UK ISP security service tracks all URLs 

UK ISP security service tracks all URLs

In Web/client - By Liam Tung, 25 November 2010 12:21 PM
Targets web threats, not client infections.
Twitter to expand URL shortening service 

Twitter to expand URL shortening service

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 September 2010 3:44 PM
Refers to it as 'link-wrapping service'.
Twitter claims security boost with URL shortener 

Twitter claims security boost with URL shortener

In Messaging - By Dan Worth, 10 June 2010 10:17 AM
T.co service will abbreviate and scan every link before posting.
Spam and viruses see minor rises in May: Symantec 

Spam and viruses see minor rises in May: Symantec

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 27 May 2010 2:04 PM
All but one spam emails now contain a URL.
Conroy promises filter review at 10,000 URLs 

Conroy promises filter review at 10,000 URLs

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 4 May 2010 12:52 PM
Technical review planned if blacklist gets bloated.
Conroy can still regulate the internet 

Conroy can still regulate the internet

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 23 February 2010 10:05 AM
Just not IPTV content, minister says.
URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links 

URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 17 June 2009 11:22 AM
The Cligs URL shortening site was hacked during the weekend to cause 2.2 million links to redirect to the same site.
Google rates Gumblar distribution URL as top malware site 

Google rates Gumblar distribution URL as top malware site

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 June 2009 11:17 AM
The URL hosting the Gumblar attack, which has compromised thousands of legitimate websites with code that silently redirects users to a single Chinese domain, heads Google's ...
McAfee: Typo-squatters cashing in on website misspellings 

McAfee: Typo-squatters cashing in on website misspellings

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 20 November 2007 9:53 AM
Internet surfers who misspell the name of a popular website have a one in 14 chance of landing on a site owned by someone trying to capitalise on your poor typing skills, a ...
Microsoft warns of attacks on Windows URI, URL handling flaw 

Microsoft warns of attacks on Windows URI, URL handling flaw

In Applications - 30 October 2007 10:11 AM
Microsoft has warned of limited attacks using third-party applications to exploit a Windows flaw.
Another Firefox URL handler bug revealed; researcher says more on the way 

Another Firefox URL handler bug revealed; researcher says more on the way

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 27 July 2007 10:05 AM
Researchers Billy (BK) Rios and Nate Mcfeeters unveiled another URL handler vulnerability for Mozilla's web browser on Tuesday, days after revealing a Firefox flaw dependent on ...
Mozilla says URL protocol handling vulnerability is a Firefox issue 

Mozilla says URL protocol handling vulnerability is a Firefox issue

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 25 July 2007 9:52 AM
Mozilla's chief security guru on Monday issued a mea culpa for her company's handing of a URL protocol handing flaw that was believed to only be exploitable from Internet ...
Misspelled URL takes users to malicious web site 

Misspelled URL takes users to malicious web site

By Marcia Savage, 27 April 2005 10:32 PM
Researchers at antivirus company F-Secure have discovered a malicious website that targets users who make a spelling error when they type in Google.com.
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