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A Costly Crush

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2008-09-02 15:24:54 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Crush application forums - in short, they're all being blamed, but they can't all be doing this, can they? What's the alternative, though A short while ago, I wrote about deceptive advert placements with regards another facebook application. It seems we have a similar situation here, where an "enterprising" Ad network is placing...
 
Tags: application, facebook application, crush application, facebook, application install, regular facebook user, crush application forums, angry facebook users, crush messages
 
 
 
 
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Facebook's "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users

2008-01-03 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Facebook "Secret Crush" malicious widget tricks users into downloading adware, according to Fortinet IT Audit Checklists Advertisement Prepare for your next internal IT audit. Checklists cover security, risk management, PCI, and more
 
Tags: secret crush, audit, checklists cover security, audit checklists, risk management, facebook, advertisement, pci, fortinet
 
 
 
 
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Facebook 'Secret Crush' not our fault, Zango CEO says

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
The Facebook 'Secret Crush' widget which has tricked millions of Facebook users into downloading spyware was not our idea, Zango CEO Keith Smith says
 
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Microsoft didn't crush Storm, counter researchers

2008-04-24 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3249c in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft didn't crush the Storm botnet as it has claimed, rival security researchers argued today. Instead, the criminals responsible for the army of compromised computers diversified last year to avoid attention and expand their business
 
Tags: rival security researchers, avoid attention, crush, criminals responsible, microsoft, storm botnet, army, computers, expand
 
 
 
 
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Al Qaeda Threat Overrated

2008-05-07 12:56:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...crushed his cell. After that such attacks in Indonesia stopped The drive to obliterate the remaining hives of Al Qaeda training activity along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier and those that developed in some corners of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 needs to continue, says Sheehan. It's especially important to keep wanna-be jihadists...
 
Tags: sheehan, sheehan writes, qaeda, terrorist cell capable, terrorism, cell, defeat terrorism, attack, attack tomorrow
 
 
 
 
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Password-stealing hackers infect thousands of Web pages

2008-03-12 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Hackers looking to steal passwords used in popular online games have infected more than 10,000 Web pages in recent days SOLVE MORE ISSUES on the first call. Try WebEx FREE Advertisement Zap remote support issues. Crush support log jams. Blast through firewalls. Try WebEx Remote Support now
 
Tags: web pages, webex remote support, popular online games, recent days, webex free, hackers, advertisement, issues, passwords
 
 
 
 
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Companies struggle as Safari pops up on networks

2008-04-04 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Network administrators are complaining that Apple's recent decision to offer users its Safari Web browser as part of an iTunes and QuickTime update has made their lives harder, as they struggle to remove the software from PCs on their networks Deliver REMOTE SUPPORT Easily. Try WebEx FREE Advertisement DOWNLOAD WEBEX SUPPORT CENTER FREE!...
 
Tags: safari web browser, effective support, recent decision, webex free, struggle, network administrators, offer users, lives harder, networks
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft didn't crush Storm, counter researchers

2008-04-24 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The cybercriminals responsible for the Storm botnet didn't scatter last year because of Microsoft; they dispersed to better keep their illegal activities hidden, according to two Trend Micro researchers
 
Tags: trend micro researchers, cybercriminals responsible, storm botnet, illegal activities, microsoft, scatter
 
 
 
 
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Get the feeling youre being had?

2008-05-10 15:02:33 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...crush Storm, counter researchers By the companys count, the MSRT cleaned more than 526,000 Storm-infected PCs in the final four months of last year. After some back and forth between the Storm bot herders and Microsoft, the former gave up, said Jimmy Kuo, a senior security architect at the company Not so fast, said Trend Micro More...
 
Tags: storm, storm bot herders, crush storm, microsoft, botnet body count, senior security architect, jimmy kuo, companys count, msrt
 
 
 
 
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Zango's in your Face(book)

2008-01-03 21:23:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org