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E-commerce leaders move to fight deceptive online ads

2008-08-05 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A group of e-commerce leaders is banding together in an effort to fight scam ads on search engines that use deceptive practices to lure customers away from legitimate sites
 
Tags: e-commerce leaders, fight scam ads, lure customers, deceptive practices, engines, sites, effort
 
 
 
 
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The Pros and Cons of LifeLock

2008-06-12 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...deceptive business practices, fraudulent advertising and so on. The biggest smear is that LifeLock didn't even protect Todd Davis, and that his identity was allegedly stolen It wasn't. Someone in Texas used Davis's SSN to get a $500 advance against his paycheck. It worked because the loan operation didn't check with any of the credit bureaus...
 
Tags: credit reports, credit, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau, lifelock, issue credit
 
 
 
 
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LifeLock and Identity Theft

2008-06-17 06:51:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...deceptive business practices, fraudulent advertising and so on. The biggest smear is that LifeLock didn't even protect Todd Davis, and that his identity was allegedly stolen It wasn't. Someone in Texas used Davis's SSN to get a $500 advance against his paycheck. It worked because the loan operation didn't check with any of the credit bureaus...
 
Tags: identity theft, credit reports, credit, identity, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau
 
 
 
 
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What's the Snag Behind the Spyware

2007-08-01 19:28:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...deceptive for unknowingly, motives behind depict to pursue some ends in order to evade something that will disrupt the mobility of cash flow of the mother host Why is Spy ware Deceptive 1. It does not self-replicate; instead, it invades infected computers for commercial gains purposes 2. It monitors Web browsing activity (sales strategy)...
 
Tags: spyware, software, reputable piece software, anti-spyware program, helpful software agents, information data, information, system, computer system
 
 
 
 
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A Costly Crush

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2008-09-02 15:24:54 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...deceptive advert placements with regards another facebook application. It seems we have a similar situation here, where an "enterprising" Ad network is placing Facebook-style buttons onto installer pages and hoping people will be fooled. As it turns out, it seems to be working. While attempting to install one randomly selected Crush...
 
Tags: application, facebook application, crush application, facebook, application install, regular facebook user, crush application forums, angry facebook users, crush messages
 
 
 
 
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Matrix Re-loaded

2007-12-16 17:20:22 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...deceptive security models. Ive always thought this was a good technique in theory. I wrote about it early last year in something called matrix as a security model , wherein you confuse the attacker by giving them completely different results Ive also written about it on Darkreading regarding widespread use of blacklisting having the effect of...
 
Tags: deceptive security models, matrix, evolutionary biologists, computer scientists, security model, completely, solve, attack, hackosis
 
 
 
 
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Phishers use DNS tricks to direct users to bad sites

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8bb0f6c in Network World on Security
 
The latest information on phishing indicates that fraudsters are increasingly using malicious software to direct users to their deceptive sites Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: direct users, malicious software, enterprise network, web security, deceptive sites, advertisement, fraudsters, information, focus
 
 
 
 
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FTC goes after alleged MySpace hijackers

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to require an alleged Web page hijacking operation to obey previous orders barring unfair and deceptive practices Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: federal trade commission, enterprise network, web security, obey previous, deceptive practices, web page, federal court, advertisement, require
 
 
 
 
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Awareness in Installing Some Types of Software

2007-08-01 19:14:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...deceptive method, that'll not directly pause as illegal for it may be included in some software that fronts acceptance. By the time it reaches the user's end it reacts like semblance of some kinds of virus or worms; at times just ignored not to be serious and obvious, but with motives, to invade the accessibility and manipulations of some...
 
Tags: software, spyware software, computer owners, support adware usage, original computer owners, usage, adware, spyware, adware companies
 
 
 
 
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ZDNet Asia and TorrentReactor IFRAME-ed

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2008-03-04 09:15:20 by HASH0x8b3f7c8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...deceptive to the very end of it. Sample redirects upon visiting the IFRAME-ed pages at ZDNet Asia with the right referrer xpantivirus2008.com (69.50.173.10 scanner.spyshredderscanner.com (77.91.229.106) hot-porn otube-2008.com (206.51.229.67 porn-tubecodec20.com (195.93.218.43 Once the junkware inventory is empty, all pages redirect to...