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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
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FYI on all that blog spam from people trying to get you to visit their Blogspot blogs: In an attack that showcases what cyber criminals have in store for Web 2.0 next year, the individual or group behind the Storm worm is distributing new versions of the malware with the help of hijacked and newly-created Google Blogspot blogs. [ ... ] Security Fix recently was made aware of another, unrelated way that criminals are using Blogspot blogs to redirect traffic toward malicious sites. Clicking on links anywhere on this Blogspot site -- which appears to be a strange mock-up of a Bank of America phishing e-mail - takes you to a nicely-done Bank of America phishing site that is still active as of this writing. This particular phishing site uses what's known as a man-in-the-middle attack, so when you pass your logon credentials to the phishing site, it will actually log you in at the real Bank of America Web site while stealing your credentials. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/secur...=news-col-blog -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
Melinda Shore wrote:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/secur...=news-col-blog Interesting! I have a coworker who manages, despite having anti-virus and anti-spyware software running on her work machine, to get some sort of foul bug just about once a week. I've told her that she's obviously (repeatedly!) visiting a malicious or compromised website. I can't tell if she's just not smart enough to comprehend the problem (even after it's explained to her!), or if she simply doesn't care, or what. Hopefully, she's more careful with her personal machine, but somehow I doubt it. I imagine there are a lot of folks out there who are just like her. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
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ceb wrote: I use blogspot and I don't understand this post. Can my site be hijacked without my knowing about it? I don't know. Apparently there's some consensus that the worm links are being inserted through some sort of hole in the feature that allows you to mail in blog posts. Is it safe to keep my blog on blogspot? What do you think? Would any of the other basic blogging sites be safer, if blogspot it not? I really don't know. I'd try to shore things up the best I could, in any event. If there are Blogspot settings that allow you to disable submitting via email, for example, I'd go with that, and I expect I wouldn't use my most commonly- used email addresses as the address associated with the blog, or use the same administrative email address as the blog email address (if you can dissociate them), and so on. I think the main risk is to visitors, who might find the titillating descriptions of the links irresistible. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:fl344k$kef$1
@panix3.panix.com: I think the main risk is to visitors, who might find the titillating descriptions of the links irresistible. Are you making fun of my total inability to think up interesting titles??? Thanks for the info. I'll disable the email submission, which I don't use anyway because I don't know why I would. I don't think my email addy is up there but I'll double-check. Thanks, Melinda. -- Catherine & Zoe, Queenie, & Max, 3 black dogs of varying sizes & Rosalie the calico cat www.ourladyofperfection.blogspot.com |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
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ceb wrote: Are you making fun of my total inability to think up interesting titles??? Well, I don't know. Better use of titles could boost your traffic. One of my favorite dog blogs is "Life With Dogs in the Yukon," partly because she's got loads of great pictures of her dogs, and partly because she's got a really interesting life of which I'm probably more than a little envious. Anyway, she recently posted about search terms that led people to her blog (I don't know how she found those out). An excerpt: "How to spell Porcupine" - hey, turns out they didn't need to do a search at all!! Doh! "dogs eating insulation" is still a popular search. I can't believe that many people have that problem... And my absolute favourite: "Beer bottle roof insulation" - holy crap, I could have saved a TON of money if I had that valuable bit of info while I was insulating the cabin!! http://keeponsledding.blogspot.com/2.../searches.html Obviously she's making the right vocabulary choices. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
ceb wrote:
Are you making fun of my total inability to think up interesting titles??? You'd be surprised. I've had traffic from keyword searches for everything from "sanitary pad and tampon porn pictures" to "picture of yoplait women eating yogurt together this is good commercial" to "victorian punishment for wayward girls." It boggles the mind. Thanks for the info. I'll disable the email submission, which I don't use anyway because I don't know why I would. I don't think my email addy is up there but I'll double-check. You probably know where to find it, but if you didn't set up posting via e-mail, then you should be fine. You can also put it in draft mode, which should help. I don't post via e-mail, but I have posting-via-Flickr set up, which makes me a little nervous. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
Melinda Shore wrote:
(I don't know how she found those out). Most web hosts provide stats, including keyword analysis. Even some of the 3rd party stats providers, like StatCounter and SiteMeter, provide limited keyword analysis. I find it immensely entertaining, but as I've mentioned, I may be a little weird. http://keeponsledding.blogspot.com/2.../searches.html Obviously she's making the right vocabulary choices. And lots of fun pictures, too! -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
Shelly wrote:
You probably know where to find it, but if you didn't set up posting via e-mail, then you should be fine. You can also put it in draft mode, which should help. I don't post via e-mail, but I have posting-via-Flickr set up, which makes me a little nervous. Speaking of bugs and stats and whatnot... When checking my referrer stats, I noticed that I had a huge number of hits (10%, which is a lot) from a domain that was clearly not legit. I Googled the domain (instead of just going to them directly), and found that it is a virus site. Another thing to watch out for is referrer spam. Some folks post lists of sites that link to them, which is a bad idea. You end up with stuff like Romanian kiddie porn popping up in the lists, and that's just not okay. And then there is the potential for your readers to follow links that lead to viruses, too. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Security heads-up on all that blogspot spam
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Shelly wrote: And lots of fun pictures, too! Well, yeah - tons of puppy porn, snow porn, and all sorts of great stuff. She's the one who had photographs of herself showing members of White Stripes how to throw a native spear, and this summer she cleared some land, moved into a wall tent, and built a cabin, all of which she wrote up in a lot of detail. Way more interesting than the "Today I sealed my basement" stuff that you see in a lot of blogs. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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