AOL’s venerable instant messaging network, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), silently intercepts URLs in private chats and retrieves the content at the sent address without user consent. AOL appears to be retrieving any and all URLs sent during chats indiscriminately, at the network level. Presumably AOL is indexing the users included in the chat, the URL, . . . → Read More: AOL Instant Messenger silently sniffing, retrieving URLs sent in chats
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Highlighting the sophistication of JavaScript obfuscation in spam email Earlier today we noticed this rather unusual attack email in one of our catch-all email honeypots after making it through Gmail’s infamously strong “award winning spam and virus filtering”. For anyone wondering, this is the same honeypot from the last story, which continues to receive about . . . → Read More: A Most Unusual Attachment Google suggest: Norton is Norton is a virus? Not exactly, but they’re on to something. Viruses generally are installed without the user’s consent (e.g. on a new PC), degrade system performance (check), interfere with legitimate programs (e.g. blocking Firefox by default or by accident), take proactive steps to prevent removal (ever try uninstalling . . . → Read More: Google Suggest gets it right for once… Gmail, officially Google Mail in Germany and the United Kingdom, is a free web-based (webmail), POP3 and IMAP e-mail service provided by Google. Gmail is available to individuals with Google accounts, who receive “their.username@gmail.com”, but can also be configured to handle mails for an organization that already has their own domain name. Google claims that . . . → Read More: Stress testing the Gmail spam filter Welcome. You weren’t scared away by the URL? You must be bold, prepared, stupid, or any combination thereof. Here you can learn about and discuss strategies and techniques for protecting privacy in a world increasingly demanding transparent information sharing. |
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