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• Internet searches under attack: next in series

  by Rossano Ferraris Another interesting case I would like to bring to your attention is the effect of the so-called “fake-codec” trojans. Here is what I figured out after searching the phrase “daily dawn” on the Google search engine. The screenshot reflects... Posted Jan 15 2008, 11:40 AM by Rossano Ferraris with | with 3 comment(s) Tags: Anti-Spyware, Vulnerabilities, spyware, attack, fake updates, advertising, user permission, CA, rogue security software, Rossano Ferraris, codec, fake codec, video codec

• Internet searches under attack

  by Rossano Ferraris Users are being infected with malware from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, malware authors are continually refining their technique. As I will show in this write-up, clicking on the results from innocent searches, like looking... Posted Jan 09 2008, 05:30 PM by Rossano Ferraris with | with 2 comment(s) Tags: Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, spyware, attack, advertising, security, CA, rogue security software, internet, Rossano Ferraris, searches

• Follow-up: Facebook's Response

  In addition to the statement we received this past Friday, we have received further communications from Facebook's privacy department, this time directly addressing the silent data transfer to facebook.com. Hi Stefan, Thanks for clarifying your concerns... Posted Dec 03 2007, 07:43 PM by Benjamin Googins with | with 1 comment(s) Tags: Anti-Spyware, cookies, beacon, advertising, facebook

• Update: A Statement From Facebook

  Following the publication of the last two blogs about Facebook's Beacon program and the data we observed being sent to facebook.com , we have received the following statement from Facebook corporate communications, which addresses the use of the data... Posted Nov 30 2007, 11:14 PM by Stefan Berteau with | with 7 comment(s) Tags: beacon, advertising, privacy, facebook

• Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to Privacy: Tracking users who opt out or are not logged in.

  [Update 12/03/07 - We have received a statement from facebook, asserting that they do not use or retain any of the data which is received if a user is not logged in or does not consent. It is posted in full here ] As follow-up to Ben's look at Facebook's... Posted Nov 29 2007, 11:39 PM by Stefan Berteau with | with 20 comment(s) Tags: cookies, beacon, advertising