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Click Fraud, Botnets and Parked Domains - All Inclusive

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2008-07-28 07:58:08 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract high value and expensive keywords in order for the scammer to year higher on per click percentage. This is among the very latest tactics applied by those engaging in click fraud. Hypothetically, the cost to rent the botnet and commit click fraud would be cheaper than sharing revenue on per click basis with "human clickers" who earn...
 
Tags: click, click fraud, click percentage, click basis, pay-per-click, click forensics, click fraud activity, invalid, invalid clicks difficult
 
 
 
 
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Heroes, the (Fall TV) Legacy

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2007-09-25 00:00:26 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...attract other viewers... how else to explain the thousands of reality shows that bombard us So the legacy of Heroes that excites me is some of the shows in the fall lineup that might not have got the green light without the Heroes success last year. Here are some I'm looking forward to, including the NBC Super Monday line-up (that is up...
 
Tags: heroes, heroes success, legacy, detective, undead detective mick, touch, nbc, time, touch sends
 
 
 
 
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Have Your Malware In a Timely Fashion

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2007-12-15 08:35:11 by HASH0x89f6724 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract as many people as possible. This week in my country, the visit by Libyan President Muammar Khadafi is stirring controversy. It has made many headlines in France. No doubt this is why the French Embassy Web Site is now infected by malicious code. Please do not attempt to reach the site, it is still dangerous Let's pick up from where...
 
Tags: malware, attack, malware attack, malware downloaders, media malware gang, loads, web site, site, php
 
 
 
 
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U.K's FETA Serving Malware

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2008-02-12 09:13:31 by HASH0x8b1c460 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract traffic to their malware domains is more time and resources consuming than it is to take advantage of the traffic a legitimate site is already getting. In fact, they're getting so successful at embedding their presence on a legitimate site that they're currently taking advantage of "event-based social engineering" campaigns by...
 
Tags: malware, domains, malware domains, malware attacks, attacks, malware campaigners, serve malware, high-profile malware, serve
 
 
 
 
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Localizing Cybercrime - Cultural Diversity on Demand

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2008-02-21 17:06:11 by HASH0x8b1e62c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract the coders attention By localization of malware, I mean social engineering attacks, use of spelling and grammar free native language catches, IP Geolocation, in both when it comes to future or current segmented attacks/reports on a national, or city level. We are already seeing localization of phishing and have been seeing it in spam...
 
Tags: future, future malware trend, trend, malware, malware authors, demand, russian malware, services, demand translation services
 
 
 
 
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Wired.com and History.com Getting RBN-ed

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2008-03-10 14:20:33 by HASH0x8aeaaa0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract traffic by gaining on popular key words, or any kind of key words that they want to Sites currently affected next to Wired.com and History.com fhp.osd.mil hcc.cc.gatech.edu buffalo.edu uninews.unimelb.edu.au uvm.edu jurist.law.pitt.edu bushtorrent.com torrentportal.com Newly introduced domains within the IFRAMEs : f3w.info...
 
Tags: malware, vbs malware, malware attack, rbn, media malware gang, iframe injection attack, iframe injection, malware research, high-profile sites
 
 
 
 
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Terror on the Internet - Conflict of Interest

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2008-03-18 19:58:23 by HASH0x8471fd8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract cyber jihadists, thanks to their understanding of noise generation by teaching the novice cyber jihadists on the basics of running and maintaing such a community. What's perhaps most important to keep in mind is that, what you're currently analyzing, trying to shut down or censor whatsoever, is the public web, the Dark Web, the one...
 
Tags: cyber jihadist, cyber jihadist communities, novice cyber jihadists, jihadists, cyber jihadist forums, cyber jihadist sites, attract cyber jihadists, internet, cyber jihadists
 
 
 
 
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Massive IFRAME SEO Poisoning Attack Continuing

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2008-03-27 21:12:29 by HASH0x8b4fa7c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...attract traffic at the first place The attack is now continuing, starting two weeks ago, the main IPs behind the IFRAMES are still active, new pieces of malware and rogue software is introduced hosting for which is still courtesy of the RBN, and we're definitely going to see many other sites with high page ranks targeted by a single massive...
 
Tags: massive, single massive seo, profile sites, profile sites iframe, attack, seo, malware, malware attack, massive blackhat seo
 
 
 
 
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iPass Launches Individual US, Global Plan for Hotspots, US Plan for 3G

2008-03-31 05:00:00 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...attract the interest of iPass, a long-time provider of business connectivity that currently has 3,500 companies as customers, including 417 Fortune 2000 firms Their new service, iPassConnect Mobility Service, is an attempt to appeal to regular business travelers and individuals. With plans that start at $30 per month, the offerings are...
 
Tags: global wi-fi, wi-fi, wi-fi operator, plain wi-fi, global wi-fi plan, ipass, cell service, service, wi-fi locations