Infosecurity News
Infected Angry Birds apps discovered on Google Android Market
Despite a number of infected apps appearing on the official Android Market - the equivalent of the Apple iTunes store - earlier in the year, Google still appears to have an infected apps problem, with one US researcher having spotted infected bonus versions of Angry Birds early last week.
Execs still worried about moving critical applications to virtual, cloud environments
C-level executives are concerned about moving business-critical applications into virtual and clouds environments due to the challenges of security, reliability, availability, and performance, according to a recent survey sponsored by Symantec.
Skype protocol hack could have been prevented claims StarForce
The widely reported cracking of the Skype protocol - a process that will eventually allow tech-savvy hackers to eavesdrop on Skype IP data streams, whether or not compact headers are used - could have been prevented, says StarForce Technologies, the Russian copy protection specialist.
EU prepares to set up Computer Emergency Response Team
The European Union has set up a team to establish a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to counter the threat of cyber attacks against EU institutions, bodies and agencies.
Control systems, smart meters could be vulnerable to smart grid attack
Power plant control systems and smart meters are two components of the smart grid that could be particularly vulnerable to cyber attacks, says Ulf Lindqvist, program director at SRI International’s Computer Science Laboratory.
18-year old Interpol/FBI systems hacker arrested in Greece
Greek police have arrested an 18-year-old hacker suspected of breaking into the website of Interpol, the FBI and number of US state agencies.
Canadian iPhone heist caught on video
A Canadian cellular phone dealer was recently ripped off by a trio of thieves in his store, resulting in the theft of thousands of dollars worth of Apple iPhones. But the manager of the Teleco store in Winnepeg managed to collate all the CCTV videos from the store and turn it into a mini-documentary.
Security researcher reveals the new face of cybercrime: pay-per-install
Security researcher Brian Krebs has completed his latest research into a relatively new type of crimeware called PPI - pay-per-install - where criminal gangs are now paying commissions to third parties for any malware infections they achieve.
Google doles out $10,000 in bounties for fixes in latest Chrome browser
Google has awarded researchers close to $10,000 for identifying security flaws in its Chrome web browser; version 12 fixes 15 vulnerabilities in total.
Citigroup admits to data breach affecting 210,000 credit card customers
Roughly 1% of Citigroup’s 21 million North American customers’ credit card accounts were hacked, the bank has admitted.
Privacy groups voice concerns over Facebook face-recognition feature
European Union data protection regulators have called for an investigation into a Facebook feature using face-recognition software to help tag people in images on the social media website.
Biometrics system failure in Malaysia causes chaos
The high profile failure of a state-of-the-art biometrics system at a major international travel hub in Malaysia last weekend has sent shockwaves throughout the global biometrics industry.
Bank dodges legal bullet over Zeus trojan lawsuit
Ocean Bank is not legally responsible for a cyber heist of $588,000 from a customer’s online account using the Zeus trojan, according to a ruling by a judge in Maine.
Oracle patches 17 Java security vulnerabilities in one go
Oracle surprised many of its software developers and vendors with a major update of the Java programming language this week. Although scheduled as part of its monthly update, the patches tackled no less than 17 security problems.
Samsung hands its latest smartphone over to the hacker dark side
If companies employ pen testers to check their security out - why not mobile phone vendors? Which is pretty much what Samsung have done with their new Galaxy S2 smartphone, by handing the unit over to a hardware hacking group for custom ROM development.
More infected Android apps appear in the wild
A Tokyo-based Symantec researcher claims to have discovered another batch of infected Google Android apps, subverted by what he calls the follow-up to the now-infamous DroidDream malware.
Security researcher spots Amazon Web Services hosting Brazilian malware
Kaspersky Lab claims to have discovered the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing resource hosting Brazilian banking malware and, whilst this is not unknown, it also claims that Amazon has not responded to its reports about the darkware.
Guardian newspaper claims 25% of US hackers are FBI informants
The Guardian newspaper has made the interesting assertion that the FBI has used the threat of prison to create an army of informants amongst hackers, with one in four US hackers now recruited by the law enforcement agency.
More infected Android apps appear in the wild
A Tokyo-based Symantec researcher claims to have discovered another batch of infected Google Android apps, subverted by what he calls the follow-up to the now-infamous DroidDream malware.
China fingered as possible source of RSA, defense contractor attacks
China may be behind the hack of RSA’s SecurID database and defense contractors that depend on the SecureID token for secure remote access by employees, according to security analysts.
