Google Goes On Offensive vs. JavaScript Attacks

Google Goes On Offensive vs. JavaScript Attacks 108

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:27PM from the isn't-most-javascript-offensive dept.

alphadogg writes "Google's e-mail security team has updated its Postini engine to stop a new type of JavaScript attack that helped fuel a rise in spam volume in recent months. Google says it has seen a surge in obfuscated JavaScript attacks, describing them as a hybrid between virus and spam messages. The e-mails are designed to look like legitimate messages, specifically Non Delivery Report messages, but contain hidden JavaScript. 'In some cases, the message may have forwarded the user's browser to a pharma site or tried to download something unexpected,' Google said in its official blog."

Google Goes On Offensive vs. JavaScript Attacks

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Don't want to post OT but... (Score:2, Funny)

by bannable ( 1605677 ) writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:35PM (#32966276)

...could this site have *any* more ads? Good lord, 15 seconds and there have already been THREE inline popup ads and a redirect ad, in addition to all the crap surrounding the article.

Re:Don't want to post OT but... (Score:3, Funny)

by BJ_Covert_Action ( 1499847 ) writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:39PM (#32966364) Homepage Journal

Well, it is a story about Google. =P

Re:Don't want to post OT but... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:40PM (#32966370)

Don't worry, you were completely on topic, even if you didn't know it. The topic is disabling javascript to prevent bad things on the Internet.

Re:JS in email text? (Score:5, Funny)

by Monkeedude1212 ( 1560403 ) writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @12:41PM (#32966390) Journal

Your friend isn't going to send you javascript
You clearly don't hang out with my group of friends.

Re:Anyone using most email clients? (Score:2, Funny)

by JxcelDolghmQ ( 1827432 ) writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @01:43PM (#32967470)

I'm quite certain that it would be counterproductive to turn off HTML rendering in the most popular email client for gmail: The web browser.

Amazing (Score:3, Funny)

by dr. chuck bunsen ( 762090 ) writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @01:56PM (#32967672)

This is the exact reason that I NEVER use the internet. Just too dangerous these days...

Re:plain text (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @02:23PM (#32968028)

Nonsense, Shakespeare mainly wrote scripts. And to this day, there are problems executing them properly.

Re:Amazing (Score:4, Funny)

by mcgrew ( 92797 ) * writes: on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @03:36PM (#32969068) Homepage Journal

You're telling me! I damned near broke my wrist last week!

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