Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
A researcher has developed a browser extension that stops advertising networks from tracking a person's surfing habits, such as search queries and content they view on the web.
The extension, called Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO), enables its users to opt out of 27 advertising networks that are employing behavioural advertising ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
A list of thousands of user names and passwords for Comcast customers was removed from document sharing Web site Scribd on Monday, two months after it was posted there.
Scribd removed the list of more than 8,000 passwords and user names after being contacted by Brad Stone at The New York ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has received reports of spoofed Facebook email messages that contain malicious links. The messages look similar to legitimate Facebook messages and invite recipients to click on the link contained in the message to view a video.
Message subjects seen have been:
FaceBook message: Dancing Girl Drunk In ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Win32/Koobface is a worm that may spread when a user logs into their profile account on the Internet social network sites MySpace, Facebook and others. The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:
Addition of the following files:
%windir%\bolivar19.exe
%windir%\bolivar31.exe
%windir%\bolivar30.exe
%windir%\ld01.exe
%windir%\che08.exe
%windir%\freddy35.exe
And/or the getting the following message box:
March's edition of the Malicious Software Removal ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Adobe released a patch today for a zero-day vulnerability under attack by hackers.
The patch, available for version 9 of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, comes a day earlier than the company’s planned release. Patches for earlier versions of the product are still slated for March 18.
The vulnerability is the result ...
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