New worms could be born from Samy. Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:08:00 +0200
The newly discovered Samy worm is one of the first to exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, a technique security experts fear could be used to open a new front in attacks. Samy is a self-propagating worm that appears to have... Permalink: http://securence.blogs.com/1/2005/10/new_worms_could.html
AdWare targets major search engines Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:05:00 +0200
ComputerWeekly reports that the major search engines including Google, Yahoo and MSN are being spoofed by adware called Premium search. Once the adware is installed, users visiting those search engines are actually viewing spoofs. Full story at ComputerWeekly. For protection... Permalink: http://securence.blogs.com/1/2005/10/adware_targets_.html
New anti-spam efforts hampering email Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:35:00 +0200
According to a report by Bigfoot Interactive, email marketers who don't adjust for changes many broadband ISPs are making regarding limits on simultaneous SMTP connections and volume rates are in for some serious deliverability problems Providers, such as BellSouth, Comcast,... Permalink: http://securence.blogs.com/1/2005/09/new_antispam_ef.html
Worm poses as Google Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:40:00 +0200
What a target Google is. A new work is now posing as Google. When infected, users visiting Google are actually looking at a fake Google site. From InfoWorld: A new worm has been discovered that apes Google's search site and... Permalink: http://securence.blogs.com/1/2005/09/worm_poses_as_g.html
Yahoo helping spammers and phishers? Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:18:00 +0200
Yahoo is really catching a lot of negative press as a result of comments made by Spamhaus regarding the hosting of 5000 domain names that are used for phishing. "According to the Richard Cox, chief information officer of U.K.-based Spamhaus,... Permalink: http://securence.blogs.com/1/2005/09/yahoo_helping_s.html
Suckers For Spam Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:49:00 +0200
It's amazing people still fall for email spam and phishing techniques. Here's an account of an unlucky record producer in CA that fell for the old Nigerian money transfer scam: Hard as it is to believe for long-time Internet denizens,... Permalink: http://securence.blogs.com/1/2005/09/suckers_for_spa.html