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Spyware is software that is installed without user permission and sends personal data to an unauthorized server without user awareness.

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Sniffing network traffic for signs of viruses/spyware

How can I connect a system to a network and sniff for virus/spyware related traffic? I'd like to plug in a network cable, fire up an appropriate tool sand have it scan the data for any signs of problems. I don't expect this to find everything, and…
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Removing the Superfish Shopping Assistant for Google Chrome

Today I noticed I was getting an AJAX loaded "Shopping Assistant" in my Google Search results: This isn't a Google thing from what I can tell, looks like I have some spyware in my Chrome browser. Anybody know how to remove? (not listed in the…
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Single sign on cookie removed by anti spyware software

We have a single sign on implementation for a family of websites where the authentication cookie comes from the root domain (e.g. bar.com), allowing them to be logged into a child domain (e.g. foo.bar.com). The implementation is in C# using standard…
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How to make sure an Android app was really compiled from said source code?

A lot of Android apps are open source, but how can we make sure the person who finally uploads to the Google Market does not include some spyware just before uploading? Background: Mobile apps security seems to be a growing concern, and I would like…
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what is this hidden Zugo Flash movie doing on my page?

I found a strange thing hidden on my page:
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Block adware injectors from my site (especially IE and Firefox)

I have a single page web application hosted on Windows Azure My site is very prone to adware (mainly on IE and sometimes on Firefox). I notice more popular sites are not as prone to these attacks. How can I make my site less prone to Ad Injectors?…
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malware on website but how does it get there

I have noticed one of my websites has an iframe added into it which links to a malware site or similar (won't include URL, but the domain is s l u x x q q g y k e w o l m o l i . i n without the spaces). It's just html / css and javascript...no…
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Find applications that use the microphone with ADB

Google's voice assistant hasn't worked for some time because my phone's microphone seems to be used by another application. With ADB, how do I know which applications are using the microphone? Thank you! UPDATE: The output of adb shell dumpsys audio…
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Is service.odtcfactory.sec.com.odtcfactoryservice a valid system app on Android 7.0?

On my Samsung Galaxy S6 phone I see service.odtcfactory.sec.com.odtcfactoryservice in Settings > Apps when I click Show system apps. A while ago I started to suspect that my phone might have been hacked and when I connected to it I noticed in…
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Converting Code into Binary Executable Files is a Common Thing... Is the opposite possible?

IDEs are one of several types of tools that allow to run and convert code to binary files, making them ready to run on specific systems. Now some software are intentionally hardcoded and/or made difficult to brake through in order to keep the source…
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Facebook integrates itself on my users' phones violating Content-Security-Policy

I have a site. Site is used by users. I set the following Content Security Policy: Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; font-src 'self' data:; img-src 'self' data:; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'…
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Can a website perform OS level surveillance functions such as screen capture and packet sniffing?

I am wondering if a website (with or without Javascript) can perform surveillance such as OS screen capture, packet sniffing, etc? I am curious specifically about IOS, but I will gladly hear about other OS' as well.
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Can Windows Theme files (aero.msstyles) be sideloaded with spyware in their resources, specifically in UI scripts

Short version: see topic Detailed version: I want to use a specific 3rd party theme for Windows. I'm already using an open source solution which I've compiled myself to disable Window's restriction on Themes. In the past, when using 3rd party theme…
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How to detect installed Anti-Spyware applications on XP using WMI

I need to get information about the spyware installed on a client machine using WMI? Is this possible?
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How to report possible security concern with firefox plugin?

I know this is an odd question to ask here - some might say its not the place to raise it but in the unlikely event that I am right, it could effect others who depend on this group. Basically a somewhat popular firefox plugin might have some…
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