Six rising threats from cybercriminals

[David W. Hodgins]

On Sat, 21 May 2011 08:30:33 -0400, ASCII <me2@privacy.net> wrote:

> ~BD~ wrote:
>>
>> I went back to HP to see what's available now and hey-ho, lookee here:-
>> https://h30187.www3.hp.com/security/...f2ac22b235f454

> I enabled the security alert in Opera v11.01
> http://oi51.tinypic.com/1440dhe.jpg
> yet still didn't get any popup

It isn't a pop-up, nor is it related to the fraud/malware check.

First, install the security update for opera, 11.11.

Go to the above site. Note that you do not see a green or yellow padlock.

Where the padlock should be, it just shows a gray circle in front of
the word Web, in front of the url in the address bar.

Click on that gray circle, and then click on details, to see the
warning.

The site fails because it has lines such as
src="http://www.hp.com/country/js/hpweb_syn_con.js

Loading javascript from an unencrypted site stops the site from being
considered to be a secure connection.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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[~BD~]

David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Sat, 21 May 2011 08:30:33 -0400, ASCII <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>> I went back to HP to see what's available now and hey-ho, lookee here:-
>>> https://h30187.www3.hp.com/security/...f2ac22b235f454
>>>
>
>> I enabled the security alert in Opera v11.01
>> http://oi51.tinypic.com/1440dhe.jpg
>> yet still didn't get any popup
>
> It isn't a pop-up, nor is it related to the fraud/malware check.
>
> First, install the security update for opera, 11.11.
>
> Go to the above site. Note that you do not see a green or yellow padlock.
>
> Where the padlock should be, it just shows a gray circle in front of
> the word Web, in front of the url in the address bar.
>
> Click on that gray circle, and then click on details, to see the
> warning.
>
> The site fails because it has lines such as
> src="http://www.hp.com/country/js/hpweb_syn_con.js
>
> Loading javascript from an unencrypted site stops the site from being
> considered to be a secure connection.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

At last, someone who *really* knows about such matters!

I'd quite forgotten exactly *how* I had captured that screenshot!

Thanks for posting, Mr Hodgins.

Would you expect a huge firm like HP to produce a site which generates
'errors' of this nature?

Seems odd to me!

<aside> I was very surprised when, 5+ years ago, I opened lots of MS
Windows files - using Notepad - and discovered that my computer/HP 1215
PSC was sending messages back home to HP to advise HP of *my* use of
*my* printer! I wasn't too pleased about that! ;-)

[Bullwinkle.]

LMAO!!

Your stooges should note this and run away!

But alas they will not.


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<aside> I was very surprised when, 5+ years ago, I opened lots of MS
Windows files - using Notepad - and discovered that my computer/HP 1215
PSC was sending messages back home to HP to advise HP of *my* use of
*my* printer! I wasn't too pleased about that! ;-)