Pirated Content Sites Hacked Attract Billions Of Years !

Web sites hawking pirated software and other digital goods will attract about 53 million visits per year. This is according to a report PDF released yesterday by MarkMonitor, a company that protects online brands to its corporate clients. The hacking scene of the majority of the 53 billion hits,...

MS to Educate on Malware in Counterfeit Software

Citing a rising tide of complaints from people who unknowingly bought counterfeit software infected with malware, Microsoft announced the launch of educational initiatives and enforcement actions in over 70 countries to raise awareness of counterfeit software and to protect consumers. Read the fu...

FDA Trying to Close Fake Prescription Sites

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pressuring a number of Internet service providers to shut off nearly 12 dozen Web sites alleged to be selling counterfeit or unapproved prescription drugs. The agency said none of the sites represent pharmacies located in the United States or Canada, as mo...

Researcher Banished For Showing How to Hack PayPal

PayPal suspended the account of a white-hat hacker on Tuesday, a day after someone used his research into website authentication to publish a counterfeit certificate for the online payment processor. “Under the Acceptable Use Policy, PayPal may not be used to send or receive payments for items th...

Simplistic Facebook phishing attack seeks userIDs and passwords only

From The Last Watchdog Byron Acohido There’s power in simplicity. That’s the upshot of the phishing attack now bombarding Facebook users. Many FB’ers are receiving messages titled, simply, “Hello.” The body of the text contains a brief imperative sentence: “Check areps.at” or “Check bests.at”...

Governs the granting of leave true when True also false-the“real”IP security risks-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Let us look at the ASP code first: Function getIP Dim strIPAddr as string If Request. ServerVariables"HTTPXFORWARDEDFOR" = "" OR InStrRequest. ServerVariables"HTTPXFORWARDEDFOR", "unknown" 0 Then strIPAddr = Request. ServerVariables"REMOTEADDR" ElseIf InStrRequest...