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Zango's in your Face(book)

2008-01-03 21:23:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Zangonistas are at it again, this time deftly disguising their "software" as a Facebook Widget. Fortinet, who discovered the issue, discusses the "Secret Crush" widget at length, so no need to repeat their extensive effort Instead, I'd like to offer a bit of analysis, then invoke a debate ANALYSIS I ran Setup.exe, as found in...
 
Tags: 41996b regopenkeyexa, hkey local, hkey local machinesoftware, zango, software installation programs, software, software installation, user knowingly installs, analysis
 
 
 
 
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Zango And The Batman Online Videogame

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2008-09-03 11:00:00 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Zango as well. It is free, very easy to install and will give you access to the full game Shall we continue Click to Enlarge A Zango installer prompt, complete with picture of Batman at the top. If you say "No" to the install, you end up on Google.com. What happens if you click "Start"? Well, you'll get the usual collection of Zango...
 
Tags: batman, batman online, batman game, online batman game, batman online game, batman adventure, batman begins videogame, batman-centric, batman-style justice
 
 
 
 
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A Dark Knight For Zango?

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2008-08-13 18:49:36 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Zango in order to view the content Click to Enlarge Nothing unusual there, though I did think the owners of the website were pushing things a little , perhaps, to ask you to install something to view content you could view for free on the official website Anyway Turns out I was somewhat wrong, because they're not asking you to download...
 
Tags: view, view content, website, official website, movietvonline website, install, install zango, movietvonline, content
 
 
 
 
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Another Site Hiding Pirate Movies Behind a Zango Installer Prompt

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2008-08-15 07:44:39 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Zango before you could view the site content (which happens to be pirated movies ). Well, another site has come to light doing a similar thing - I'm starting to wonder how many of these are actually out there. It's also served to highlight what I feel is a particularly confusing popup box, but we'll get to that later. First off, here's the...
 
Tags: site, zango, site content, zango installer box, click, movies, individual, cancel, install zango
 
 
 
 
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Epic Cash Vs Zango - Legal Action Incoming?

2008-09-01 18:58:06 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...Zango and Adult Friend Finder On August 26, 2008, Epic Cash LLC filed suit against Zango, Inc. and the owners of AdultFriendFinder.com for Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Tortious Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage, Unjist Enrichment, and Conversion Check the scan for full details - the root of the problem seems...
 
Tags: epic cash, zango, epic cash websites, zango adware, business, unfair business practices, adult webmaster sites, prospective economic advantage, scan
 
 
 
 
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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
 
Tags: facebook, secret crush, facebook users, millions, spyware, idea, widget
 
 
 
 
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Beware the Zangobot!

2008-05-16 09:01:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Zango must have some form of bot, be it a crawler or IRC/P2P. Now this was stated entirely in jest, mind you, but I have to throw the phrase open now that to a story from Trendmicro claiming Zango and Storm: Possibly in Cahoots How could I pass? This is indeed the prospect of a Zangobot From Trend's post: "The presence of these clues means...
 
Tags: deploy zango adware, zango, zangobot, zango adware, zangobot graphic, storm, information security book, winner receives mention, adware company notorious
 
 
 
 
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Lost.....and Found

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2008-08-15 14:20:17 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Zango then hiding pirated movies behind their installer prompt ([ 1 ], [ 2 ]) takes another twist, as we go hunting for TV episodes instead of movies and find Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge TV shows (apparently ripped and streamed from Chinese Youtube-style websites), hidden behind...
 
Tags: zango installer prompts, installer prompts, lost, zango, tv episodes, episodes, enlarge, click, dot
 
 
 
 
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Holy Media Codecs, Batman!

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2008-08-27 10:10:53 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Zango / Dark Knight issue still rattling around my brain) I thought it would be fun to see exactly how quickly it can all go wrong when looking for Dark Knight material online The answer is: extremely quickly There's a lot of sites out there claiming to carry "full versions" of The Dark Knight, and although they don't offer Zango, they do...
 
Tags: dark knight issue, dark knight, movie player, click, player, enlarge, image, copy image location, movie
 
 
 
 
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An Open Letter to Ken Leonard, CEO, ScanAlert

2008-01-25 13:45:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Zango. Perhaps he could change his mantra from XSS is not our problem to We dont make spyware What about the PCI argument? If a site is vulnerable to XSS, its simply not compliant. See this post for details. It all adds up to consumers at risk. ScanAlert should remember, above all, that safety for the consumer is paramount. Why not live up to...
 
Tags: hacker safe brand, hacker safe, hacker safe program, site hacker safe, hacker safe credential, site, xss vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, xss