Google Calendar a New Target for Phishing

It seems like the Phishing crews at trying to get some new ideas on how to con people into giving away their credentials and leaking info.
The latest target appears to be Google Calendar.
As always be on your guard as these scams are coming from all directions.

A few months ago, spam came to Google Calendar. Now [...]

China Home to at Least HALF of Malicious Web Sites

It looks like China is becoming a hotbed for malware and malicious websites (those sites that push malware infections via browser exploits).
They often used to be found in Korea and Taiwan and parts of Eastern Europe. According to the latest data more than half of the sites are now located in China.

More than half of [...]

oCERT - Responsing to Flaws in Open Source Software

So a new initiative - the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team known as oCERT has been set up one of the main sponsors being Google (read more here - Contributing to Open Source Software Security).

The oCERT project is a public effort providing security handling support to Open Source projects affected by security incidents or [...]

Trojan Targets Google Text Based Adverts

It looks like the malware guys are indeed getting more tricky, and this time it has an effect on multiple parties. It deprives Google of the impressions from the adverts and potentially can infect surfers with some nasty malware.
Again it’s using the hosts file, redirecting Google’s own ads to those from a nefarious source.

A security [...]

Worm Spreading Fast on Google’s Orkut Social Network

A new worm has hit Google’s Orkut and it seems to be hitting it pretty hard, it’s infected via the scrapbook feature and is adding hundreds of thousands of users, similar to the Myspace worm (Samy) that hit in October 2005.
It seems to be fairly unmalicious, more of a ‘look at me - see what [...]

Google Acquires Web Security Startup GreenBorder

More Google News this week after Google Launches Online Security & Malware Blog, now they have acquired a web security startup called GreenBorder.

Google Inc. said on Tuesday it has bought Internet security startup GreenBorder Technologies Inc., which creates secure connections to protect e-mail and Web users from malicious or unwanted computer code.
Terms of the deal, [...]

Google Launches Online Security & Malware Blog

Another to add to your list and your RSS feedreader, Google Online Security Blog.

Online security is an important topic for Google, our users, and anyone who uses the Internet. The related issues are complex and dynamic and we’ve been looking for a way to foster discussion on the topic and keep users informed. Thus, we’ve [...]

Serious XSS Flaw in Google Desktop Allows Data Theft

Google has fixed a security flaw in its desktop search software that created a means for hackers to rifle through personal files on users’ PCs.
A failure in Google Desktop to “properly encode output containing malicious or unexpected characters” created a means for hackers to cross from the web environment to the desktop application environment.
So if [...]

Google Eavesdropping Software

This is a little scary, intensely personal ads which to be frank are getting a little invasive as it is..It’s like the part in minority report where the billboards scan your eyes and talk to you using your name and history of purchases.
It looks like it might be happening sooner than we think.

The first thing [...]

Google’s Orkut Hit by Data Stealing Worm - Mw.Orc

So just a few days about there was a new MSN Worm - BlackAngel.B, before that the Yahoo! e-mail worm, long before that of course the MySpace worm and a few others not notable enough to mention.
And of course plenty of nasty Trojans.

A new Internet worm capable of stealing bank details and other personal data [...]


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