Infosecurity News
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.
The role of an external IT security audit professional explained
External IT security auditors are a rare breed in our industry, but Infosecurity was fortunate enough to be able to talk to Matthijs van der Wel, a manager of investigative responses with Verizon Business recently.
Evercookies can be disabled say security experts
It appears that the evercookie – a zombie cookie that can remain after the deletion of cookies from a web browser – can be disabled after all, despite earlier claims by researchers.
Source code released for Android privacy tool
Open source developers have released the source code for an Android privacy tool that found 50% of apps tested were sending personal information to advertising companies.
Doctor left 56 patients' data on train
A doctor left documents containing personal and diagnostic information about 56 patients on a train after taking it home to work on after hours.
Unauthorized intrusions at large US companies jumped 26% in 2010
The number of large US companies reporting unauthorized intrusions in their networks increased to 67% in 2010 from 41% in 2009, according to VanDyke Software’s Enterprise IT Security Survey.
Australia’s New South Wales clueless about agencies’ information security safeguards
Australia’s New South Wales government does not know whether its agencies have adequate information security safeguards in place, according to a report by the state’s auditor-general.
Panda Security spots malware fraudsters targetting Russians
It appears that online frauds are not generating the revenues they used to, as Panda Security says it has seen a fraud campaign whose pitch is aimed at Russian speakers.
Biometrics 2010: Automated border controls explained
Biometrics-driven border controls in the UK are now well advanced, with a trial at London Stansted so successful, that the technology is now being rolled out at Heathrow Airport.
