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Google blames

Google blames Google uploads exe'sI've seen Google exe's in my Temp Internet file folder.ITs all human errorComputers just speed up the process a million or so fold. To screw up is human, to really screw up requires a computer !!!Google blames ?human error? for search ?malware? hiccupGoogle has errors? Is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-31

StopBadware.org issues first reports

StopBadware.org, the newest anti-spyware group on the scene, promised to name the bad guys and today they issued the first set of reports on 4 badware pushers that consumers should avoid. StopBadware reported on 4 applications: Kazaa, SpyAxe, Waterfalls 3, and MediaPipe. Each report details the objectionable behavior of...

Tags: StopBadware, Spyaxe, Kazaa

Blog posts 2006-03-22

Additional Resources

Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?

Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...

Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-03

China's Green Dam and the cyberwar implications

Guest editorial by Oliver Day Chinese military leaders have always been aware of the military advantage the US has over the People's Liberation Army.  Reading through their published assessments of Sino-US war possibilities confirm our belief that we would dominate them in the...

Tags: Software, China, Vulnerability, Computer, Chinese Internet, Green Dam, Government, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Vertical Industries, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Morro FUD ...

Morro FUD ...You should've checked your emailPeople with subscriptions that were expiring in the last couple months were getting a free 6 month extension to OneCare.Norton AV 2009 isn't bad though. It's much faster than previous versions, but the Norton toolbar that it installs is garbage. I wouldn't...

Tags: Norton 360, Morro FUD, Norton Co., OneCare, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Google makes mistake, internet goes crazy

It must be tough being Google -- everything they do is under 24x7 scrutiny, and any mistake made is jumped on by anyone looking for a story. For example, for twenty minutes yesterday morning, every Google search result said "This site may harm your computer". It...

Tags: Google Inc., Site, Internet, Cyberthreats, Cloud Computing, Security, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-02-01

Google blames 'human error' for search 'malware' hiccup

Google is blaming "human error" for today's search results screw-up that flagged the entire Web as serving up malicious code. But the company's explanation, detailed in a blog post by VP of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer incorrectly linked StopBadware.org to...

Tags: Google Inc., Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Search, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-01-31

Google goes nuts with the

Google goes nuts with the Yeah ...... seems fixed nowRE: Google goes nuts with the Death to Google. Talk about a Hijack. RE: Google goes nuts with the I've tested it too. No matter where you are located (I've tested it threw different location proxies) the bug seems worldwide!Maybe Fixed?...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Google Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-01-31

UPDATE x5: Google goes nuts with the "This site may harm your computer" warnings

I'm getting reports that Google search is going nuts with the "This site may harm your computer" warnings and displaying this beneath all entries. I'm seeing it no matter what I search for, which is a real pain because you can't get to sites...

Tags: Google Inc., Site, Computer, StopBadware.org, Productivity, Search, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-01-31

Lack of phishing attacks data sharing puts $300M at stake annually

To share phishing URLs, or not to share? That's the rhetorical question, since sharing ultimately serves the final customer and ensures a lower average time for a phishing site to remain online. In a recently published research (The consequence of non-cooperation in the fight against phishing) Tyler Moore and Richard...

Tags: Phishing Web Site, Data Sharing, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-23

EA Spore backlash could help end DRM

Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of...

Tags: Game, Digital-rights Management, Electronic Arts Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-25

New StopBadware guidelines take aim at software update bundling

New StopBadware guidelines take aim at software update bundlingAdd Acrobat Reader to itThey sneak in a copy of Adobe Air in my system while installing Acrobat Reader.RE: New StopBadware guidelines take aim at software update bundlingHmm, offhand it sounds like a good idea. I wonder how they'll handle Microsoft's...

Tags: New StopBadware, New StopBadware guideline, software update, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

News to know: IE 8; Code name of the day; Facebook security; Office 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A Microsoft Codename a day: Rouge Dancho Danchev: Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers Twitter's "me too" anti-spam...

Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Office 2.0

Blog posts 2008-08-26

New StopBadware guidelines take aim at software update bundling

If the StopBadware coalition has its way, software updaters from Sun Microsystems see screenshot above and Apple will carry the embarrassing "badware" label. According to a draft of revamped guidelines (.pdf) from the Google-backed computer security consortium, the badware label will expand to...

Tags: Software, Guideline, Automatic Update, Consent, Apple Inc., Software Update, Patches, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Security vs. convenience: Apple chooses poorly

Guest post by Oliver Day My PowerBook is in the third year of its life and has begun falling apart on a regular basis. I’ve had the laptop in for repair at least five times this year alone. Every time I bring my laptop...

Tags: Password, Apple Inc., Oliver, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protection

The 2008 edition of Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" report, advises that a common security mistake is "thinking your Mac shields you from all risks", and that due to Safari's lack of built-in phishing protection Mac users are urged to switch to Firefox or Opera : "According to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Consumer Reports, Phishing Protection, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Zittrain explains the future of the Internet

Oxford professor and Harvard pioneer Johnathan Zittrain came to the CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco on Tuesday to speak and sign copies of his new book "The Future of the Internet... and How to Stop It". His presentation was called Civic Technologies. ...

Tags: Router, Technology, Zittrain, Internet, Routers & Switches, Networking, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Measuring malware infections in the Chinese Internet

Guest editorial by Oliver Day In June 2008, StopBadware published a report with statistics (.pdf) based on our sample of infected website data from Google. In those statistics we noted that over half of the infections came from addresses originating in China. We've received some attention for...

Tags: China, Infection, Malware, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-29

The key to an open, transparent malware filtering system

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Max Weinstein It's no secret that Web sites have become a medium of choice for delivering malware and soliciting personal information for criminal use. One increasingly popular approach to addressing this problem is warning...

Tags: Malware, Web Site, Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?

The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG.  Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer.  AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer.  This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...

Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-03