In its new version of Chrome browser, Google has plugged in three security holes that include the use-after-free in animation frames, heap-buffer-overflow in libxml, and stack-buffer-overflow in glyph handling, Google said in a security update. “Previously, Chrome focused primarily on protecting you from sites that would exploit your computer with no user interaction required. Now, [...]
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Google fixes three high-risk vulnerabilities in the latest version of its Chrome browser
Posted: 6th January 2012 by infosecindia in NewsTags: browser security, Chrome, Google, heap buffer overflow, prerendering, stack buffer overflow
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Indian hackers expose source code of Symantec products
Posted: 6th January 2012 by infosecindia in Data Loss, Data Privacy, NewsTags: CBI, Google, hacker, India, Lords of Dharmaraja, Norton, Pasteb, Symantec, Yama Tough
India based hacker group that goes by the name ‘Lords of Dharmaraja’ has posted the source code of two of Symantec products on Pastebin. The document has already been taken down from the site. A hacker called “Yama Tough” (@YamaTough), who appears to be acting as a spokesperson for the gang, posted the content to [...]
Google Ads serving advertisements leading to malicious links
Posted: 4th January 2012 by infosecindia in Malware, ScamTags: adware, Google, spyware
Cloud security provider ZScaler has alerted that Google is serving advertisements leading to malicious websites. “I found a suspicious ad in my Google Reader for a free FLV player. I’ve recently shown that this type of free software is regularly repackaged with adware/spyware for profit,” said Julien Sobrier from ZScaler. The ad leads to a download page for FoxTab FLV Player. There is [...]
Your Google campaigns may have stopped running today, claims scam mail
Posted: 26th July 2011 by infosecindia in News, ScamTags: Google, Google AdWords, google-oa.net, scam
Have you received an email from Google saying that your Google AdWords campaign may have stopped running? Here’s a sample of such an email: Google AdWords Your Google campaigns may have stopped running today (Monday, July 25, 2011) Dear AdWords Advertiser, For quality services and running your ads without any problems (Innactive account meaning Pausing [...]
Government officials, activists targeted in Gmail attack originating from China
Posted: 2nd June 2011 by infosecindia in Data Loss, Data Privacy, NewsTags: China, Gmail, Google, hack, journalists, military personnel, Phishing, political activists, South Korea
Google Wednesday uncovered a campaign to collect user passwords, likely through phishing. This campaign, which appears to originate from Jinan, China, affected what seem to be the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of users including, among others, senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and [...]
Droid Dream Light infects 24 Android apps: upto 120,000 Android users affected
Posted: 31st May 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, Mobile, NewsTags: Android, BeeGoo, DDLight, Droid Dream Light, DroidDream, E.T. Tean, Google, Magic Photo Studio, malware
Multiple applications available in the official Google Android Market have been found to contain malware that can compromise a significant amount of personal data. Likely created by the same developers who brought DroidDream to market back in March, more than 25 applications were found to be infected with a stripped down version of DroidDream security researchers [...]
Video: Finding SEO poisoned sites using Google
Posted: 30th May 2011 by infosecindia in MalwareTags: exploit sites, Google, Google images, search engine poisoning, SEO poisoning, video
For many of us, Google is an inseparable part of our lives. However, Google search results can often get you infected with malware as increasing number of malware writers are using Search engine poisoning to achieve their purpose. Here is a video from security firm F-Secure that explains how you can identify SEO poisoned web [...]
Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI) site hacked via Black Hat SEO attack
Posted: 27th May 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: BHSEO, Black Hat SEO, Google, search engine poisoning, SEFI, sefi.unep.org, Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative, United Nations Environment Programme
Websense Security Labs Threatseeker network has detected the Black Hat SEO attack on a domain that belongs to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The domain appears to be compromised by a number of medical spam-related URLs, most of which are compromised sites themselves. As you can see from the screenshots below, unless you were to view the source [...]
How a poisoned Google Image Search redirects the user to download malware on Mac OSX
Posted: 26th May 2011 by infosecindia in MalwareTags: Google, Image search, Mac OSX, malware, search engine poisoning
A picture says a thousand words. And we’ve got a video this time. So, here’s is a quick video from Internet security firm F-secure explaining how a poisoned Google Image Search redirects the user to download malware on Mac OSX