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Bot master sentenced to four years
A federal judge slaps a former security consultant with a 48-month prison sentence for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers and stealing victim's personal information. 2009-03-05 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Mozilla, Opera plug security holes Both browser companies release updated versions of their software to eliminate serious security vulnerabilities. 2009-03-05 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment War dialing gets an upgrade The co-founder of the Metasploit Project readies software to speed up war dialing by using voice-over-IP lines and storing audio to determine who — or what — answers the phone at each number. 2009-03-04 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Spy agency gains support for key cyber role The United States' top intel official, the Director of National Intelligence, adds his voice in support of the National Security Agency as the nation's cyber defender. 2009-03-02 Read more ... | 6 Comment(s) | Post Comment Adobe updates Flash, advises on Acrobat The software firm publishes an update to close a handful of flaws in its ubiquitous Flash software and posts a list of ways to protect against attacks targeting Acrobat and Reader. 2009-02-26 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple goes public with security in Safari 4 The security features in the just-released beta version of Safari 4 may seem new, but they have been in the browser since version 3.2. 2009-02-25 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Attacks prompt Microsoft to fix Excel flaw Targeted trojans that exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft's spreadsheet software have convinced the company to promise a quick patch for the issue. 2009-02-24 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Another payment firm breached, details few Two banks confirm that Visa and Mastercard are warning financial institutions of an intrusion into a second payment processor's network. 2009-02-23 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Attackers exploit unpatched Acrobat flaw Security firms warn that online criminals are compromising systems using PDF files and a previously unknown flaw in Adobe's Acrobat. 2009-02-23 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Kaminsky calls for DNSSEC deployment The security researcher, who disclosed a serious attack against the domain-name system last year, argues that the DNS protocol must be secured soon. 2009-02-19 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Man-in-the-middle attack sidesteps SSL A combination of factors — from poor user education to mixing secure and insecure content on Web sites — allows an effective man-in-the-middle attack to grab usernames and passwords, warns one researcher. 2009-02-18 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple patches a bushel of Mac flaws The consumer technology maker publishes an update to fix more than four dozen flaws in components of its Mac operating system. 2009-02-17 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Online thieves nab employee info from FAA Intruders breach a server at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and steal personal information on more than 45,000 workers, the government agency says. 2009-02-13 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Survey: Identity fraud climbs, but costs less The number of people falling victim to identity crimes jumped 22 percent in 2008, while the average cost to recover has dropped, an annual report finds. 2009-02-11 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft plugs eight security holes The software giant publishes four patches to close serious vulnerabilities in its browser, e-mail server and database software. 2009-02-10 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Reports: Obama to tap intel official for cyber post The Obama Administration plans to assign a top intel advisor to oversee a review of the United States' cybersecurity efforts, according to media reports. 2009-02-09 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Kaspersky: No personal info accessed by breach An initial investigation of the weekend breach has revealed that, while 2,500 e-mail addresses were put at risk, they were not accessed. 2009-02-09 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Data-breach lawsuit follows $9 million heist Three law firms sue payment processor RBS Worldpay, following reports that an intrusion into the company's network resulted in a brazen $9 million theft from ATMs in 49 cities worldwide. 2009-02-06 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Alleged attacker flaunts details of phpBB hack A flaw in the PHPlist newsletter manager used by the Web software developers allowed access to critical files, the person says. 2009-02-05 Read more ... | 5 Comment(s) | Post Comment Mozilla shutters seven Firefox flaws The company releases an update to its open-source browser closing seven holes affecting the security of the software. 2009-02-04 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Data breach costs rise, response costs fall A study by the Ponemon Institute finds that the costs of data breaches rose in 2008 to $6.6 million per incident, despite companies' improvement in handling the incidents. 2009-02-03 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Heartland faces first lawsuit in massive data loss A Pennsylvania law firm files suit against the payment processor, claiming that the company waited to tell consumers about the breach and failed to adequately protect their data. 2009-02-02 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Google mistakenly calls entire Net malicious A typing mistake leads the Internet giant's malicious code filter to mark every site as possibly posing harm to people's computers. 2009-02-01 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Contractor indicted for Fannie Mae malware An information-technology contractor slipped malicious code into the mortgage lender's network after the company fired him, federal prosecutors charge. 2009-01-30 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Cyber attacks disrupt Kyrgyzstan's networks The two largest Internet service providers in the former Soviet state have suffered denial-of-service attacks that appear to be politically motivated, researchers say. 2009-01-30 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Netgear commits to SMB security market The networking hardware maker aims beyond home and small businesses, introducing three products that take advantage of its acquisition of China-based CP Secure. 2009-01-28 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Spam nears pre-McColo-shutdown levels Junk e-mail accounts for nearly three-quarters of all messages sent on the Internet, nearing the level that existed prior to the shutdown of Internet service provider McColo. 2009-01-27 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Bot software peers at victims' screens The latest bot threat takes snapshots of compromised computers' screens, sending the pictures to a server on the Internet, a security firm finds. 2009-01-26 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Monster.com warns job seekers of breach The job site acknowledges a breach of its user database, warning that online intruders made off with an unspecified number of job seekers' names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, log-in names and passwords. 2009-01-24 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Obama pledges better cybersecurity, top advisor The new U.S. administration promises to focus on cyber strategy and add a top cybersecurity advisor to the White House, reporting directly to the President. 2009-01-23 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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