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  • Using spyware to falsely boost site traffic

    Posted on February 5, 2012 by admin Comment

    Recently I went through an interesting article on Information Week, which was related to the use of spyware driven-traffic increasing the traffic counts of sites. Through the article, it is claimed that video sites are increasingly inclined to do this due to the 1.65 B buy out of YouTube. A study by spyware researcher Ben Edelman finds that spyware-driven traffic inflation is common, particularly at video sites. Besides, he said that spyware is also being utilized to manipulate the fame of YouTube videos. The study identifies Bolt.com, GrindTV.com, Broadcaster.com, Away.com, RooTV.com, and Diet.com as the beneficiaries of spyware-driven traffic. Here is the direct link to Ben Edelman’s result. While you get through them it looks that what he detected is a quite old game, where pop up and pop under advertising that calls a page or process on the web site that after that blows up the statistics of that web site. Given that this is not a new-fangled game, and rather old in aspects of how long this has been carried out to drive up web statistics, if you memorize the omnipresent ads for the X10 Camera that eventually turned that web site into one of all the rage web sites on the globe, all by virtue of pop up/under advertising. Read

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  • A tryst with a phisher

    Posted on February 5, 2012 by admin Comment

    We are faced up with phishing attacks almost each day; however what we cannot see is the face behind the attack. Rsnake at ha.ckers.org recently had a piece of an interview, with a phisher who calls himself ‘lithium’. Not only the questions but also the answeres have an effect on me. Through the post we take a fine glance into the world of phishing based on one phisher experience. RSnake asked the phisher, called "lithium," how he operates, what technology he uses, and just how much money he makes off these scams. I cannot say I discovered anything chiefly astonishing as the majority of my suppositions about the people that enter into this activity fit pretty much with the profile highlighted in the interview. Nevertheless it at all times puts me a little sideways to see to how young a few of them are when they initiate. It was also difficult to listen to how many people are making use of the similar password for their email as they do for their social identities and how this can be converted into a fine bit-o-cash for the phisher. Lithium, who calls himself 18 yrs old and claims to have been phishing around since he was 14, said to have stolen more than 20 million identities, mostly using social networking worms. He says, I have so many hundreds of thousands of accounts to many websites I haven’t even got a chance to look through, While RSnake admitted not to have authenticated all of lithium’s real numbers, he said in response to comments on his ha.ckers blog that the phisher’s story jives with that of traditional phishers. Read

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  • Online music poses more security threat than online pornography

    Posted on February 5, 2012 by admin Comment

    You may believe or not, but it is true for McAfee. The security leader has claimed that the online search of latest movies or download of music poses greatest security threat than searching the X-rated items in the websites. Nearly nine percent of adult sites cause web-security problems such as spyware, adware or spam in comparison to 19 percent of digital music sites or movie downloads. In a common parlance, the search for nude items (Hot babes, Nude Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan) is not so risky than searching for a latest music or download of a movie. Why? McAfee says the porn sites are lesser risk because they are doing good business. So, they don’t want to involve in such practices. To the contrary, faced with a sluggish electronics market, the music companies are very much inclined to adopt additional ways to promote their products. The study has further claimed that the search items like electronic gadgets and background "wallpaper" to decorate computer screens are also risky like music search and movie download. Image:

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  • IronPort gives a face-lift to its monitoring website

    Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin Comment

    IronPort was recently reported to have fully given a face-lift to its monitoring website, www.senderbase.org, which was pioneered by it in 2003. This latest website is said to make available email administrators distinctive visibility into the email and Web traffic getting into their networks. Furthermore, the latest graphical user edge at Senderbase.org now makes simplifies it more than before for each member of the Internet community to keep track of virus outbursts, spam trends, spyware and further web-borne threats. SenderBase.org, a free of charge service, can be utilized as a credit reporting service, giving detailed data that can be used by ISPs and firms to set apart legal senders from spammers and other invaders – providing system administrators an approach to help them take serious security decisions. The sender base can also be utilized by Consumers, media, and other parties to keep an eye on threat goings-on, verify their email reputation scores, and obtain immediate updates on the most recent virus spates. Read

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  • Hackers lead cyber protest at UN’s official web site

    Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin Comment

    The hackers led a cyber protest at UN’s official website against the US and Israel for killing children in the Middle East. For which, they hacked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s web page. The self-proclaimed pro-peace hackers have left this message, Hacked by kerem125 MOsted and Gsy That is CyberProtest Hey Ysrail and Usa dont kill children and other people Peace for ever No war. The message was found in a UN web page, which is generally reserved for statements from UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon. The hackers identified themselves as kerem125, Gsy and M0sted. These groups have also attacked some other pages of UN web site. The latest report adds that UN has repaired the affected pages. Image:

