Google fixes security flaw in Google Reader
Hole could have allowed attackers to steal sensitive data from Web surfers, according to blog post that revealed the flaw.
Security expert dubs July the 'Month of browser bugs'
Each day this month, a prominent security expert will highlight a new vulnerability in a major browser. Happy surfing.
Illinois university hit with security breach
Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University.
Microsoft: Shortcut 'trick' is legitimate feature
Feature allowing executable file to be launched by typing Web address into IE is safe, says company. Others disagree.
HP to hack customers' networks
Service will use techniques used by bad guys to find weaknesses in businesses' machines.
OpenOffice patches three security holes
Flaws in open-source productivity suite could let in intruders. But don't worry, company says--we fix faster than Microsoft.
Turning Wine into Windows on a Mac
CodeWeavers uses an open-source technology called Wine to allow some Windows programs to run under Mac OS X.
Browser bugs hit IE
Security experts warn of two flaws in IE. One issue was initially thought to affect Firefox, but further research shows not.
EMC to buy RSA for .1 billion
The data storage specialist picks up RSA Security, a maker of identity management and encryption products.
VA gets stolen laptop back
Signs suggest no one has accessed veterans' data on the notebook, taken from a VA employee's home, the FBI says.
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Spyware News
New malware poses as WGA validation and notification User suing Microsoft over WGA notification, calling it spyware Engaged in marketing adware and anti-adware The perpetual malware distribution site lives on Claria wants you to uninstall their software Spyware popping porn in all the wrong places How to disable WGA notification Microsoft's predatory pricing of security software Spyware news Spyware fighter under DDoS attack by DollarRevenue trojan
A new piece of very nasty malware has been recently discovered on spyware help forums, first here and again here. The file name is wgavn.exe and it creates a service named "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Notification",
From the Seattle PI:A computer user is suing Microsoft Corp. over the company's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool, alleging that it violates laws against spyware.The suit by Los Angeles resident Brian Johnson, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle, seeks class-action status for claims that Microsoft didn't adequately disclose details of the tool [...]
Here’s a lesson in Conflict of Interest 101. A new so-called adware removal program hit the net recently — literally hit the net as in being downloaded through exploits and bundled with other nasty-ware like DollarRevenue and Look2Me. This program is called AdwareFinder.
In the course of my work, I see or hear about a lot of sites used for phishing and for distribution of malware. There are teams of people working constantly toward getting these shut down, but some just keep distributing malware even after the ISP/hosting company is notified. Security expert Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks blogged about one [...]
Claria, formerly known as Gator, issued a statement on their website stating that all GAIN software will stop displaying pop up ads on July 1, 2006. That sounds like a good thing, yes? Claria will cease supporting all GAIN supported applications on October 1, 2006.
Ben Edelman has another revealing write up - this time on ad networks, spyware and porn pop-ups and these are not happening on adult oriented sites. It's happening on sites where sexually-explicit content would not be anticipated.
Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy tool has angered a lot of people and rightfully so in my opinion. Fellow ZDNet bloggers have explained the details of the software along their concerns. Ed Bott wrote Microsoft presses the Stupid button and lists the stupid mistakes, starting with "it should never have been included with Critical Updates". I agree [...]
SunbeltBLOG has posted an analysis of Microsoft’s pricing for their new security products, One Care and Antigen, calling Microsoft on predatory pricing aimed at putting the rest of the security vendors out of business.
My apologies for the lack of blogging recently. Here are a few good places to keep up with the spyware news, sites that I read on a daily basis, SunbeltBLOG, Vitalsecurity, SecurityFix, Ben Edelman and others listed in my blogroll on this page.Last week I was at Tech Ed in Boston, courtesy of Sunbelt Software, who gave [...]
My good friend and colleague in the spyware fighting business, Patrick Jordan, aka Webhelper on the forums, has been under a DDoS attack since June 16 at his website, webhelper4u.com. This is not the first time anti-spyware websites have been attacked by the malware pushers. In 2004 several well known sites in the anti-spyware community were hit.