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The oracle strikes again – “Browser OS” threats start to appear

Feb 18, 2009

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Moving on from the social networking issues we outlined in the past couple of weeks, after following the predictions, and their materialization (here, here, here in the announcement of Gmail offline, here, and here), we can already see the â€œBrowser OSâ€, as we dubbed it in our annual threat and predictions report, begin to materialize…

Social networking threats – the “hacker” story

Feb 15, 2009

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in Aladdin, Security Research

As the social networking threats angle is picking up a lot of traction lately <pat_on_own_back>,Â the folks at Netragard have posted a great write-up on using social networks as an attack tool â€“ involving both social engineering as well as technical exploits. The postÂ can be found here,Â and I just want to quote a couple of…

More predictions see the light of day?

Feb 2, 2009

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A recent report from McAffee reaffirms our 2009 predictions, and talks about how eCrime is starting to benefit from ex-employees, noting that this trend is not limited to the IT guys… As we recall – the possibility to participate in the emerging eCrime business is closer than ever, with a quick buck to be made,…

Gear up – predictions for 2009 has begun to materialize

Jan 28, 2009

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How about answering email messages when you are not online? Easy, right? But, if you are using a webmail account that used to be a problem; so was reading unopened messages or older messages in your inbox. Well, not anymore, Gmail Goes Offline! The AIRC annual threat report with the 2009 predictions could not have…

Social networking strikes again

Jan 8, 2009

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in Aladdin, Security Research

A lot of write-ups have been covering this, so here are a few from InformationWeek, Dancho, SCMagazine and McAfee. Besides saying the ever satisfying â€œtold you soâ€, nothing much to add here. More bogus profiles enticing users to connect to them, look at the content, and catch the same old nastiness â€“ only packaged in…

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The oracle strikes again – “Browser OS” threats start to appear

Social networking threats – the “hacker” story

More predictions see the light of day?

Gear up – predictions for 2009 has begun to materialize

Social networking strikes again