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Zango's in your Face(book)

2008-01-03 21:23:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...installs.zango.com/downloads/valueadd/SRS/UCI/R1/seekmo.html http://installs.zango.com/downloads/valueadd/SRS/UCI/R1/zango.html http://installs.zango.com/downloads/valueadd/SRS/Installer/2.0.26/R1/Installer.exe http://static.zangocash.com/Setup/Update http://public.zangocash.com/php/rpc uci.php http://te.seekmo.com/TrackedEvent.aspx...
 
Tags: 41996b regopenkeyexa, hkey local, hkey local machinesoftware, zango, software installation programs, software, software installation, user knowingly installs, analysis
 
 
 
 
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Identity Framework Probable Feature List

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2007-12-16 06:42:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...installs your card Fx provides an information card serializer: InformationCard XML (this is what the user installs into her identity selector - an XML representation of the card Fx provides a utility to generate a PPID, which is a pretty complicated task Currently takes three inputs to gen a PPID for the relying party to use Client's...
 
Tags: informationcard login control, login control, information card serializer, information, control, user authentication methods, user, custom sts, card
 
 
 
 
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The reason behind the "We're sorry..." message

2007-07-09 11:54:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...installs a botnet client as a payload that connects the compromised web server to an IRC channel. Adversaries can then remotely control the compromised web servers and use them for DDoS attacks, spam or phishing. Over time, the adversaries have realized that even though a botnet consisting of web servers provides a lot of aggregate bandwidth,...
 
Tags: web servers, vulnerable web servers, message, google, worms, google displays, worms pdf, queries, detect anomalous queries
 
 
 
 
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Why the Need to Remove Adware and Spyware

2007-08-01 19:18:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...installs components which affect the overall performance of the computer. They can also cause a degradation of the system resulting to unwanted CPU activity, inappropriate disk usage, and problems with network traffic. All these will cause your computer to low down. It will eventually become unstable and will cause software crashes and will...
 
Tags: spyware, spyware programs, spyware infects, regular spyware, spyware program infects, software crashes, software, anti-virus software, anti-spyware software
 
 
 
 
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Adware and Spyware Such a Pain

2007-08-01 19:17:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...installs more spyware instead of removing that particular one. So, it is best that you rely on services of anti-spyware programs to fully remove them from your operating system But while it is good that there are various anti-spyware programs at your disposal, it is better that you prevent the installation of these spyware in the first...
 
Tags: spyware programs, decent anti-spyware programs, anti-spyware programs regularly, anti-spyware programs, spyware, free, popular free anti-spyware, spyware program, spyware program offer
 
 
 
 
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Who should do your security audits? Or, how do you organize the security department?

2008-02-07 22:25:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...installs and updates, monitor traffic, and respond to incidents. Ideally, policies and procedures guide all of these activities. But having policies and procedures isn't enough: we must also have a way to measure conformance. And that's the role of security auditing. Security auditors compare a system's current configuration to what it should...
 
Tags: information, information assets, information security, alignment folk, security alignment folk, information security department, alignment, security department, security
 
 
 
 
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Trojan targets Windows Mobile

2008-02-28 07:12:15 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
McAfee has unearthed a Windows Mobile PocketPC Trojan that disables security, installs via a memory card, cant be uninstalled and makes itself your home page
 
Tags: home page, disables security, memory card, installs, mcafee
 
 
 
 
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Make sure it's really Microsoft Update

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2008-02-20 15:06:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...installs a trojan-dropper on the victim's PC. F-Secure said the bogus update page is a fast flux site and uses a wide range of IP addresses attached to the cfm48.com" portion of the URL. If you are a consumer, what to do? Basically, make sure you launch Microsoft (or Windows) Update yourself. DO NOT click on a link that you get via email....
 
Tags: microsoft, site, fast flux site, microsoft site, fake microsoft, launch microsoft, actual microsoft, imposter site, url
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Security Concerns

2008-01-31 14:01:47 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
 
...installs a new virtual server. This new administrator is trusting the policies, procedures and that the prior administrator did everything that needed to be done to secure it Or, lets say you wanted to quickly set up a Fedora 8 Linux Server and you went and downloaded it off of VMWare's Virtual Market Place or a site called...
 
Tags: virtual server images, security concerns, virtual server, concerns, security, server, linux server, virtual environment, physical server