Has it? I'd like to learn more but nobody's reporting any details. What was the malware? Is it still on the network? I've seem malware through ad networks lots of times; are there other domains besides Drudge that they're not allowed to view at DOJ?
Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [email protected] http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ -----Original Message----- From: Dan Kaminsky [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:35 PM To: Gregory Hicks Cc: [email protected]; Larry Seltzer Subject: Re: [funsec] U.S. Attorney's office tells employees not to log on to Drudge Report To be fair, this has been a real problem. On May 15, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Gregory Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:07:58 -0400 >> From: "Larry Seltzer" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: [funsec] U.S. Attorney's office tells employees not to log >> on > to Drudge Report >> >> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22574.html >> >> "Asked why the conservative-leaning news aggregator and President >> Barack Obama critic was flagged by Internet security officials, Tracy >> Schmaler, a Department of Justice >> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22508.html> spokeswoman, >> said it was because "a malicious code was found contained in a Web ad >> on Drudge."" >> >> How come only the DOJ knows about this and nobody else? > > Because the DoJ needed some excuse to tell the workerbees... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer > | Direct: 408.569.7928 > > People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men > stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell > > The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson > > "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they > be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
