Infosecurity News
Webroot reports on fake Verified by Visa phishing scam
IT security vendor Webroot says that a phishing scam purporting to come from Visa, the international card issuer, is scamming internet users as they start their online shopping for Christmas.
Fortinet stages US$156.2m IPO
Fortinet, the unified threat management (UTM) specialist, has gone public with an initial public offering (IPO) projected originally at $9 to $11 a share.
Imation ships wireless USB drive
Imation has announced what it says is the world's first wireless USB external hard drive.
Gumblar goes into overdrive
The Gumblar botnet has moved into overdrive, changing its operating model to dramatically increase its infection rates, according to the latest monthly threat report from ScanSafe.
Visa Europe planning move to real time fraud scoring
The days of having your credit or debit card refused - and then the retailer having to phone for authorisation because of fraud worries - may soon be over, as Visa Europe has introduced real-time scoring to its risk detection platform.
Four men sentenced in banking trojan case
A gang of four men have been sentenced to 13 years in prison for their role in using the PSP2-BBB trojan to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK bank accounts.
Couple arrested in Manchester over alleged Zbot trojan distribution
Reports are coming in of an important arrest in connection with the now-infamous Zbot group of trojan malware.
T-Mobile confesses guilt over customer data theft
In what some communication security experts are calling a classic data theft resulting from one or more rogue employees, T-Mobile has admitted its staff sold private details of customers to a third party for use when selling mobile phone deals.
Los Alamos fails to toe information security line again
Los Alamos National Laboratory has spent $45 million on information security for its classified computer network in the past eight years, but it is still inadequate, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
PandaLabs reveals password-stealing fake Facebook pages
PandaLabs, the malware labs division of Panda Security, has encountered a fake Facebook page designed to steal passwords from users of the social networking portal.
Verbatim introduces AES-256 equipped Secure ExpressCard solid state drive
Verbatim has taken the wraps off a Secure ExpressCard-based solid state drive (SSD) with onboard 256-bit hardware encryption.
Sophos warns against Tamiflu scam
Sophos has warned internet users against buying Tamiflu online, the drug designed to help stop people getting infected by the H1N1 virus also known as the swine flu.
Microsoft discovers Windows 7 zero-day flaw
Microsoft has discovered a zero-day denial of service vulnerability in the server message block (SMB) protocol used in Windows 7.
Astaro offers free firewall version of its UTM system
Unified threat management firm Astaro is offering a free version of its UTM product, focusing on firewall functions and targeting SMBs.
Ex-MIMEsweeper veteran reveals next-gen management security technology
David Guyatt, one of the co-founders of MIMEsweeper, the IT security company acquired by Baltimore Technologies and later, Clearswift, has a new IT security company, Osirium.
Zbot trojan targets Vodafone and Verizon mobile phone customers
The Zbot trojan - which typically distributes itself via emails pointing at or supplying an infected download - has been spotted targeting customers of the Verizon and Vodafone mobile phone networks on both sides of the Atlantic.
Microsoft gets agile with Security Development Lifecycle
Microsoft has announced guidance for applying secure programming techniques for agile software developers. The company rolled out new guidelines that will enable agile software developers to apply its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) guidelines.
Impetus gathers to block extradition of UFO hacker Gary McKinnon
A group of MPs have voiced their opinion that the extradition to the US of self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon should be halted - and that he should stand trail in the UK - owing to the "precarious state of (his) mental health".
avast! 5.0 free anti-virus faster, smaller and more features - and it wakes your computer at night
avast! CEO Vincent Steckler told Infosecurity this week that the new version of the free avast! anti-virus includes more capabilities such as behavioural detections at the same time as being faster and smaller. It can also wake up your computer in the night to do a virus scan before putting it back to sleep.
iPhone hacker tool unveiled
Just days after an iPhone worm was discovered in the wild, Mac security firm Intego has discovered a hacker tool targeting the iPhone that exploits the same vulnerability.
