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- Google, Dell in URL redirection 'spyware' flap
- Google, Dell in URL redirection 'spyware' flapSo much for "Do No Harm"Google has grown too big. I knew the Google we all loved would die as soon as they went public, and they did. Now it's all about revenue and satisfying shareholders. The USER is now second-rate.It's...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
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- Microsoft to fix Bing spam bug
- Microsoft announced that it is fixing a bug in Bing that previously allowed spammers to bypass spam filters and distribute malicious links. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it is fixing a bug in Bing that previously allowed spammers to bypass spam filters and distribute malicious links. ...
- News items 2009-10-22
- FriendFeed, Twitter address URL redirection risks; Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace lag behind
- FriendFeed, Twitter address URL redirection risks; Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace lag behindSocial networks have to do moreWhile scroll-over mechanisms would be great for security people it is not the answer. Twitter, Facebook et al have to do what Adam J. O'Donnell suggests. Check the destinations for malicious intent and block...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-29
- FriendFeed, Twitter address URL redirection risks; Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace lag behind
- When I compiled my crowdsourced 2009 predictions earlier this month, several people shared with me the same forethought: URL redirection leveraged by phishers could create a bottoming out of sorts for Twitter. The concern is that masked URLs could lead to stolen data or drive-by-malware, making it too late for...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Crowdsourcing the masses - 2009 social media predictions
- On Monday, Peter Kim released 2009 social media predictions after researching via the only way social media predictions should be done -- crowdsourcing. It was a brilliant move on his part considering that user-generated content is a key foundation of the industry itself. The report he published is, as would...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- Twitter as a PayPal killer? Umm, not so fast
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dan Glass A recent blog proclaiming that Twitter could soon become a rival to PayPal made me shudder in fear. The blog author postulated that Twitter could offer a method to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- Yesterday, Photobucket the world's most popular photo sharing site according to Hitwise had its DNS records hijacked to return a hacked page courtesy of the NetDevilz hacking group, a Turkish web site defacement group most widely known for its defacement of the adult video site Redtube earlier this year. Photobucket...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- VMN Toolbar 2.0 (Windows)
- The free VMN Toolbar makes your browsing more fun and secure! Search the Web from anywhere and enhance your browsing experience with features like RSS feeds, Games, Weather, Pop-Up Blocker, Anti-Spyware, Translation, and URL error redirection. Have your favorite RSS news feeds delivered on the toolbar in a quick and...
- Software downloads 2008-04-15
- QuickTime zero-day attacks intercepted
- Researchers at Symantec have intercepted two different in-the-wild malware attacks targeting an unpatched code execution vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime media player. Honeypots in Symantec's DeepSight Threat Management System captured the first known case of exploit exploitation of the flaw on December 1st, 2007. The company has since...
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- What am I doing wrong with Google Reader?
- What am I doing wrong with Google Reader?I've never triedGoogle reader, but I love the Sage Reader plugin for Firefox. Try that and see if it works with the same links.Redirection?For me in Google Reader, I see the same feedburner url in the status bar (including for this story.)...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- After ZDNet's Tech Shakedown, Nike buttons up the security on its Flash-based payment pages
- A few weeks back, I did a Tech Shakedown of the Flash-based payment pages on Nike's online store which lacked the Net's accepted practice of connecting Web browsers to HTTPS-based URLs, thus resulting in the display of a padlock somewhere in a browsers' status bar. These are the two visual...
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
- News to know: Google's developer's day; Novell details Microsoft pact; Alienware gallery
- Notable headlines:Ed Burnette: Google Developer Day sneak peek with Bret Taylor.Russell Shaw: Google patent app shows extensive Google plans for mobile search.Dell Offers Three Consumer Systems With Ubuntu 7.04.Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact. Novell joins EFF for patent reform.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Three more things that the Linux community doesn't get.Review:...
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Google, Dell in URL redirection 'spyware' flap
- Google has invested heavily in several anti-malware/anti-spyware initiatives but the search engine giant might have a spyware problem of its own.According to David Ulevitch, CEO of OpenDNS, Google's revenue-generating URL error alliance with Dell drops a difficult-to-remove program on computers that straddles the spyware line.In a blog entry making the...
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Microsoft researchers follow Web spam money trail
- Using a homegrown tool called Fiddler, researchers at Microsoft have come up with a system to track the money that flows from big-name advertisers to search engine spammers.The methodology, created by Microsoft Research in partnership with the University of California, Davis, has already uncovered a complex scheme where a small...
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- TinyURL.com: The next YouTube? Perhaps not $1.6B's worth, but...
- TinyURL.com: The next YouTube? Perhaps not $1.6B's worth, but...I don't think soThere are many sites offering this kind of service, with nothing really to differentiate them except that some let you enter a more descriptive name instead of some hex code. Can you see a radio announcer giving a tinyurl...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- IE 7 comes a-knocking--eventually
- IE 7 comes a-knocking--eventuallySuprised? I'm not.So what if it isn't an automatic download yet? Big whoopdeedoo. This isn't the first time they would be late with something and it certainly won't be the last. It isn't like the world is going to end. Besides, you...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-13
- Copi-XP 5 (Windows)
- Copi-XP is a clipboard utility that helps you easily copy text and hidden password from any Windows dialogs as well as HTML Web pages, and you'll have up to 10 clipboards, which would be a great enhancement to Windows clipboard. Recover and copy hidden password from normal Windows Dialogs as...
- Software downloads 2006-07-04
- Google blacklists BMW.de
- Google blacklists BMW.deWhy only BMW?my experience has been that this 'redirection' and URL spoofing is endemic on most Google search results...so it is strange why only BMW was singled out...maybe they were 'co-operating' enough.Considering that Google and VW have some kind of initiative going...perhaps they are less disposed towards a...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-06
- URLSpellcheck 2.0 (Windows)
- The only solution for Windows with URL redirection based on spelling, URLSpellCheck for IIS solves often invisible end user spelling issues. Mistyped URLs and links go unnoticed by developers, administrators and site owners, yet these errors equate to a poor user experience, harm to a company's online brand and untracked...
- Software downloads 2005-08-15
- Thunderbird promises to fend off phishers
- Thunderbird promises to fend off phishersDo Thunderbird guys visit zdnet?The default for Thunderbird IMAP is 5 cached connections, but the default for Courier IMAP server is 4 max connections from a single IP address. Of course it acts weird with these defaults. Perhaps 4 as the default is a better...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-24
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