Re: Some Ad Networks Are Bad News

[silky <michaelslists () gmail com>]

is this really news?

story @ 11: you are only secure as your weakest link.

orly?

let's also not forget that ad's themselves are viral in nature.
tricking us into trusting the products they promote so that they can
exploit our wallets ...




On 11/13/07, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2007 7:53 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> > Nice article, Larry. :-)
> >
> > Via eWeek.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > You wouldn't go surfing to just any site. You're careful about where you
> > go. You only go to sites you trust.
> >
> > But who are you trusting? A series of recent attacks has resulted in
> > seemingly respectable news sites serving malware and redirecting users to
> > sites that serve malware.
> >
> > The problem is in the ads on those news sites. The ads are served by
> > advertising networks that weren't careful enough with their own security.
> > When you trust a Web site you have to trust everyone it's in bed with.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > More:
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2215305,00.asp
> >
> > Also, here's an accompanying article by Lisa Vaas on DoubleClick
> > serving up malware ads:
> >
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2215635,00.asp
>
> hmm, doubleclick serving up malware ads.. funny that this is the link
> on the ziffdavis atricle :-)
> http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/3609/0/0/%2a/q;137016197;0-0;0;8402494;3030-160/90;22613468/22631351/2;;~okv=;pos=top;zdid=a219243;zdtype=commentary;zdaudience=creativeprofessional;pagetype=article2;zdtopic1=securityopinions;tile=2;sz=160x90;~sscs=%3fhttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/zffdvity0180000043mrt/direct/01/
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