domenica 15 marzo 2009
Google Clique Fraud
This is a fact of some years ago but it captured my imagination so I thought well to post it. During the last year I was very into Google Adsense and I tried all sort of (legal!) ways to pumpup my incomings... well... ehm... I still haven't bought a new car, no...
Michael Anthony Bradley
In 2004, California resident Michael Anthony Bradley created Google Clique, a software program that he claimed could let spammers defraud Google out of millions of dollars in fraudulent clicks.
Authorities said he was arrested while trying to blackmail Google for $150,000 to hand over the program, believed to be the first arrest for click fraud.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org)
Feds Arrest Alleged Google Extortionist
A California man is charged with attempting to extort money from Google to stop distribution of a software program that registers fraudulent AdSense clicks.
The U.S. Secret Service has arrested and charged a Southern California man for allegedly creating software code to register fraudulent clicks on Google's AdSense program and attempting to extort money from the search giant.
The case centers around a program called "Google Clique," which was allegedly written by 32-year-old Michael Anthony Bradley to surf and click on Web ads displayed by the Google AdSense program.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Bradley met secretly with Google's engineers in early March and attempted to extort $100,000 by threatening to release the program for widespread use by spammers.
(from http://www.internetnews.com)
Enter Miserable Failure into Google, and MichaelMoore.com is top.
Previously this Googlebomb was directed at George W. Bush.
Bradley created a method that generates false clicks that appeared to be real Internet traffic, which would have repeatedly defrauded Google.
(snip)
And He Bragged In Public, Too...
Apparently it’s the same bragging fraudster active in alt.internet.search-engines newsgroup thread Adsense Autoclick:
"Want auto click software? http://www.myhq.info/clique/
Google even called me to thier office, I flew up, met with them, and lets just say, they are scared and don’t want this software to get out, bottom line, I don’t care anymore."
– CountScubula (scantek@hotmail.com), 2004-03-12
(from http://blogoscoped.com)
martedì 27 gennaio 2009
New kind of Phishing
A recently descovered bug in browsers permits a new kind of phishing.
The bug is in the way browsers handle javascript code permitting to a malicious site to discover if you're logged in a site or not.
The complete article is published on www.trusteer.com. Go and read it!
For non-technicals you can find information on Reuters agency, here : www.reuters.com
Enjoy reading!
The bug is in the way browsers handle javascript code permitting to a malicious site to discover if you're logged in a site or not.
The complete article is published on www.trusteer.com. Go and read it!
For non-technicals you can find information on Reuters agency, here : www.reuters.com
Enjoy reading!
Buzus Trojan on my USB pendrive
PEN drive virus?
Yes, they are really terrible, a real pain, I'm talking about the viruses that get into your pendrive, maybe in the Recycled folder (or Recycler, depending if it's a NTFS or FAT filesystem).
The problem is removing the pest from (1) the pendrive, (2) the harddisk and (3) cleaning up your system.
This nice article from italian webmaster jes (Accademia3.it) can give you some hints on using tools like Unlocker and Filemon to trackdown these viruses (or trojans, whatever) to get ridd of them.
The article is published here: http://www.intel-assembler.it/portale/5/buzus/buzus-trojan.asp
The trojan analyzed is Buzus also known by antivirus/antitrojan software as:
Enjoy reading!
Yes, they are really terrible, a real pain, I'm talking about the viruses that get into your pendrive, maybe in the Recycled folder (or Recycler, depending if it's a NTFS or FAT filesystem).
The problem is removing the pest from (1) the pendrive, (2) the harddisk and (3) cleaning up your system.
This nice article from italian webmaster jes (Accademia3.it) can give you some hints on using tools like Unlocker and Filemon to trackdown these viruses (or trojans, whatever) to get ridd of them.
The article is published here: http://www.intel-assembler.it/portale/5/buzus/buzus-trojan.asp
The trojan analyzed is Buzus also known by antivirus/antitrojan software as:
Antivirus | Version | Name |
a-squared | 4.0.0.26 | Virus.Trojan.Win32.Buzus.zzi!IK |
AntiVir | 7.9.0.35 | TR/Dropper.Gen |
AVAST! | 3.0.1 | Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} |
BitDefender | 7.81008.2252442 | Trojan.AgentMB.ZVTS150316 |
Dr.Web | 4.44.0.9170 | Win32.HLLW.Autoruner.3009 |
ewido | 4.0.0.2 | Trojan.Buzus.shq |
F-Secure | 5.51.6100 | Trojan.Win32.Buzus.acvw [AVP] |
Kaspersky | 5.5.10 | Trojan.Win32.Buzus.acvw |
Trend Micro | 8.700-1004 | TROJ_BUZUS.NY |
Enjoy reading!
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