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Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA

Oct 2nd, 2008 · According to Websense, Microsoft's CAPTCHA has been busted again. CAPTCHA was surely a logical move for different service providers to fight against spammers, but it seems to be melting down. 'Realizing the potential for massive abuse from spammers with …
see also: IP · solution · service · Microsoft · computer · reliability · research

Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA

Oct 1st, 2008 · According to Websense, Microsoft's CAPTCHA has been busted again. CAPTCHA was surely a logical move for different service providers to fight against spammers, it seems to be melting down. 'Realizing the potential for massive abuse from spammers with anti-CAPTCHA …
see also: IP · solution · service · Microsoft · computer · reliability · research

Gmail CAPTCHA Cracked

Feb 26th, 2008 · Websense is reporting that Gmail's CAPTCHA has been broken, and that bots are beginning to sign up with a one in five success rate. More interestingly, they have a lot of technical details about how the botnet members coordinate with two different computers …
see also: Google · computer · gmail · botnet · technical · pretend · Captcha

Malware Pulls an "Italian Job"

Jun 19th, 2007 · A number of readers sent us word about a malware attack that has been underway since Saturday that began with the compromise of more than 1,100 mostly Italian Web sites. Websense claims that more than 10,000 sites have been infected by now, 80% of them …
see also: residents · software · provider · download · Malware · PDF · unpatched

Why Are Students Liable for School Insecurity?

May 3rd, 2007 · yamamushi asks: "Within the past few weeks, students across Boerne ISD were being called into offices to discuss the use of proxies to circumvent the schools websense system. The problem is that some of these students are being suspended from school for …
see also: computer · students · office · Disabling · administration · liable · district

Web Censorship on the University Campus?

Oct 12th, 2006 · Censored Prof asks: "I teach at a private university in San Antonio, TX. Besides some horrendous bandwidth issues, we have lately been subjected to Lightspeed and/or Websense blocking. This means that suddenly, university students are unable to see content …
see also: bandwidth · world · students · mp3 · University · private · censorship

Software Turns Google into a Virus Scanner

Jul 15th, 2006 · Websense, a security vendor, has developed software that uses a binary search feature built into Google to hunt down malware. Using this technique researchers at Websense have uncovered over 2,000 websites hosting malware, and are also able to detect …
see also: software · Google · download · Virus · Vendors · Website · Malware

Free Web Hosting a Fount of Malware

Jul 27th, 2005 · It looks as if free Web space services are increasingly being used to host spyware, with Internet security firm Websense claiming more of such dodgy material was found on free hosting services during the first two weeks of July than in May and June combined. …
see also: lifespan · service · Internet · sites · company · Malware · personal

Blogs Latest Source of PC Infection

Apr 15th, 2005 · The BBC has a story which indicates that filtering firm Websense believes at least 200 fake blogs are in existence which have malicious code that could infect your pc. Websense said it had seen examples of some computer criminals creating a legitimate …
see also: PC · software · blog · computer · messenger · BBC · systems







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