Around The Horn vol.1,27

Alerts

Jan 31, 2009 (22 hours ago)
Google Search Engine's Malware Detection Broken, (Sat, Jan 31st)

from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green
As of right now, it appears any google search you do will come up with all the same results as befor ...(more)...

Jan 31, 2009 (20 hours ago)
DNS DDoS - let's use a long term solution, (Sat, Jan 31st)

from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green
The current batch of DDoS attacks continues now for quite a few days. Let's recap a few things and l ...(more)...

Security News

Jan 31, 2009 (14 hours ago)
'Human error' shuts down Google

from CGISecurity - Website and Application Security News by Robert A.
"THE world’s biggest internet search engine temporarily shut down today, leaving hundreds of millions of surfers stranded in cyberspace. Google broke down for forty minutes this afternoon, paralysing everything from internet-dating to people checking out the latest news. Anyone searching for a site using Google was blocked with the warning: “This...

Jan 31, 2009 (22 hours ago)
Google mistakes entire web for malware

from The Register - Security
This internet may harm your computer
Updated A human error at Google caused its main search engine to briefly identify every site on the web as a potentially malicious destination that represented a threat to end users, the company said.…

Jan 31, 2009 (20 hours ago)
Human error caused Google search bug

from Network World on Security
Human error caused a glitch that returned the message "this site may harm your computer" for all Google search results for about an hour Saturday morning, the company said.

Jan 31, 2009 (20 hours ago)
Google bug vexes Saturday morning searches

from Network World on Security
A glitch that apparently occurred in Google's "Stop Badware" program led to what Verizon's security blog called a "self-inflicted denial of service" Saturday morning, with all search results warning "this site may be harmful to your computer."

-- Aurora Report says Google, Google, Google, it's always about Google (Think Brady Bunch).