Infosecurity News
2010 date change cripples millions of German payment cards
Just as the switch to the new millennium caused havoc with computer systems a decade ago, the switch to the new decade has caused technology problems once again.
2010 will be the year of the Cloud says report
A report commissioned by one of the UK's major business Internet service providers claims to show that 2010 will be the year of cloud computing, but that — whilst many SMEs are gearing up for the benefits of cloud facilities — few are also upgrading their Internet connections.
Organizations stumped on compromised device containment
Over 40% of executives don't know how to stop compromised devices from polluting their networks, according to a poll conducted by Deloitte.
Pharma victims targeted for extortion according to FDA
Online scammers are re-scamming Internet pharmaceutical customers with a new ploy: posing as government agents and extorting money from them, says the US Food and Drug Administration.
Cracked USB drives show NIST certification is not so secure
Vendors of encrypted USB drives are recalling their NIST-certified products and issuing security updates after a fundamental flaw was found in the way that information is accessed. The flaw enables attackers to access encrypted data without trying to tackle the AES256 encryption algorithm used by the drives.
Home Depot fraudsters charged, sentenced
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with identity theft and device fraud after forging driver's licenses and selling them on to third parties.
South Africa poised to become cybercrime hub
Analysis published by Symantec claims to show that South Africa is set to become a cybercrime hub during the coming year, largely due to the introduction of new broadband internet capacity.
Twitter and Google Calendar XSS vulnerabilities revealed
Nir Goldshlager, a security researcher and penetration tester with Israel's Avnet, claims to have discovered a number of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities with Twitter, the popular social networking portal.
McAfee: Hybrid apps will be hacker target
Applications that blur the boundaries between online and offline software will be a primary hacker target this year, according to McAfee.
Van Morrison site hack embarrasses veteran rock star
Van Morrison, the veteran rock star - now in his 60s - got a rude awakening to the world of IT security over the holiday when the newspapers and newswires were full of stories that he had become a father again.
Lawsuit alleges corporate negligence over loss of 30 million social networking usernames and passwords
A major lawsuit - stemming from a hacker attack on the RockYou social networking applications software portal - has been filed in the US.
Panda reviews virus, worm and torjan infections in 2009
PandaLabs, the anti-malware labs division of Panda Security, has published its 2009 virus yearbook, examining the most intriguing malicious virus,worm and trojan infections to emerge over the last 12 months.
Phishing rose dramatically in run up to Christmas
The number of phishing attacks “rose dramatically in the run up to Christmas”, according to managed security services company Network Box.
BitDefender malware survey shows web 2.0 a rising threat
IT security vendor BitDefender's end-of-year report on the state of the malware marketplace claims to show an increase in e-threats that are linked to international events, as well as a rising popularity in web 2.0-linked attack vectors.
Aberdeen report shows firms using PCI-DSS can halve costs
The Aberdeen group's third annual study into Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) issues claims to show that a growing number of companies are saving up to 55% on maintaining their compliance by adopting best practices.
Google Chrome OS to be targeted by hackers in 2010
McAfee's AvertLabs' annual research predicts that the Google Chrome `on-net' operating system will be targeted by hackers when it is released in the New Year.
GSM 64-bit encryption standard cracked and posted to web
Mobile hardware vendors and carriers alike will have been less than pleased to learn that a German security researcher has not only cracked the GSM A5/1 encryption standard, but posted the resulting multi-terabyte decoded tables to the internet.
Secure USB drives have flaws, warns Kingston
Kingston Technology, the memory and secure drives specialist, has warned users that some of its DataTraveler secure USB drives - under the right conditions - "a skilled person" can access the data on the drive.
ISF’s Howard Schmidt becomes US cybersecurity czar
Howard Schmidt, president and CEO of the Information Security Forum (ISF) was appointed White House Cybersecurity Coordinator just before the Holidays.
China takes a firm stance against spam with draconian new rules on domain registration
The days when China was a primary source of spam are drawing to close, now that the Chinese Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) has implemented draconian new rules on domain name registration procedures.
