Infosecurity News
Weekly brief - October 19, 2009
US$4000 lost in Facebook scam; Michigan's airport website closed due to malware; the first Windows 7 security patches appear; and more. We report on the IT security news...
Biometrics 2009: Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi introduce multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device
Biometrics company Sagem Sécurité and the Japanese engineering and information technology firm Hitachi, will unveil their biometric multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device, Finger VP, at Biometrics 2009 in London this week.
Find out how to implement least-privilege security management for Linux and UNIX
A least-privilege security model has its merits, but it can be challenging to implement in for example Linux and UNIX environments where administrators often share passwords to root- or other superuser accounts. Find out how to implement least-privilege security management for Linux and UNIX for free on October 27 at 10am Pacific Time.
Fake anti-virus programmes hijack and block computers
PandaLabs has identified an aggressive trend for selling fake anti-virus programmes or rogueware, where instead of users seeing a series of warnings prompting them to buy a paid version, a fake anti-virus programme is combined with ransomware, hijacking computers and rendering them useless until victims complete the purchase.
Sophos introduces data loss prevention technology
Sophos has added a new data loss prevention (DLP) technology to its stable of enterprise security software. The addition will, said the veteran security vendor, simplify how companies mitigate against accidental data loss.
Half of UK firms lack knowledge on security breaches
Research just published by PricewaterhouseCoopers claims to show that around half of UK companies do not know how many security breaches they have experienced in the past year.
Lawsuits fly over T-Mobile Sidekick cloud data loss
T-Mobile has reportedly been hit by two class action lawsuits alleging that the cellular carrier misled consumers into believing that their data was secure after data was lost in the cloud
Wal-Mart EPOS system source code hacked - how secure is the payment card data?
Reports are coming in that the source code of the Wal-Mart highly customized point-of-sale (EPOS) computer system - used in almost 900 of its stores across the US - has been hacked.
Webroot reports tax return malware-infecting email scam reaching the UK
Webroot, the internet security software specialist, reports that an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax email scam - in which US internet users have been emailed a malware-infected warning about under-stating their income or underpaying of tax - has arrived in the UK.
QSA system is broken, says Heartland CEO
In a session titled ‘Enhancing payment security in 2010’, Robert O. Carr, Chairman and CEO or Heartland Payment Systems - the subject of potentially the world’s biggest data security breach earlier this year - declared that the model used by quality security assessors (QSA) is “broken”.
Loss of main user accounts cause anger and bewilderment among Apple Mac Snow Leopard users
Apple Computer has been criticised for failing to address a potentially major code flaw in copies of Snow Leopard, its new Mac operating system, which means users' main accounts can get wiped.
ISSE 2009: CECA receives TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 for e-signing in Spanish banks
TeleTrusT, the German IT security association, awarded the TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 to the Spanish Savings Banks Organisation (Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, CECA) for its e-signing project at ISSE 2009 last week in The Hague.
Data centre planning: energy efficiency and data density are key
Research just released by Loughborough University and on365, the data centre management specialist, claims to show that data centre managers lack any real understanding of their IT infrastructure energy costs and demands they are placing on it.
Origin Storage to unveil one terabyte secure drive on 14 October
Origin Storage will unveil a one terabyte (1000 gigabyte) version of its Data Locker, secure external hard drive unit, at the Storage Expo show, which opens at London Olympia on 14 October for a two-day run.
ISSE 2009: IAM investments should increase in 2010 despite economic climate
Identity and access management (IAM) investments should be increased rather than decreased due to the current economic climate, according to around three quarters of respondents to a survey presented at ISSE 2009 last week by KPMG IT Advisory and Everett in cooperation with eema and IIR.
Stolen NHS laptops recovered – no data breach thanks to remote wiping
Four stolen laptops belonging to Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, which provides mental health services, have been traced and recovered. According to the NHS Trust, no confidential data was compromised due to remote wiping.
FBI nets 100 in Operation Phish Phry
Police and FBI agents yesterday charged nearly 100 people in the US and Egypt as part of Operation Phish Phry, one the largest cyber fraud phishing cases to date.
UFO hacker Gary McKinnon denied appeal route to Supreme Court over extradition
Self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon has been denied the chance to appeal to the Supreme Court against his extradition to the US.
Comcast gets proactive with malware infected customers
Comcast is piloting a service that will notify customers that have been infected with malware, the company said this week.
ISSE 2009: Smart cards can result in 644% return on investment
Smart cards can result in a 644% return on investment in an enterprise with 2000 employees, Philip Hoyer, senior architect at UK-based ActivIdentity, said at ISSE 2009 in The Hague.