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  • Symantec seeks US$55m in 8 piracy lawsuits

    Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin Comment

    Symantec recently said to have filed a series of eight civil lawsuits against distributors of bogus Symantec software, looking for a total of over $55 million in damages from the cases caught up. Symantec alleges in filings in US District Court in California that the businesses are guilty of trademark infringement, copyright infringement, fraud, unfair competition, trafficking in counterfeit labels and documentation, plus fake advertising. Symantec has requested the consent of a jury trial in all case and is on the lookout for damages in proceeds from every entity ranging from $4M to $10M in every claim. The software company is seeking $4 million US and $10 million in damages in individual claims from the following companies: Acortech (California), mPlus (California), Logical Plus (New York), SoftwareOutlets.com (Florida), Rowcal Distribution (California), Global Impact, Inc. (Florida), Directron.com (Texas) and eDirect Software (Canada). Symantec looked for a long-lasting ban in each of the lawsuits to block the companies named above from putting up for sale "unauthorized Symantec products" and to give in all alleged counterfeits of Symantec goods. Symantec was also reported to have said that maybe fake software did not work well and smash up a user’s system, or it is potential to be laden with ID theft softwares. Bogus software are also not said to be capable of receiving automatic updates and so leave the user open to to new online threats. These software pirates were moving large quantities of counterfeit product and, as a result, numerous unsuspecting users are now at risk for having their information stolen or lost. Read

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  • Chinese hackers target fashion houses

    Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin Comment

    Italy’s domestic intelligence service recently reported that organized teams of Chinese hackers were burglarizing the PCs of Western firms to pilfer fashion ideas and counterfeit them ahead of the actual articles can strike the streets. Gnosis, a magazine by Italy’s SISDE counterintelligence agency was reported to have said, Platoons of seasoned, unscrupulous cyber pirates, crackers and hackers of every kind … make up an exponentially growing and unstoppable army. The article claims that in so far as 20% of Internet viruses and spam messages that wedge e-mails worldwide started off in China. It claims that Chinese hackers get a lot out of pornography, comprising sites that put up for sale videos for pedophiles and traffic in date rape-drugs, heroin and counterfeit medicines. Read

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  • Hackers find security flaws in social networking sites

    Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin Comment

    Social networking sites are supposed to provide us powerful platforms where minds share ideas, but they are now open for online criminals who can access to your sensitive personal information shared on the net. The security experts have demonstrated the security flaws of Web 2.0 sites at the ongoing Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences. They have shown how MySpace is vulnerable to online criminals who can play with your personal information. Rick Deacon, a 21-year-old hacker who attended the conference revealed that he has found out a security flaw in MySpace. It is zero-day flaw that invites online frauds to take away your personal web pages and inject malicious code. However, it does not have any affect on the IE, only Firefox Web browser is prone to this threat, he said. MySpace did not comment on the Deacon’s revelation saying that they have a powerful security team. It is the rudimentary problem that the leading web 2.0 sites face today despite their denial. Image:

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  • World’s top spammer now behind the bars

    Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin Comment

    In creative crookedness, the spammers are genius. This is the stark reminder of recent arrest of Robert Alan Soloway in Seattle, Washington. 27-year old Alan Soloway, the high profile spammer whom Microsoft has portrayed one of top 10 spammers in the world was finally arrested by federal authorities for operating the fraudulent empire of mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity and money laundering. Soloway has been active in the infamous racket since 2003. He used zombies (computers infected with malicious codes) to send millions of junk mails and unsolicited bulk e-mails pursing people to use his internet marketing company to advertise their products. The notorious spammer continued his illegal business even after loosing a $7 million lawsuit against Microsoft way back 2005. Soloway has the ability to send 20 million email advertisements in 15 days. So far, he has made a hefty amount of $773,000 out of illegal business. The federal authorities are now planning to forfeit him from the money which he earned from his unfair business. He is kept in the federal detention for a hearing on Monday. Image

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  • Password-defended malware increases

    Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin Comment

    Security experts have warned of surge in viruses disseminated in terms of actually worth-trusting password-protected zip file attachments. Email Systems, Messaging security expert, maintains more virus designers than ever before are providing their nasty code as either an encrypted or password-sheltered email, leading even the security-savvy to get prey inadvertently. The first viruses concealed in purportedly safe and sound zip attachments were spotted 6 months back, stated Greg Miller, marketing director at Email Systems. He maintained the condition has gone downhill significantly in current weeks with a major swell in many such mails being spread. Millar said, This is another step change in the tactics of the virus industry. We’ve seen a drop off in viruses delivered by email in the last year or so. Now there’s obviously been another fluctuation in what virus writers are up to. They are getting even cleverer, and hiding the viruses a little bit.

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