Infosecurity News
Java delays approval of Oracle’s Sun takeover
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) wants more time to consider Oracle's $7.4bn Sun deal before giving its approval.
Pirate Bay web streaming service - could it be legal?
The Pirate Bay - arguably one of the highest profile file-sharing indexing portals in the world - has hit the headlines with plans to launch a video streaming/sharing website ostensibly similar to Russian sites such as Movieberry.com
Sanford's mistress: my Hotmail account was hacked.
The Argentinian woman at the centre of the Mark Sanford scandal has said that her Hotmail account was hacked.
Iceman pleads guilty in Carders Market card data theft case
Max Butler - aka Max Vision and Iceman - has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with the theft of almost two million credit and debit card details, as well as an astonishing $86 million of allegedly fraudulent purchases.
Interoute offers free desktop internet security barometer
Interoute, the internet backbone carrier, has released a free 'internet barometer' desktop application that displays the state of the global internet, as well as potential threats to the net's IP-based infrastructure.
Turning the spotlight on IT’s dirty little secret: Securing the common point of failure in IT risk controls
Check out BrookCourt's whitepaper on how the rise of identity and access management has revolutionised how the enterprise defines a key domain of IT risk control.
Spammers use Michael Jackson's death to harvest email addresses
Spammers are using the death of music legend Michael Jackson to harvest unsuspecting computer users' email addresses for future spam campaigns.
Google launches Anti-Malvertising.com site
Google have launched Anti-Malvertising.com to assist its advertisers in spotting potential providers of malicious advertisements. Finjan, specialising in secure web gateway products and unified web security for the enterprise market,have welcomed this launch.
SMEs hit by increasing spear phishing attacks
A European-based gang behind sophisticated and targeted phishing attacks on small and medium enterprises has returned after a five-month break, says security firm iDefense.
ATM malware likely to spread
The malware that has been infecting automated teller machines in eastern Europe could be about to spread to other places in the world, according to the company that uncovered the fraud. Experts at SpiderLab, the research arm of security firm Trustwave, say that there is "increased activity" around this particular strain of malware in other parts of the world.
Parcelforce customer data revealed
Parcelforce customers' names addresses and postcodes were available online after a system related to the company's mail tracker service failed.
Government ordered to publish reviews of risky IT projects
The information commissioner has ordered the opening of confidential files on a wide range of high-risk IT projects, including the ID cards scheme, joined up police intelligence systems and the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
Microsoft wireless keyboard cracking technology revealed
Users of Microsoft's Optical 1000 and 2000 keyboards should now take extreme care what data they enter using their wireless keyboards, as Dreamlab has taken the unusual step of publishing a 49 page presentation on how to `sniff' any keystrokes out of the ether.
Companies leap to new web and mobile technologies leaving security behind
Companies are embracing new web and mobile technologies such as cloud computing, virtualisation, social networking and mobile communication at a faster rate than their information security strategies are updated.
Lawmakers seek to revamp REAL ID
Lawmakers in the US have introduced a bill that they hope will fix what they see as flaws in the controversial 2005 REAL ID act. The new bill introduces checks and balances to protect consumer privacy, according to congressional leaders and privacy watchdogs.
£200m from digital TV fund earmarked for univesal broadband plan
The government could use £200m left over from a fund to pay for the switch from analogue to digital TV broadcasting to help pay for the roll-out of universal broadband.
PBX hacking moves into the professional domain as arrests stack up
PBX hacking - the act of cracking into a company PBX and selling long distance/international telephone time to third parties at a discount - is alive and well, despite several years of being out of the news.
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DDoS attacks on Belarusian media – is cyber warfare escalating?
There has been a surge in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against media sites in Belarus, something that could signal an escalation in cyber warfare in the region.
Symantec and McAfee under fire for auto-renewing subscriptions
The perils of giving companies your payment card details and failing to realise the likelihood of those details being used when subscription renewal times comes around have raised their ugly head again, with Symantec and McAfee being ordered to pay $375,000 each to the New York Attorney General to resolve complaints about the issue from customers.
