Siljaline's Blog : Vulnerabilities

Google takes aim at browser redirection

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:17:00 GMT

Google has announced a service that it says will speed up web surfing and prevent browser redirection by malicious programs or internet providers. The service takes aim at how the web addresses users type in, such as www.cbc.ca, are translated into the...(read more)

Online advertising regaining momentum

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:16:00 GMT

After bogging down in the recession, internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine. The signs of an online revival are emerging even while advertising in print and broadcasts remains...(read more)

Google results flog millions of compromised webpages

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:52:00 GMT

Two ongoing scams are tricking Google and other search engines into prominently displaying millions of compromised webpages that attempt to hijack end users' computers or steal their credit card numbers, researchers said. http://www.theregister.co...(read more)

Facebook shuts down Beacon marketing tool

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:04:00 GMT

Facebook says it will shut down its controversial marketing feature Beacon, an application that broadcasts users' activities, including purchases, on other websites to their Facebook friends. The feature was adopted in November 2007 and immediately...(read more)

New York Times Reforms Online Ad Sales After Malware Scam

Randy Knobloch — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:11:00 GMT

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/nyt-revamps-online-ad-sales-after-malware-scam/...(read more)

Facebook 'cash flow positive,' signs 300M users

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:19:00 GMT

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social networking site has more than 300 million users, and earned more money than it spent last quarter. In a blog post on Facebook, Zuckerberg wrote that the company was "cash flow positive"...(read more)

Jackson's death slows web to a crawl

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:13:00 GMT

In life, Michael Jackson once ruled the pop charts. With his death, he dominated the internet. As reports of Jackson's death on Thursday spread, celebrity gossip websites crashed, news sites slowed to a crawl and traffic on social networking sites...(read more)

Conficker botnet remains dormant - for now

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Conficker changed the way parts of the botnet communicated overnight, but little else of note has happened so far. The malware is far from an April Fool's joke, but it's obviously a long way from the Skynet botnet, as depicted in Terminator 3...(read more)

China rejects computer spy claims

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:43:00 GMT

China's government on Tuesday dismissed a research report outlining an extensive spy network based mostly in China as "lies" designed to hurt the country's image abroad. Speaking to reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said...(read more)

As Conficker activation looms, scammers seek to profit off fear

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:39:00 GMT

Online scammers are trying to profit from fear of the latest big name in internet viruses by creating and promoting links to fake security software, according to security firms. The scams are hoping to capitalize on consumer fear over the Conficker worm...(read more)

Reported internet spy network just tip of iceberg: researcher

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:33:00 GMT

An internet spy network that targeted hundreds of "high value" computers belonging to government departments and other organizations in 103 countries is likely just one of many, says one of the Canadian researchers who uncovered it. "We...(read more)

Facebook users warned about dangers of being app happy

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Facebook users are being urged to be wary about what Facebook applications they accept and what links they click as cyber criminals increasingly target the popular social networking site. In the past week, several new variants of the Koobface worm, which...(read more)

Conficker Activity Update

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:48:00 GMT

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/02/12/conficker-activity-update.aspx...(read more)

Conficker Domain Information

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:46:00 GMT

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/02/12/conficker-domain-information.aspx...(read more)

Windows virus spreading quickly, but may be a dud

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:46:00 GMT

A computer virus that may leave Microsoft Windows users vulnerable to digital hijacking is spreading through companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia, already infecting close to nine million machines, according to a private online security firm. http:/...(read more)

China's nonstop music machine

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:48:00 GMT

Baidu versus business http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/13/baidu_investigation/...(read more)

Comcast files FCC impotence suit

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:10:00 GMT

'We will comply without complying' As expected, Comcast has appealed the landmark FCC order that sanctioned the American ISP for secretly blocking BitTorrents and other peer-to-peer traffic. But the meatpuppetting cable outfit says it will comply...(read more)

Prof says young people have unique sense of Facebook privacy

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Study says older people who run organizations see everything online as public Last Updated: Thursday, September 4, 2008 | 12:19 PM ET Comments 19 Recommended 33 CBC News A "digital divide" exists in Canada between young people who see information...(read more)

McAfee slaps Trojan warning on MS Office Live

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:31:00 GMT

McAfee has apologised after an anti-virus update released on Monday night incorrectly identified a plug-in for Microsoft Office Live Meeting as a Trojan. The signature update file mistakingly flagged LMCAPI.exe (a component of Live Update) as a Trojan...(read more)

History shaped Google's Trojan Horse

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:25:00 GMT

Analysis When people buy software - buy it in seriously large amounts - it isn't just today's binary they're choosing. They're buying what they think is a bit of the future - they're buying a piece of risk insurance. This explains...(read more)