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Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by shortstuffsushi »

zurn wrote: post #38
Jamie452 wrote: post #20

I'm a little confused how a webpage can infect a machine with malware? Is this typically through Java Applets/other plugins?

Exploiting programming errors in the browser is one way. Because browsers are written in very unsafe programming languages (C++), bugs are regularly exploitable so that by specially crafting the bug-triggering input data they can be fooled to scribble content-controlled data inside the browser's memory space. For example, a memory handling bug might let the page overwrite some of the browser's code with data coming f…

While some of the vectors you've mentioned could potentially be exploitable, blaming a "very unsafe programming language," isn't really a good explanation. These issues could occur in any program and any programming language -- it's not a problem specific to C languages.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by korzun »

pearjuice wrote: post #49

I can't believe on HN of all places people are using Chrome its malware-detecting-capabilities. Friendly reminder that EVERY REQUEST you make with it enabled, will be passed through Google its filters. You should turn all Google networking activities in your browser off. By default, there are at least five or so enabled which will happily send every request you make to Google. Some services even go as far as logging…

Don't forget your tinfoil hat on the way out.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by Istof »

I always thought that using the safe browsing feature is asking for trouble so it is disabled in all my browsers. So my browser doesn't need to make an extra request to Mozilla/Google/etc every time I load a new website and the web is not censored if there is a technical issue

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by dpcan »

This happens to many small business sites.

If they leave their WordPress un-patched, or have a crappy plugin installed with security holes, or their FTP info is guessed, etc, hackers drop some malicious Javascript on their sites, and the next thing you know, their site cannot be accessed in Chrome, and usually Firefox as well. Depending on what services pick-up on the bad javascript.

For me, it usually takes a day(ish) from the time we are notified of the issue, update the sites, remove the malware, install webmaster tools from Google, submit and wait for the review to be unblocked.

On one hand, this is very frustrating, but on the other hand, many small businesses would have no idea their site had been hacked without it being blocked.

The only thing I'd like to see personally is if Google were somehow able to notify the domain registrant of the block via email so they find out right away, and not after a few weeks (or longer) in some cases. Some small business owners don't check their sites very often. We like to monitor our client sites, but sometimes new clients come to us with these problems and have no idea how long they've been down.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by maxerickson »

pearjuice wrote: post #49

I can't believe on HN of all places people are using Chrome its malware-detecting-capabilities. Friendly reminder that EVERY REQUEST you make with it enabled, will be passed through Google its filters. You should turn all Google networking activities in your browser off. By default, there are at least five or so enabled which will happily send every request you make to Google. Some services even go as far as logging…

The majority of safe browsing checks happen client side (when a page matches the client side list, more info is retrieved from Google). It's covered in the appropriate section here:

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/privacy/

If you don't trust what they are saying there, you shouldn't be using Chrome at all.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by enok »

pit wrote: post #39
agumonkey wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just accessed it under Chromium Version 33.0.1750.152 (256984) (arch linux) with no problems (except for some lag).

Super weird -- I'm on Arch Linux, too. Could it be DNS-related?

It's still blocked for me. I'm using Chrome Version 31.0.1650.57 on Debian Testing.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by dannyr »

dpcan wrote: post #56

This happens to many small business sites. If they leave their WordPress un-patched, or have a crappy plugin installed with security holes, or their FTP info is guessed, etc, hackers drop some malicious Javascript on their sites, and the next thing you know, their site cannot be accessed in Chrome, and usually Firefox as well. Depending on what services pick-up on the bad javascript. For me, it usually takes a day(is…

I connected my site to Google's Webmaster Tools.

I get notified via email when Google finds any issues on my site.

Re: Chrome is blocking wired.com

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Post by agumonkey »

pit wrote: post #39
agumonkey wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just accessed it under Chromium Version 33.0.1750.152 (256984) (arch linux) with no problems (except for some lag).

Super weird -- I'm on Arch Linux, too. Could it be DNS-related?

Probably some dns caching, I just rebooted and am greeted by 'malware ahead' now.

ps: Mozilla Firefox 31.0a1 is ok with wired.com

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