Antivirus firm: Google text ad Trojan detected

BitDefender says ads placed by Google on Web pages were being hijacked by Trojan software, redirecting inquiries to rogue server. Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called Trojan horse software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus ...

Wed Dec 19 10:01:25 PST 2007

First prediction for 2008 to come true

Google's social network, Orkut, has been attacked by a worm that uses "scrap book" messages to propogate. It's only action is to spread and add Orkut members to a group called "infected by the Orkut virus." according to this IDG news article. From the blogger that is ...

Wed Dec 19 11:01:24 PST 2007

Notebook: Google/Orkut worm, Leaky HP laptops; Google text ad Trojan; Sun patches

Today's dose of security items includes an Orkut worm, HP's laptop woes; Google ad Trojan and Sun Management Center patches. Trend Micro: Google/Worm compromises 400,000+ accounts Trend Micro said in an advisory that a worm is making life hell for Google/Orkut.   According to the advisory: ...

Thu Dec 20 03:00:57 PST 2007

Virtual labs and education

Yesterday, I asked for people to share their thoughts via a guest blog on virtualization in Ed Tech.   Guest blogger Erik Josowitz provided us with the following (thanks, Erik).  Feel free to talk back or submit your own guest blog with some specific experiences or implementation details.  ...

Wed Dec 19 21:01:21 PST 2007