Paul Ferguson ("Fergie") is a Network Architect employed by Trend Micro, Inc., in San Jose, California. He considers himself to be "an old router jockey, with a lot of network security scars." Prior to joining Trend Micro, Fergie has worked for Northrop Grumman, Cisco Systems, Sprint, Computer Sciences Corp., AT&T, and enjoyed several years of active duty service in the U.S. Army as a COMSEC techie during the Cold War.
Well, given the amount of malicious JavaScript, malware, and other possibilities to use Facebook (and other similar social networking platforms) for abuse, I certainly wouldn't categorize this news as a "clever move"... In fact, I foresee this as an extraordinarily short-sighted move with far-reaching security implications -- which will allow the levels of malicious abuse to reach new heights. more»
Last week, my colleagues over at Sunbelt Software discovered a bogus Windows domain being registered earlier this month (where the "w" in "windows" is actually two "v"s). Today, I've been alerted to the fact that are several additional Windows domains which have registered where the "w"s have been also been replaced with "v"s... more»
