on the scale of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SECURITY, Zero-Day

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

In zombies we trust

In zombies we trustIn microsoft fools trustTheir junky, bug filled code is to blame for all of these woes. The incompetent manner in which they develop and test their so-called 'operating system' has built an empire of bloated security application vendors, with no incentive to improve as it may hamper...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., root kit, zombie

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Confronting the Ron Paul legions

Confronting the Ron Paul legionswhat theLet me ask you this, don't you think it is a possibility that someone that hate's Ron Paul and freedom intentionally sent this corrupt posting so that you guys can write articles condemning him. I suppose the 8 million dollars he raised these last...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, Ron Paul

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

This stripper is paid in Captchas

This stripper is paid in CaptchasDistributed wetware computing? nt.Couldnt capcha block remote linking?just a thought.RE: This stripper is paid in CaptchasDon't they know this will make them go blind?This is not really new.This is pretty old news. I've heard about this theoretical "porn site" attack against Captchas for a...

Tags: CAPTCHA

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

Yahoo! vows crackdown on pedophiles

Yahoo! vows crackdown on pedophilesPedophiles and InternetPedophiles are very smart online, they are manipulative far above the normal person..children don't always see the important of internet safety..some do..for those who don't, they don't realize how well the pedophile groom them...it is ashame that children are targets to sexual abuse online,...

Tags: INTERNET, pedophile, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-06-29

Senators adopt Web labeling requirement

Senators adopt Web labeling requirementDoes the coding have to be visible?Can it be put in the META tags? That would make sense. Visible warnings on every page doesn't.Hey here is a visible warning on top of a page which already HAS explicit sex. DUMB.Here we go againWe think...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Channel management, Sexually-Explicit, porn site, Web

Discussion threads 2006-06-27

Congress mulls slew of Net-sex rules

Congress mulls slew of Net-sex rulesDear God, Make the hurting stop!!!I am up to hear about the first person that has Orin Hatch's computer remotely destroyed. So.. Did anyone stand up for privacy or removing legislation on the internet? Did anyone consider letting the ISPs decide what to or...

Tags: Due Process, U.S. Congress, child pornography, Internet

Discussion threads 2006-06-27

Law enforcement battles with botnets

Law enforcement is wise to phishing and botnets but with increased police attention the problem is getting worse, not better, reports News.com. At presentations at the Computer Security Institute's NetSec this week, representatives of the Dept. of Justice and the Air Force's Office of Special Investigation said cybercrime...

Tags: Wendi Whitmore, Special Investigation

Blog posts 2006-06-16

Worm wriggles through unpatched Yahoo flaw

Worm wriggles through unpatched Yahoo flawWell doesn't thatjust suck! Maybe they shouldn't use Yahoo mail? (I am being fatecious...) Yahoo mail is good for registering online for talkbacks and stuff.Story is very weakBoth the story and the linked symantec advisory are weak.What is the payload? Are only MSIE...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., worm

Discussion threads 2006-06-12

Circuit City forum hacked to infect users with spam bots

Circuit City learned today that their customer forum was recently hacked, exposing their users to malware. The forum software, Invision Power Board, had a security vulnerability that was patched on May 17. Initial reports indicated from May 13 until today, Circuit City estimated that about 200 registered users visited. A...

Tags: Web site development, Internet service providers (ISPs), Spyware, adware & malware, Web technology, Spyware, Cyberthreats, bot, Circuit City Stores Inc.

Blog posts 2006-06-02

Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic

Spyware tricks have become increasingly devious, making spyware and adware stick to machines longer, more difficult to remove and sometimes impossible to see with ordinary methods. In the spyware tricks series I wrote about seeing installations with multiple resuscitators, increasing numbers of randomly named files, even randomly named folders. Internet...

Tags: spyware, Direct-Revenue

Blog posts 2005-12-20