A Web site that is set up to spread a virus, collect names for spammers or for some other illicit or repugnant purpose. See also rogue access point.
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- Malwarebytes claims IObit stole from its database of malware samples that its software uses to detect malware on customer computers. Malwarebytes is accusing China-based computer security firm IObit of intellectual property theft, but IObit denied the allegations and said there were problems with its malware submission site....
- News items 2009-11-03
- 2010 Acura RDX
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- Product reviews 2009-10-23
- Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat'
- The sites of these 'rogue security programs'Should be immediately shut down when they are found, by doing a DDoS attack if necessary.There is no reason to allow these bastards to shill their break-ware on the rest of us in the world.Getting worse...I've seen a hugh increase in infections from these...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless)
- great phone overallMy name is Chris and I recently bought a Rogue and so far so good....I've owned WM devices for a few years now and the one thing I really am annoyed at with the Rogue is the AT&T application lock. Alot of my favorite Windows Mobile apps will...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-27
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Samsung RogueSamsung has had mixed results with touch-screen phones with full keyboards. Verizon's Samsung Glyde had its share of faults, but we liked the Samsung Impression for AT&T quite a bit. Fortunately, the new Samsung Rogue for Verizon Wireless is no slouch. Not only is it a touch-screen and...
- Product reviews 2009-09-11
- Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- (Kaspersky Internet Security 2010)
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 $ Download $What is the Purchase cost of the product?Why does a major producer as this give you a product tour via rerouting when you only want one thing ... the cost!I did not want a trail version ... they lost a customer ... do to...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Linux kernel dev team grows, Torvalds drops off the chart
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam
- Facebook appsI'm already deeply suspicious of facebook apps. Many of them seem to be little more than chain letters ("send this to all of your friends") and many of the "send a drink/snack/smile/ETC" seem to encourage content-free communication. Also, I'm bombarded by "send a drink, ETC" requests from...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Symantec airs dirty Web sites in public
- Next stepRemove them from the DNS and be done with it.I "Blacklist" many web sites on my local "hosts" file ... especially when they continuously serve pop-ups.Just making this list public doesn't help the average naive web usere stay safe they probably have no idea that this list exists.Stronger measures...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist
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- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- 2009 Nissan Rogue SL FWD
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- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far
- Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with are great. But others, let's face it,...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Radio Shack punches customer in face, literally
- Radio Shack punches customer in face, literallybad reportingI had no trouble exchanging items at Radio Shack.That rogue employee is unlikely to be the norm there.What a stupid, pointless articleWhat kind of person or blogger would publish this piece of crap??The article contains absolutely nothing but a stupid, ignorant attack against...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Scareware pops-up at FoxNews
- There have been numerous reports from affected users that a scareware variant of PersonalAntivirus and ExtraAntivirus has been poping-up at FoxNews.com during the last couple of days, through a malvertising campaign. This most recent case of malvertising (MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising; Fake Antivirus XP...
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Paul McCartney's official site serving malware
- All you (don't) need is malware on Paul McCartney's official web site. According to Mary Landesman at ScanSafe, the official web site of Paul McCartney (paulmccartney.com) has been compromised, and is serving live exploits to its visitors. Landesman points out that the compromise might have occurred through...
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Microsoft's intelligence security report: The top 5 takeaways
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- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Scareware meets ransomware: "Buy our fake product and we'll decrypt the files"
- A newly pushed scareware called File Fix Professional 2009 (FileFix Pro 2009), has the potential to influence the way in which spreaders of rogue security software optimize their revenue in the future - by encrypting critical business files and requiring a $50 purchase of the fake...
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- USAID.gov compromised, malware and exploits served
- The Azerbaijan section at the United States Agency for International Development (azerbaijan.usaid.gov) has been compromised and is embedded with malware and exploits serving scripts approximately around the 1st of March. The malicious script is taking advantage of a series of redirects which are dynamically loading live exploits, or rogue security...
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
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