Infosecurity News
Belmont Savings Bank pays fine for losing personal data of 13,000 customers
Belmont Savings Bank has agreed to pay a fine of $7,500 for losing personal information of more than 13,000 customers, according to a settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.
Why the High Court ruling in the Newzbin2 case is such a big deal
The creative industries have welcomed the UK High Court ruling that BT must block access to pirated content aggregator site Newzbin2, but why is the ruling seen as such a game changer?
Most organizations do not follow security best practices, survey finds
A majority of organizations are not applying information security best practices, according to a survey by Venafi, an enterprise key and certificate management firm, and research firm Echelon One.
Safari, Firefox, and Chrome disappoint in browser security testing, as IE9 stands out
The Apple Safari 5, Mozilla Firefox 4, and Google Chrome 10 browsers each caught only 15% of live socially engineered malware samples, according to NSS Labs’ tests of web browser protection for European users.
Hackers raid 35 million South Korean website accounts
Hackers have stolen personal data from 35 million accounts at a South Korean social networking site and a web services portal, in the latest of a series of cyber attacks on government and financial firms.
BeyondTrust makes yet another purchase – scoops up GentleSecurity
Carlsbad, Calif.-based BeyondTrust announced its latest in a string of deals – this time acquiring DLP specialists GentleSecurity of Luxembourg.
Pirate link aggregator Newzbin vows to retaliate against blocks
The resurrected Newzbin website that aggregates links to pirated films has threatened to break BT's internet filtering system if any attempts are made to block the site.
Hacked Twitter users send out "Beach Body" spam
Thousands of Twitter accounts compromised to promote Acai Berry diet supplement
CIO interview: Ailsa Beaton, director of information at the Metropolitan Police Service
Metropolitan Police CIO Ailsa Beaton has a lot to keep her busy. Between security preparations for the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations next year, leading technology counter-terrorism operations, and being on the board responsible for creating an IT body to replace the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), Beaton found time to talk exclusively to Computer Weekly about her IT challenges.
Almost half of UK employees would use proprietary data without permission
Almost half of UK employees who have access to their employer’s or client’s private data admitted they would feel comfortable doing something with that data without the employer’s or client’s permission, regardless if that access was intentional or accidental, according to a survey by identity management firm SailPoint and polling firm Harris Interactive.
Vickers abruptly resigns as director of US-CERT
Randy Vickers has abruptly resigned as director of the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) following high-profile attacks on US government sites over the last several months.
Microsoft opens new malware research lab in Germany
The newest addition to the family of Microsoft Malware Protection Centers (MMPC) is operational, as the company announced the opening of its latest malware research facility in Munich.
Latest iOS update from Apple fixes problems with certificate validation
Apple has released a security update for its iOS mobile operating system that address problems with certificate validation on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
US calls for international collaboration on transnational crime and cybercrimes
The Obama adminstration has unveiled plans to tackle various forms of transnational organized crime, including cybercrime and the theft of intellectual property.
Companies should go beyond PCI DSS compliance, says Layer 7
Companies need to go beyond compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) to ensure credit card safety, according to Phil Walston, vice president of development and product management at Layer 7 Technologies.
Sony insurer asks court to bow out of paying data breach claims
Zurich American Insurance Co., which is one of Sony’s insurers, is asking a New York state court to rule that the insurer does not have to pay Sony for class-action lawsuit claims related to its massive data breach.
Cold-calling virus scam costs New Zealanders dearly
The New Zealand Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has revealed that a call-calling telephony scam may have affected around 30% of adults in the country, costing many of them around NZ$200 a time.
Oracle issues substantial critical patch update with 78 security fixes
Oracle is fixing 78 security flaws across scores of its product in its latest critical patch update (CPU).
India blocks file storage websites to combat online piracy after inking cybersecurity deal with US
India's telecoms authorities are blocking widely used file storage websites such as Megaupload, Rapidshare, Mediafire and Putlocker, according to reports on several user forums.
Sophos reports virus author jailed for cartoon octopus malware
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos, has reported that a 28-year-old Japanese virus writer has been given a 30 month prison sentence for authoring and disseminating a data-damaging virus.
