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05.28.2009 - 1:56 PM
Social networking over the Internet has boomed in recent years because it allows networks of like-minded individuals to collaborate and connect, regardless of their respective geographies or physical location. Often these groups are joined by common interests or passions. However, precisely because of this ease of connection, Websense® Security Labs™ researchers are seeing an increase in those connected in another way ... through Hate and Terror.
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AusCert 2009 - P0wning The Programmable Web
05.22.2009 - 8:00 AM
Dan Hubbard and I just returned from presenting at Auscert 2009, which took place in the Gold Coast, Australia. This is the second time I've presented at Auscert, and I find it to be one of the most organized security conferences in existence today. The content and targeted audience lie within a happy medium between technical and business/marketing. It's not as technical as Black Hat or CanSec, but not as business/marketing-centered as RSA.
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Gumblar - An Analysis and History
05.21.2009 - 11:00 AM
Websense Security Labs™ has been tracking the Gumblar (Gumblar.cn/Martuz.cn, Troj/JSRedir-R) threat and its rise to infamy for some time now. There are some very interesting facts about this threat which make it unique and news worthy. The main headline grabber is that this is one of the top threats being seen today, and has become very widespread in a relatively short amount of time.
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Spam TV: Coming soon to a popular Web 2.0 video site near you
05.18.2009 - 4:45 PM
Web 1.0
In the beginning, we had email.
Then, we had unsolicited email. Commonly known as spam.
Web 2.0
In the beginning, we had sites where anybody could comment on anything, share anything, and upload anything to their heart’s desire.
Then ..
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The Sincerest Form of Flattery
05.13.2009 - 3:53 PM
The Web 2.0 revolution has created a wave of new Web content. The ripples are not just contained to Web 2.0 domains, the entire Internet profile has undergone a significant change. Web 2.0 domains are usually easy to spot, because they contain the string from the parent domain--for example Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. However there are a growing number of sites that include these words despite having no official connection to them.
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This Month in the Threat Webscape
05.08.2009 - 5:15 PM
Month of April 2009
This month brought us more examples of Web 2.0 maliciousness, with a public display of multiple Twitter wormlings-a-crawling. Big publicly-traded Internet companies like Amazon.com and Salesforce.com suffered outages from DDoS attacks, major banks world-wide suffered from more financial loss due to phishing attacks and data leaks, and all the opportunistic Swine Flu Web sites (and email!) with malicious content that the world can possibly digest for years to come.
Please pay attention to the Adobe PDF reader attacks if you read PDF documents, as Adobe may not release an official patch until after Mother's Day.
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Previous Posts
May 2009
| 05.28.2009 | Web 2.0 and Cyberterrorism » |
| 05.22.2009 | AusCert 2009 - P0wning The Programmable Web » |
| 05.21.2009 | Gumblar - An Analysis and History » |
| 05.18.2009 | Spam TV: Coming soon to a popular Web 2.0 video site near you » |
| 05.13.2009 | The Sincerest Form of Flattery » |
| 05.08.2009 | This Month in the Threat Webscape » |
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