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Google pulls malicious sponsored links

April 28, 2007 AdWords service was being abused to offer links that appeared legitimate but actually attempted to install malicious software. TAGS: Google AdWords, Google Inc., link, security

Spam postcard delivers surprise

June 29, 2005 Security research firm Sophos says a spam postcard making the rounds has the potential to steal sensitive personal information. TAGS: postcard, Sophos Plc., research company, link

Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims

December 3, 2007 Cybercriminals are shrinking host names of malicious sites to lend them an air of legitimacy, according to security researchers. TAGS: phishing, victim, Sophos Plc., blog, security, researcher, link, character

Storm worm variant targets blogs, bulletin boards

February 27, 2007 Blogs, bulletin board notices posted by victims of Trojan horse contain links to malicious Web sites. TAGS: bulletin board, blog, trojan horse, link, attack, e-mail

Mozilla gets social bug with The Coop

April 4, 2007 Project is designed to create an add-on with which friends' avatars can share links and photos from Web services.Image: The Coop comes calling TAGS: avatar, Mozilla Corp., project, Firefox, Web service, link, Web browser, photograph

All the news that's fit to link

August 3, 2007 The concept of a page full of links is nothing new, but the Web is increasingly taking note of news aggregators as a way to make some sense of a chaotic media landscape. TAGS: hyperlink, Digg, blogger, media, link, RSS feed, editor, RSS, blog

Google creates uber search site

May 16, 2007 Search leader redesigns main Web results page with universal, integrated search and other new features. TAGS: Sergey Brin, Google Inc., home page, search, search result, Mountain View, Gmail, link, video, blog, California, photograph

Microsoft debates spoofing as security flaw

November 2, 2004 Microsoft rejects claims from security researchers that a spoofing technique discovered on Internet Explorer is a vulnerability. TAGS: BugTraq, security flaw, technique, Microsoft Internet Explorer, link, researcher, security, Microsoft Corp., HTML, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Windows Mail bug may expose Vista users

March 23, 2007 Possible security vulnerability in Windows Mail could be exploited by attackers to run programs on Vista PCs. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Vista, attacker, security, link, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, e-mail, PC

PDF security risk greater than originally thought

January 5, 2007 Cybercrooks could create hostile links that offer full access to a victim's hard disk drive, experts warn. TAGS: Adobe Acrobat Reader, SPI Dynamics, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, link, JavaScript, disk drive, victim, expert, attack, Web browser, security, hard drive, PC

Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole

March 15, 2007 Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 error message could help cybercrooks obscure phishing scams. TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, phishing, attacker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, vulnerability, link, bank, Microsoft Corp., message, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft bows to the Belgians

October 20, 2006 Company agrees to remove links to articles from Belgian papers to avoid copyright lawsuit threatened by publishers. TAGS: article, newspaper, lawsuit, link, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Phishers hijack IM accounts

October 16, 2006 Scammers are sneaking into instant-messaging accounts to send out lures for their information-thieving Web sites. TAGS: phishing, Yahoo! Inc., IM, phishing Web site, link

Santa IM worm hits AOL, MSN and Yahoo

December 20, 2005 IM.GiftCom.All tries to trick instant-messaging users into clicking on a link that delivers malicious software to PCs. TAGS: IMLogic, worm, IM Network, IM, rootkit, malicious code, link, America Online Inc., MSN, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., message, security

New IM worm targets Skype users

April 16, 2007 Pykse.A, similar to pests that affect instant-messaging applications, targets users with a chat message and a malicious Web link. TAGS: Skype, Kurt Sauer, F-Secure Corp., IM, worm, eBay Inc., trojan horse, message, threat, link, security

Wikipedia used to spread malicious code

November 6, 2006 Entry in German version of online encyclopedia hijacked to direct users to malicious code, says antivirus vendor. TAGS: Wikipedia, malicious code, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, hacker, entry, antivirus, link, e-mail

New IM worm chats with intended victims

December 7, 2005 Worm that hits IM users might be the first that actually chats with the intended victim to dupe the target into activating a malicious payload. TAGS: IMLogic, worm, Akonix Systems, IM, victim, link, target, AOL Instant Messenger, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., virus, security

AIM worm plays nasty new trick

October 28, 2005 Pest spreading via America Online's network delivers a cocktail of spyware, security company warns. TAGS: FaceTime Communications, rootkit, worm, IM, malicious code, AOL Instant Messenger, link, America Online Inc., security company, spyware, security, PC
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