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City of Marin County serves porn

by | Sep 12, 2007 | Uncategorized

The Transportation Authority of the City of Marin County is hacked to pieces, serving malware and porn.Here’s the website:But here’s a sampling of what’s actually hidden away there on their servers, which a simple Google search provides (warning: graphic content)....

For shame: Thawte trusts Gromozon

by | Sep 12, 2007 | Uncategorized

Gromozon (here as “Newtech, Inc. Panama”), one of the most notorious pieces of spyware out there, is digitally signed by Thawte (part of Verisign). This isn’t the first time spyware has been signed by a certificate authority.VirusTotal results for this “signed”...

When PR backfires

by | Sep 12, 2007 | Uncategorized

Zango apparently sends a press release to all kinds of press people, including blogger Chris Boyd (aka Paperghost).Let me get this right……you decided to send a press release to me……Paperghost……known for my enthusiastic response to...

Tales of product managers

by | Sep 11, 2007 | Uncategorized

Back in the antediluvian times of the industry (that is, before the flood of the Internet and the ubiquity of Windows), I used to be a product manager. In my opinion, it’s probably the best job you can ever have in a software company, but its downside is represented...