Infosecurity News
Qosmos technology makes lawful comms interception a lot easier
Understanding what goes on at the various secret service divisions such as MI5 and MI6, as well as GCHQ, has been helped with the news that Qosmos, a network intelligence specialist, will unveil an LI (lawful interception) edition of its ixMachine at Milipol in Paris next week.
Durham Police website hacked by SQL injection
An unknown hacker - apparently protesting about terror deaths in Pakistan - has attacked the Durham Police website, forcing it to temporarily close.
Google cloud platform used for botnet control
Botnet controllers have been using cloud based systems such as the Google cloud platform as command and control nodes for infected PCs, said a researcher at Arbor Networks.
First iPhone worm appears - and it's never gonna give you up
It's taken a while, but the first real iPhone worm has appeared, although its payload appears to be relatively benign - unless that is, you dislike Rick Astley, the 1980s pop star from Newton le-Willows in Lancashire.
Spam king Sanford Wallace owes Facebook US$10.7m
Spam king Sanford Wallace has been ordered to pay US$710.7 million to social networking company Facebook following a federal court case. Wallace is said to have compromised Facebook accounts using phishing emails, and used them to send spam to other members.
Swine flu could give internet a cold
A physical pandemic such as the swine flu (H1N1) could swamp internet service providers serving residential users, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office – and the Department Of Homeland Security doesn't have a plan to deal with it.
Lose/Lose trojan game threat for Apple Mac users
Users of the Apple Mac have been warned to avoid a game called Lose/Lose which appears to include trojan programme code that deliberately deletes files on the users' hard drive.
Anti-virus vendors stony-faced at Lose/Lose
Anti-virus companies are failing to get the joke after the release of a free arcade game for the Mac that deletes the users' files during play. Lose/Lose warns 'victims' that it is about to delete files on their hard drives before they begin playing, and it keeps its word.
Spearphishing emails target customers of ill-equipped banks.
The FBI has slammed poor security in financial institutions, after identifying a drastic rise in money being stolen from small to medium-sized businesses via spearphishing emails, it said in an intelligence note early this week.
Giesecke & Devrient play secure Android card
Cellular specialist Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has unveiled a memory card for Android mobile phones that is claimed to make applications running on the host Android-compliant handset ultra-secure.
Cisco, EMC and VMware form cloud computing coalition
Cisco, EMC - the parent company to RSA Security - and VMware have formed the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, a collaboration designed to boost the adoption of virtualisation in the cloud.
Chip & PIN invades Australia
The Chip & PIN system pioneered by French banks in the 1980s - and rolled out across the UK and Europe in recent years - is to be extended to payment cards in Australia, Visa's operation there has announced.
M86 acquires Finjan; combines IT security research operations
M86, the web and messaging security products vendor, has acquired business internet security specialist Finjan for an undisclosed sum of money. The move boosts M86's payroll to a shade more than 300 staff.
Symantec uncovers new type of Facebook trojan
IT security vendor Symantec has uncovered a trojan that uses the Facebook social networking portal to communicate with a command and control (C&C) server
Symantec warns about Google Wave invites malware
Malware authors are targeting those who missed the initial sign up for Google Wave, according to Symantec.
Window 7 users struggle to boot up
Windows 7 owners are having problems installing their new operating system, especially over Vista, according to comments on Microsoft's support site.
US opens cyber security command centre
The US has officially opened a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity in Arlington, Virginia.
Gartner and US GAO worry about swine flu net congestion worries
The rapid rise in the number of swine flu cases - up by more than 50% in the UK in recent weeks and with similar infection rises in North America - has got some IT experts worried, with Gartner Group and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) both expressing concern over the internet's `last mile' delivery infrastructure.
Tipping Point gets multi-threaded with intrusion prevention system launch
Tipping Point unveiled its latest intrusion prevention system this week, featuring an updated software / hardware combo that the company said is better at handling many tasks at once.
Economic climate increases fears of identity theft
Annual research from Lloyds TSB has revealed that 76% of adults are currently worried about identity theft and 39% feel more at risk now than they did six months ago, with the recession playing a major contributing factor.
