Archive for the 'Spam' Category

Scareware sellers fool Google with file switch

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Replacing pdfs with dodgy Flash files
Cybercrooks have developed a new technique for manipulating search engine results in order to promote the crud they sell, such as scareware packages.…
What is your recession sales strategy?

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Hacking human gullibility with social penetration

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

We don’t need no stinking exploits
Security penetration testers Mike Bailey and Mike Murray rely plenty on attacks that exploit weaknesses in websites and servers, but their approach is better summed up by the famous phrase “There’s a sucker born every minute.”…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

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MS confirms ‘F1 to pwn’ IE bug

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Looking for help can be dangerous
Microsoft has confirmed that an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability makes it potentially dangerous to press F1 if you are running earlier versions of Windows.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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