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Comment on Breaching Trust: An analysis of surveillance and security practices on China’s TOM-Skype platform by Skype’s Been Hijacked In China, and Microsoft Is OK With It | LeakSource

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:10:59 +0000

[...] at the University of New Mexico, computer science professor Jedidiah Crandall, referred him to a 2008 paper by Nart Villeneuve, a Canadian security researcher. Villeneuve had identified Chinese servers that stored [...]

Comment on “0day”: Civil Society and Cyber Security by Watering Holes and Zero-Day Attacks | Simply Security

Watering Holes and Zero-Day Attacks | Simply Security — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:03:03 +0000

[...] attacks as well as targeted malware attacks. I documented the use of such techniques in 2009 and 2010 and there have been more recent cases as [...]

Comment on Fortinet for who? by Repression 2.0 « linnet taylor

Repression 2.0 « linnet taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:42:21 +0000

[...] in this trade are Netsweeper (the Middle East), Bluecoat (Syria and Burma), Websense (Yemen), Fortinet (Burma), and Finfisher (Egypt and Bahrain). All these companies claim that they are not involved in [...]

Comment on Fortinet for who? by Citizens Lab – Behind Blue Coat: Investigations of commercial filtering in Syria and Burma » On Books, Movies and Other Stuff

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:52:27 +0000

[...] use of Fortinet technology in Burma. See Villeneuve, N., “Fortinet for who?”, October 13, 2005, http://www.nartv.org/2005/10/13/fortinet-for-who/ 24 Human Rights Watch, “Burma’s continuing human rights challenges,” November 3, 2011, [...]

Comment on Google’s New Approach by Google Unmuzzles Itself In China [WITNESS Hub] « Sameer Padania

Google Unmuzzles Itself In China [WITNESS Hub] « Sameer Padania — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:51:55 +0000

[...] the day nearer when Chinese netizens can read and debate Amnesty reports online freely. He, like Nart Villeneuve, hopes that this will influence other companies, notably Microsoft and Yahoo, to take a stand too. [...]

Comment on Tunisia: Law Suit over Fake 404 by Google has disabled the ability for Nawaat to upload new videos « sami ben gharbia

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:48:22 +0000

[...] “Meta-activists” and social media gurus! The few good exceptions that are doing their best to raise awareness and support our causes are our only allies who have been at our side in all [...]

Comment on The Aurora Mess by Wikileaks on China and Google – NYT | Abalinx

Wikileaks on China and Google – NYT | Abalinx — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:13:12 +0000

[...] The Aurora Mess [...]

Comment on Koobface: Inside a Crimeware Network by Koobface Botnet Made $2m From Social Network Users | eWEEK Europe UK

Koobface Botnet Made $2m From Social Network Users | eWEEK Europe UK — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:13:01 +0000

[...] compromised computers to install malicious software and engage in click fraud,” blogged Nart Villeneuve, author of the report and chief research officer at SecDev. “This, of course, does not occur [...]

Comment on Koobface: Inside a Crimeware Network by Koobface botnet, exposing how the operation made more than $2 million « eComTechnology

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:32:54 +0000

[...] 2010 by forcing compromised computers to install malicious software and engage in click fraud,” blogged Nart Villeneuve, author of the report and chief research officer at SecDev. “This, of course, does not occur in a [...]

Comment on “0day”: Civil Society and Cyber Security by @nartv

@nartv — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:44:42 +0000

[...] Rights and Malware Attacks,Targeted Malware Attack on Foreign Correspondent’s based in China, “0day”: Civil Society and Cyber Security). However, one of the issues that Greg Walton and I raised last year, is a trend toward using the [...]

Comment on Targeted Malware Attack on Foreign Correspondent’s based in China by @nartv

@nartv — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:40:19 +0000

[...] are not new. I have been documenting them for some time (see, Human Rights and Malware Attacks,Targeted Malware Attack on Foreign Correspondent’s based in China, “0day”: Civil Society and Cyber Security). However, one of the issues that Greg Walton and [...]

Comment on Human Rights and Malware Attacks by …

… — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:38:53 +0000

[...] leveraging human rights issues are not new. I have been documenting them for some time (see, Human Rights and Malware Attacks,Targeted Malware Attack on Foreign Correspondent’s based in China, “0day”: Civil Society and [...]

Comment on Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty HK and Malware by …

… — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:38:30 +0000

[...] by nart on November 12th, 2010. No comments… » Tags: Human [...]

Comment on Vietnam & Aurora by Vecebot Trojan Analysis « Hacking – Security Tools

Vecebot Trojan Analysis « Hacking – Security Tools — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:33:07 +0000

[...] http://www.nartv.org/2010/04/05/vietnam-aurora/ [...]

Comment on Vietnam & Aurora by Bản phân tích về mã độc Vecebot nói gì? « Dân Luận

Bản phân tích về mã độc Vecebot nói gì? « Dân Luận — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:27:00 +0000

[...] http://www.nartv.org/2010/04/05/vietnam-aurora/ [...]