Infosecurity News
Facebook developers who sold user identification suspended for violating privacy policies
Facebook has revealed it has suspended an unspecified number of developers for selling user identification numbers (UIDs) to an unnamed data broker.
Council launches "Neighborhood Watch" to stem identity theft
The Identify Theft Council, a recently launched consortium of businesses, community groups, and law enforcement based in San Francisco, is proposing a “Neighborhood Watch” program for identity theft modeled on the programs designed to reduce neighborhood crime.
Black Hat Abu Dhabi to demo ATM hacking and cellular phone phreaking
Black Hat Abu Dhabi takes place at the Emirates Palace on November 8/11.
BredoLab downed botnet linked with Spamit.com
A man arrested in Armenia last week in connection with the operation of the BredoLab botnet - which the Dutch authorities recently shut down - has been revealed to be a major affiliate of the Spamit.com group.
Cyber security study reveals mismatch between awareness and preparedness
Most organisations acknowledge they are part of the critical national infrastructure (CNI) and believe a cyber attack could disrupt their country's mission-critical systems in the next two years, but are not well prepared for it, a study has revealed.
Worldwide risk on the web is rising, says McAfee
The overall risk on the web is rising, with 6.2% of the 27 million websites surveyed by McAfee posing a security risk in 2010, up from 5.8% of the websites surveyed last year, according to the security firm’s Mapping the Mal Web report.
LinkedIn September attack one of largest targetted spamfests ever
Last month's spam attack on the LinkedIn business social networking site's members was one of the largest attacks of its type in history, according to the latest monthly spam report from Kaspersky Lab.
Avalanche spam gang taps the power of ZeuS to boost cybercrime earnings
Reports that the Avalanche gang, now the world's most prolific phishing group, have diversified their operations over from conventional phishing emails to distributing the ZeuS Trojan, is another sign that hackers are becoming incredibly sophisticated, says Imperva, the data security specialist.
Retail sector hit hardest by targetted cyber attacks in October
Targeted cyber attacks have increased significantly in the past five years, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence report has revealed.
Retail sector hit hardest by targetted cyber attacks in October, report reveals
Targetted cyber attacks have increased significantly in the past five years, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence report has revealed.
Oracle’s Ellison challenges former SAP head Apotheker in court showdown
Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has challenged former SAP chief executive Leo Apotheker to testify in court over an IP theft suit brought by Oracle against SAP.
Cloud adoption outpacing security controls, survey reveals
While Forrester Research predicts the cloud security market will grow to $1.5bn by 2015, cloud adoption is outpacing security controls, a global survey has revealed.
Dutch government shuts down Bredolab botnet
The Dutch National Crime Squad's High Tech Crime Team has taken down the Bredolab botnet that had infected at least 30 million computers worldwide.
Pay-TV pirates handed down lengthy jail sentences
In what prosecutors are claiming is a precedent-setting case, a pair of pay-TV pirates have been given lengthy prison sentences and ordered to pay approaching two million euro to Sky TV's German operation.
Pre-teen gets $3000 for spotting critical flaw in Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation has made much in recent months about its Firefox bug-spotting programme, which rewards spotters with cash when they report security flaws on the popular web browser software. But now it appears that a 12-year-old has scooped an amazing $3000 for doing just this.
Security researcher reports SpyEye and ZeuS gangs have merged
Unconfirmed reports that the hacker coding gang behind the ZeuS trojan are now working with their SpyEye counterparts gained credence last night when security researcher Brian Krebs reported on the move.
Wikileaks releases 391 832 Iraq war documents
Wikileaks has released over 350 000 documents relating to the Iraq war, claiming 60% of deaths were of civilians.
Adobe issues security warning about Shockwave Player vulnerability
Adobe Systems has issued a security advisory that a critical vulnerability exists in Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions for Windows and Mac.
State CIOs appeal to feds for information security funding
State chief information officers (CIOs) are appealing to the federal government for aid in implementing information security initiatives, according to Charles Robb, senior policy analyst with the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
Top security start-ups prepare for funding battle in Global Security Challenge
Thirteen of the world's most promising security start-ups will go head-to-head in a Dragons' Den-style pitch for funding in London next month.
