Tag: yahoo
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Spam and ID theft attacked from all sides
EU body issues warning, ICANN, Japan and Yahoo! take on spammers and phishers. Last week a series of major institutions took action highlighting the threat of spam and phishing, with a serious warning released by European Union web security body ENISA and more concrete actions taken by web management body ICANN, the Japanese government and…
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Yahoo! searchers to get McAfee site advice
SiteAdvisor data to help check security of search results. Search engine giant Yahoo! has announced a deal with McAfee to incorporate site security ratings from the firm’s SiteAdvisor system into search results. The deal will see Yahoo! searches accompanied by warnings if links are turned up to sites that are known to be suspect. Like…
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Yahoo! jukebox flaw exploits in wild
Zero day vulnerability in music system rapidly targeted. Vulnerabilities in Yahoo! Jukebox , a free music-management system provided by Yahoo! , have been exploited by in-the-wild attacks just days after flaws were first disclosed. Two separate buffer overflow issues in ActiveX controls used by the system were reported on February 2nd and 5th, and attacks…
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Yahoo!-owned ad firm serves up trojans
Infectious flash adverts displayed on major sites. Advertising supplied by ad firm Right Media , a company bought out by web giant Yahoo! earlier this year after an initial investment in October 2006, has been serving up ads which use exploits to drop malware onto vulnerable systems. The ads are thought to have appeared on…
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Serious holes in Yahoo! Messenger
Critical vulnerabilities fully disclosed. Two security flaws in the popular Yahoo! Messenger communications software have been reported, with full details available online before a fixed version of the product became available. Initial reports of the flaws, both buffer overflow issues in ActiveX controls used by the software, imply they are simple to exploit, with in-depth…