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US Government, Wikipedia Go All-HTTPS. Should Site Owners Do It, Too?

  • Posted on:June 18, 2015 at 3:36 am
  • Posted in:Social
  • Author:
    David Sancho (Senior Threat Researcher)
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The past week has seen some interesting news in the world of online security. First, the US government announced that all websites maintained by federal agencies must be using HTTPS by the end of 2016. Second, the Wikimedia Foundation (best known for Wikipedia) announced that they, too, were rolling out mandatory HTTPS for their own sites…

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Tags: governmentHTTPSmozillaObamaonline securitywikimediaWikipedia

US 2012 Election Apps May Lead to Data Disclosure

  • Posted on:September 18, 2012 at 11:10 am
  • Posted in:Mobile
  • Author:
    Paul Pajares (Fraud Analyst)
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Note: Some of the apps discussed in this blog entry were developed with an older adware SDK that did not contain opt-in provisions, particularly regarding the ability to collect information and display ads outside of the original app. The adware SDK has since been updated to this capability to comply with Google’s developer policies; apps…

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Tags: adwareandroidappObamaromneyus elections 2012

Belated Odinga Campaign

  • Posted on:October 16, 2008 at 3:02 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Macky Cruz (Technical Communications)
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First detected in 2007, the WORM_VOTERAI family, which turned up during the presidential election season in Kenya that year, seems to be making a comeback in time for the US elections this year via WORM_VOTERAI.N. This worm, notable for dropping the following incomplete image file of Raila Odinga, has registered several infection counts in North…

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Tags: McCainObamaOdingapolitical malwareUS electionsworm

‘Obama Survey’ Offers $500 Gas Gift Cards

  • Posted on:September 21, 2008 at 7:03 pm
  • Posted in:Spam
  • Author:
    Aivee Cortez (Fraud Analyst)
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As the U.S. presidential elections near, online scammers are taking advantage of the candidates’ popularity. Trend Micro Content Security team’s spam filters recently caught the following email message, which asks recipients to participate in a survey for the Democratic Party nominee in exchange for $500 worth of gas gift cards: Users who clicked the button…

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Tags: ObamaSpam

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