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Weird ad for wireless

This ad, which is impossible to read (white text on black background being one of the Bad Things in advertising), is a poking-fun, sarcastic kind of thing ad to sell HP notebooks with an AT&T broadband wireless card

FRI 27 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Hijacking Google

Something cute that we saw with an Antivirus XP 2008 install (to clarify, this is a fake error page generated through a running process from the Antivirus XP 2008 Trojan)

FRI 27 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Raft of fake CareerBuilder jobs hit mailboxes

You may have seen a wave of fake job offers disguised as coming through CareerBuilder. The recipient is asked to contact the employer through an email address. Email addresses we have observed so far are:

TUE 24 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Facebook targeted by phishers

There is a phishing attempt going on against Facebook. Recipients may see something like the following:

TUE 24 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Teenagers face Jail for Hacking School Grades

Two California teenagers have been charged with hacking into their school computers and changing lackluster grades

FRI 20 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

New type of stock spam may confound antispam engines

It’s been a while since we all saw a big stock spam push.

TUE 17 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Casualties: Zango's recent layoffs includes senior execs

What we reported yesterday about Zango having laid off employees is now officially reported through news channels.

TUE 17 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Zango odds and ends

Zango tells employee’s they’re good to go: We received a report that Zango laid off 70 people today.

MON 16 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Nasty new trojan changes router settings

Brian Krebs reports on a new trojan that changes router settings.

WED 11 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Malware distributors move to Dogpile for redirects

First Google, then DoubleClick redirects, now Dogpile is a new favorite for XSS redirects by malware authors.

SUN 08 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Evolution of phishing -- embedded forms

A new type of phish, which uses a form embedded in the email.

FRI 30 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Another hack to keep an eye on

There’s plenty of word these days about SQL injection (Dancho Danchev’s blog is an excellent reference on this trend).

TUE 27 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Palit GeForce 9600 GT 1GB Sonic

NVIDIA has been getting very good at topping themselves with each new product launch.

TUE 27 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Explosion of spam pages on Google Pages

It’s been a problem over at Google Groups. Now Google Pages is undergoing an attack by spammers.

WED 21 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

The problem with Live

So now Microsoft is going to pay for results. This is the kind of strategy I would figure coming out of Ask.com (or the old iWon)

WED 21 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

No, it's our data and our privacy

Excellent writeup over at Schneier.

TUE 20 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Spam Plan: Use social networks

It’s such a hassle these days to spam with a URL that isn’t detected by some antispam program. And Google redirects get tired. Plus… it would be cool get a bump in SEO while you’re at it.

TUE 20 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Bizarre: Spamming in bookstores

If you’re wondering why your next book purchase is clogged with pamphlets from local businesses, you can thank real estate marketer Carl White.

MON 19 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog