Thứ Ba, 31 tháng 8, 2010

Just a note folks, the competition ends today, so if you're taking part in the competition (i.e. haven't went straight for the PTAC instead), get those entries in;http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2077

Chủ Nhật, 29 tháng 8, 2010

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already at issue 40! We’ve got a lot of great stuff for you in this issue, including a spiffy new logo redesign by Thorsten Wilms. You might also notice a slight font change-that’s the new (official) Ubuntu font.This month:- Command and Conquer. - How-To : Program in Python – Part 14, Virtualize Part 3 – OpenSolaris, and ADSL Modem As A Switch. - Review – SOFA

Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 8, 2010

I've mentioned Sagade Ltd before, it's a totally Black Hat Latvian network that should be blocked on sight. Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic for this range is fairly damning:....There's very little point playing whack-a-mole with these Latvian IP addresses. It's probably worth null-routing the entire country until some government agency that isn't being paid off by Russian organised criminals
Just a reminder for those of you taking part - there's less than a week left to get your comments and suggestions finalised and posted!http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2077
Latvia is definitely becoming a problem when it comes to black hat hosting. The 159.148.117.0/24 range (159.148.117.0 - 159.148.117.255) is another malicious block, forming part of AS2588 belonging to Latnet (similar to microlines.lv). At a rough calculation, roughly half the IP address ranges I am currently blocking are based in Latvia.This bunch of domains is a mix of fake pharma sites, browser

Thứ Sáu, 20 tháng 8, 2010

AdvancedDefrag.com has now been de-listed, after a test of their latest version showed it no longer met the inclusion criteria (the major improvement to their software is that their trial version, is actually a trial now, not a demo).After years of bundling the Swizzor trojan (created by Patchou so I'm told), Patchou/Yuna Software, have finally removed Swizzor from their MessengerPlus installer.

Thứ Sáu, 13 tháng 8, 2010

Just a note folks, the server housing surl.co.uk, avantbrowser.com, forum.avantbrowser.com and it-mate.co.uk amongst others, is unreachable at present. I'm trying to get through to the host to find out what's going on as I can't reach Anderson (servers owner) at present.Checking a few other IPs on the same /24 suggests this may actually be a problem internal to the superb.net network. I'll update