by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
Searchadv.com is a part of the umaxsearch.com pay-per-click affiliate search program and is known for working with home page hijackers. Searchadv.com has now started using a new type of scam: A fraudulent pay-per-click scheme that Sunbelt calls Misc.Iwin.Scam. In...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Mike Nash, Microsoft security veep, is interviewed on Slashdot today. Slashdot readers presented a number of questions to Mike, including:What has changed?What about the tradeoff in security vs. user friendliness? What are the top priorities for security in 2006?Full...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Congressman Chris Smith will be holding a hearing in D.C. on February 16th that will “examine the operating procedures of US internet companies in China”.From his website:Rep. Smith has invited various US companies to testify at the hearing, including:...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Over 33,000 people have been stopped and searched under the UK’s new anti-terror laws. Some people are fighting back. Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, is facing an onslaught over the Government’s anti-terror laws after figures showed nearly 36,000...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Follow-up to my previous blog posting on the high rate of Blackworm infections, Gadi Evron at Securiteam updates us with (relatively) good news: After investigation with the ISP and various people from our task force (special thanks to Joe Stewart and all the SANS ISC...
