Infosecurity News
Data on 350,000 Epson Korea customers compromised
Personal information on 350,000 South Koreans was breached as a result of a hack of Epson Korea’s website.
DoD works to improve smartphone security awareness
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working on improving security awareness for smartphones and other mobile computing platforms used by DoD personnel.
Cutwail botnet resurfaces in major Facebook scam-paign
An M86 Software researcher says his team has seen a major malicious spam campaign that is using the Cutwail botnet to bombard Facebook users with a variety of infected messages.
Security researcher shows money mules know exactly what they are doing
A leading security researcher claims to have researched a money mule – people who allow their bank accounts to become staging posts for fraudulent money obtained in online scams – that clearly knew exactly what he was doing.
Qualys develops open source tool to negate 'slow HTTP' DDoS attacks
A Qualys researcher has developed an open source tool that helps to negate the effects of so-called 'slow HTTP' DDOS attacks on internet-connected servers.
Microsoft warns of fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar
Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning of at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by root certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar.
Researcher fingers Medtronic as maker of vulnerable insulin pumps
The Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump is vulnerable to a wireless cyber attack, enabling the attacker to remotely disable the pump or manipulate the dosage, according to security researcher and diabetic Jerome Radcliffe.
Microsoft fixes bugs in updates to three SDL tools
Microsoft is fixing a number of bugs in recent updates to three of its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) tools, which enable developers to build security and privacy into their applications.
It's Bank Holiday time – but check your computer security when you come back says M86
The coming weekend is, of course, the big summer bank holiday period when a lot of people grab a few days final holidays before the autumn. But, warns M86 Security, the bank holiday period is also one when cybercriminals are very active, so the vendor is advising computer users to check their system's security when they get back.
Trojan/Badlib identified as malware distribution network
A Symantec research team have revealed that a new trojan – Trojan-Badlib – is being used as a malware distribution network by unknown hackers.
Maine admits to data breach of voter registration system
Maine’s Central Voter Registration (CVS) has been breached, potentially exposing personal information on close to one million registered voters.
Trend Micro VP questions US government's plans to cloud-control its submarines
A Trend Micro vice president of cloud security has spotted plans by the US government to look at more innovative ways to control its IT resources, and makes the interesting observation that DARPA may even be looking at controlling the US Navy's submarines from the cloud.
Facebook responds to criticism and reworks privacy settings
After mounting pressure and rising levels of criticism, Facebook has significantly revamped its privacy settings and, while the general response has been positive, some critics are less than enthusiastic.
Chinese military exposed as experienced internet attackers
An apparent slip-up by producers on a Chinese TV programme has revealed that the country's military are using attackbot applications on their PCs to attack Western computer systems.
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, names Tim Cook as successor
Steve Jobs has stepped down as Apple CEO after a second bout of medical leave since the start of the year.
Google continues with Chrome security repairs, fixing 11 bugs
Google has fixed 11 security flaws in its Chrome 13 browser, doling out $8,837 to researchers in the process, far short of its record $17,000 earlier this year.
RBS pay leak reveals £2000 a day IT contractors
A blunder by recruitment company Hays has revealed that some IT contractors at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) earn as much as £2000 per day.
First root malware arrives for Android devices
Researchers with the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University claim to have spotted the first rookit malware – DroidKungFu – that affects Android devices.
Conficker back in top three malware chart
The July security threats analysis from Eset claims that the infamous Win32/Conficker - along with INF/Autorun and in32/Sality - headed the top three malware chart for the month.
Rustok spam king mugged by street thieves
A leading security researcher is reporting that the suspected spammer behind the infamous Rustok spambot has had two of his luxury cars stolen by common street thieves.
