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Ben Edelman Charges Zango is in Violation of FTC Agreement
Among the allegations: "Widespread Zango “ActiveX” Installations without Unavoidable, Prominent Disclosure of Material Terms (XP SP1 and Earlier). Details. Widespread Zango Banner-Based Installations without Unavoidable, Prominent Disclosure of Material...
Published
Tue, Jul 31 2007 11:02 PM
by
tashi
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Security
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Zango
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Adware
Firefox v2.0.0.6 released
From an administrator account, start Firefox > Help > Check for Updates. Or download: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html "Release Date: July 30, 2007 Security Update: The following security issues have been fixed: MFSA 2007-27 Unescaped...
Published
Mon, Jul 30 2007 11:08 PM
by
tashi
Filed under:
News
,
Security
,
Vulnerabilities
TRUSTe finds Rogue Distributor Exploiting Security Flaws
TRUSTe Blog: RelevantKnowledge Removed from TDP White List for Three Months "After notification by several sources, TRUSTe investigated a distributor installing comScore’s RelevantKnowledge on consumer machines through a security exploit." "The...
Published
Sun, Jul 22 2007 11:04 PM
by
tashi
Filed under:
Security
,
Rogues
Critical Vulnerabilities in FireFox, Thunderbird and Opera
Secunia Advisory SA26095 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities: http://secunia.com/advisories/26095/ Description: "Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing and cross...
Published
Thu, Jul 19 2007 12:06 PM
by
tashi
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News
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Security
,
Vulnerabilities
Storm Worm Attacks
The subject matter varies in the attempt to get people to download the bad exe file. Sample: "Virus Activity Detected! Dear Customer, Our robot has detected an abnormal activity from your IP adress on sending e-mails. Probably it is connected with...
Published
Mon, Jul 09 2007 10:06 AM
by
tashi
Filed under:
News
,
Spam-Phish
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Security
,
Malware
Spam Trojan Uses Generated Yahoo and Hotmail Accounts
Security company BitDefender reports a new threat, dubbed Trojan.Spammer.HotLan.A, using automatically generated Yahoo and Hotmail accounts to send out spam email. “There are only about 500 or so new accounts being created every hour,” commented head...
Published
Mon, Jul 09 2007 1:25 AM
by
tashi
Filed under:
News
,
Spam-Phish
,
Security
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2007
The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) "Next Tuesday, we’re currently planning to release six security bulletins: · Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows with a Maximum Severity rating of Critical. These updates will...
Published
Thu, Jul 05 2007 7:52 PM
by
tashi
Filed under:
Security
,
Microsoft
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