Web Security

Infographic: Infections from 25K Sites Hit 10M Victims in February

Over 10 million people were hit by exploits served up by 25,000 of the most popular websites in the world in February, according to a new study released by Barracuda Labs.Using an internal tool, Barracuda analyzed Alexa’s list of the most popular websites to determine whether each URL was serving malicious content and doling out exploits to a browser or its extensions. Studies showed that on average, through the month, at least two of the top 25,000 sites served malicious content each day.

Yahoo to Implement Do Not Track

Yahoo has decided that it’s now time to start implementing a Do Not Track system across its various Web properties. The company is one of the last large Web content providers to officially commit to using a DNT technology, and Yahoo said that it plans to have the system implemented by early summer.

Kelihos Returns: Same Botnet or New Version?

The twice-shut-down Kelihos botnet remains active and continues spamming with a new variant, despite yesterday’s efforts by Kaspersky Lab and CrowdStrike that knocked offline and sinkholed the most recent version of the botnet.

Google Releases Chrome 18, Fixes Nine Security Flaws

by Dennis Fisher

Google has released version 18 of its Chrome browser and has fixed a number of serious security vulnerabilities in the process. The latest version of Chrome also includes an updated release of the Flash player that now includes the background updated that enables users to set the software to update itself without any help from the user.

Adobe Patches Flash Player, Unveils New Silent Updater

by Chris Brook
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Adobe pushed out a security update for its Flash Player Wednesday, patching two critical holes and introducing a new silent update option. The update, Adobe Flash Player 11.2, addresses two memory corruption vulnerabilities in Windows, Mac, Linux and early Android builds that could lead to remote code execution according to a bulletin (APSB12-07).

Study Finds China Censorship Of Social Media Is Real, Pervasive

by Paul Roberts
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A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that Chinese social media sites are deleting messages with content that might be construed as controversial by the Communist Party – the first conclusive evidence that state censorship extends to social media sites like Sina Weibo, the popular micro blogging Web site that many have likened to a Chinese Twitter.

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