Comments on: “Aurora” Exploit In Google Attack Now Public http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: default_dev http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3949 default_dev Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:22:33 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3949 Well, for one thing, it seems to be free speech activists/journalists whose gmail accounts were sneaked on... If it is other that the Government, they went to huge lengths to incriminate it... Well, for one thing, it seems to be free speech activists/journalists whose gmail accounts were sneaked on… If it is other that the Government, they went to huge lengths to incriminate it…

]]> By: kakrat http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3948 kakrat Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:07:34 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3948 Why attack originated from China must be done by a Chinese, or Chinese Gov? As far as I know many sites in China were not sufficiently protected, and servers of those sites can be exploited by any one from any country to mount the attack. It looks to me that someone seeem eager at jumping to the conclusion that the attacker is a Chinese or Chinese gov Why attack originated from China must be done by a Chinese, or Chinese Gov?

As far as I know many sites in China were not sufficiently protected, and servers of those sites can be exploited by any one from any country to mount the attack.

It looks to me that someone seeem eager at jumping to the conclusion that the attacker is a Chinese or Chinese gov

]]> By: John http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3947 John Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:08:57 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3947 Whitelisting? That\'s not the solution to zero day attacks. McAfee, Norton, AVG, Trend - they\'re all the same. Thank goodness I have BluePoint Security - its cloud based approach prevents zero day attacks from ever happening and no patches are needed! If you want the best tool in antivirus computer safety, you definitely need BluePoint Security. Whitelisting? That\’s not the solution to zero day attacks. McAfee, Norton, AVG, Trend – they\’re all the same. Thank goodness I have BluePoint Security – its cloud based approach prevents zero day attacks from ever happening and no patches are needed! If you want the best tool in antivirus computer safety, you definitely need BluePoint Security.

]]> By: Secure Web Proxy http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3946 Secure Web Proxy Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:06:39 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3946 After reading the attacking mechanism, just realized that users can be protected if they are using <a href=\ After reading the attacking mechanism, just realized that users can be protected if they are using <a href=\

]]> By: tim http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3945 tim Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:13:05 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3945 found it more ironic that someone in G was using IE so that their internal G desktop/laptop was compromised. found it more ironic that someone in G was using IE so that their internal G desktop/laptop was compromised.

]]> By: citizen http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3944 citizen Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:42:30 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3944 What is \\ ? It gets added to quotation marks when escaping text to enter it into a database. It is called escaping and it prevents SQL injections. I guess Mcaffe is doing it the wrong way and that\'s why we see \\ characters added to the text. \'\'\' <- you should see three quotation marks. What is \\ ?

It gets added to quotation marks when escaping text to enter it into a database. It is called escaping and it prevents SQL injections.

I guess Mcaffe is doing it the wrong way and that\’s why we see \\ characters added to the text.

\’\'\’ <- you should see three quotation marks.

]]> By: abdel http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3943 abdel Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:33:17 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3943 @Cynic Not only Google was hacked, over 30 other companies were in the attack. Google is the one taking action by pulling out from China. Google Chrome and Firefox are pretty good. @Cynic

Not only Google was hacked, over 30 other companies were in the attack. Google is the one taking action by pulling out from China.

Google Chrome and Firefox are pretty good.

]]> By: Sandro Littke http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3942 Sandro Littke Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:05:17 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3942 Does McAfee meanwhile offer updated signatures to identify and block that JavaScript-based exploit at client endpoints? Does McAfee meanwhile offer updated signatures to identify and block that JavaScript-based exploit at client endpoints?

]]> By: aussiebear http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3941 aussiebear Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:55:35 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3941 Internet Explorer => \ Internet Explorer => \

]]> By: mort furd http://blogs.mcafee.com/corporate/cto/%e2%80%9caurora%e2%80%9d-exploit-in-google-attack-now-public/comment-page-1#comment-3940 mort furd Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:31:26 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com?p=1859#comment-3940 Please comment as to whether McAfee has updated their anti-virus software to protect against this attack. Please comment as to whether McAfee has updated their anti-virus software to protect against this attack.

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