Comments on: Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic Page http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/google-safe-browsing-diagnostic-page/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MichaelArgast http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/google-safe-browsing-diagnostic-page/#comment-40 MichaelArgast Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:01:36 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/google-safe-browsing-diagnostic-page/#comment-40 This is a great tool for finding out the status of sites you aren't sure about, but doesn't necessarily give you the whole picture as to whether it is safe to visit. A great counter-example to this is the recent attack via the New York Times ad network, detailed here: [A href="http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/09/15/hackers-bought-ad-space-york-times/"]http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/09/15/hackers-bought-ad-space-york-times/[/A] In this case, the site itself wasn't hosting the malicious code, but visiting the site still resulting in a scareware attack against the visitor, through the ad network (which the NYTimes failed to vet). Michael Argast, Security Analyst, Sophos This is a great tool for finding out the status of sites you aren’t sure about, but doesn’t necessarily give you the whole picture as to whether it is safe to visit.

A great counter-example to this is the recent attack via the New York Times ad network, detailed here:

In this case, the site itself wasn’t hosting the malicious code, but visiting the site still resulting in a scareware attack against the visitor, through the ad network (which the NYTimes failed to vet).

Michael Argast, Security Analyst, Sophos

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