Redirects and poor security
Here’s a legitimate bank, Banca Fideuram, whose real site is actively being used in phishing redirects.
Malicious ads on Myspace, Excite, Blick
We worked earlier today with Brain Krebs at the WP about malicious banner ads on Myspace.
Correction on STOPzilla post (and is a horse a horse, regardless of the color?)
My post earlier this week about STOPzilla bundling the Ask Toolbar deserves some correction.
Phishing, malware on Facebook...
TechCrunch sees phishing on Facebook, saying “I’m not sure what the bad guys want with a bunch of Facebook user account credentials, but phishing scams seem to be hitting the site
Security and Software as a Service (SaaS)
Under the SaaS model, software manufacturers add features incrementally and on-demand to satisfy client requests as well as remain competitive.
Where to submit malware samples
Some of you might want to know where to submit virus/malware samples to security companies. This blog post might help.
This is not cool
An article today on InfoWorld, entitled “Don’t be a phishing vigilante”, casts a bright light on Cyveillance (a firm which does consulting for banks, etc. on security).
Penthouse acquires Adult Friend Finder
Various, the parent company of Adult Friend Finder (the porn-popping scourge of the internet), has been bought by Penthouse Magazine.
New fake codec variant -- Windows and Mac -- codecpretty
Warning, dangerous code ahead. Proceed at your own risk.
AFF prOn spam continues unabated despite FTC settlement
As a follow-up to my post this morning on Adult Friend Finder’s settlement with the FTC (where I pointed out that a significant problem with AFF is its affiliate channel), we have these two comment spams that appeared on my blog just this morning (thumbnailed due to graphic content):
Some additional commentary about the Antimalware Testing Group
You may have seen the recent articles on a new antimalware testing effort being launched. We’re part of this effort and very glad to see that it’s happening. New and standardized testing methodologies in this day and age are vital.
Dwindling Spiral: The increasingly degraded practices of Adult Friend Finder
As a follow-up to my recent post about AFF, we now see them using video hard core porn to lure more subscribers.
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