Infosecurity News
Amex leapfrogs Visa in secure micropayments market
American Express has neatly leapfrogged Visa's P2P micropayment gameplan by announcing plans to launch its own service, months ahead of Visa, and offering the service on the web, as well as on Apple iPhone, Android and BlackBerry handsets.
iPhone falls 1,000 feet – tracked down by owner using GPS
How robust is an Apple iPhone? Very, judging from a report from US Air Force combat controller Ron Walker, whose iPhone fell out of his jumpsuit pocket – from 1,000 feet in the air.
Maine state park visitors may have had credit card data exposed
Around 970 visitors to Maine state parks, between March 21 and Dec. 22, 2010, may have had their credit card numbers exposed as the result of a malware attack against the online state-park pass system, the Maine Conservation Department announced.
Census 2011 data privacy questioned
Last night was Census 2011 night and all UK householders are now requested by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to fill in the required forms under threat of a possible fine. But questions have been raised about the security of the census data, which is being processed at sites in Manchester and Scotland.
Trusteer CEO warns over highly targeted malware attacks
In-browser web security specialist Trusteer has warned internet users about the apparently new problem of targeted malware attacks, where criminals use business social networking sites to identify their victim, specifically infecting the target's computer and then heisting their user credentials from the machine.
DHS identifies key building blocks for more secure, resilient networks
Automation, interoperability, and authentication are the three security building blocks to create more secure and resilient networks, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) white paper.
Apple rejects cellphone radiation monitoring app
Despite the software already being developed for the Android and BlackBerry app stores, Apple has apparently rejected a radiation monitoring application for the iPhone.
Comodo certificate compromise has Iranian fingerprints
This week's widely reported compromise of a batch of Comodo digital certificates, which resulted in hackers being able to fake trusted sites from the likes of Google and Yahoo, has been blamed on Iranian hackers with possible government assistance.
Hackers steal member email details from TripAdvisor site
A number of TripAdvisor members may receive spam after hackers stole email details from the travel website.
Play.com CEO responds to data breach coverage
Play.com’s chief executive has responded to reports about customer data being compromised via a third-party email marketing service.
Hacker ‘Ghost Exodus’ sentenced to nine years in federal prison
Jesse William McGraw, also known as ‘Ghost Exodus’, has been sentenced to 110 months in a federal lock-up this week after pleading guilty to hacking the computer system of a Dallas-area medical complex.
Stolen Apple MacBook Air traced after Twitter/Facebook detective work
Technology is starting to beat the theft of computing devices. Earlier this week we reported on the successful retrieval of a stolen iPad by an Israeli owner using the MobileMe location service, and now a tech-savvy teenager in the US has traced his Apple laptop after the thief posted pictures and videos - taken by the laptop's camera - on the internet.
China's NetQin accused of installing mobile malware
NetQin, a new Chinese mobile security firm, has been accused by several sources of installing viruses on users' mobiles when they execute the company's anti-malware software.
Scammers pounce on news of Dame Elizabeth Taylor's death
It appears that, within hours of the death of film star Dame Elizabeth Taylor being announced yesterday, cybercriminals were tapping in interest in her life - and death - by launching social engineering frauds on Twitter.
Have cybercriminals hacked Visa/Mastercard 3-D Secure?
You're probably familiar with the 3-D Secure system of card security for online transactions - aka Verified by Visa (for Visa) and SecureCode (for MasterCard) - but now a security researcher is reporting that cybercriminals may have found a way around the online transaction security.
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
A full 63% of US schools have suffered at least two information security breaches in the last year, according to a survey by Panda Security.
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee, which was itself recently acquired by Intel, has agreed to purchase Sentrigo, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based database security products firm, for an undisclosed consideration.
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable has updated its network security offerings to include what it claims to be world's first real-time botnet scanning facility.
ISACA speaker warns over increasing personal email usage for work purposes
Peter Wood, a member of ISACA conference committee, has warned about the increasing use of personal email services for business purposes. The result of this type of usage, he says, is that it creates security issues such as a lack of data leak prevention (DLP) controls and resultant increased data leakage due to a lack of encryption at the endpoint.
HIPAA fines prompt action by health care firms on data storage
With the recent fines imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules, firms are starting to feel the pain and take steps to archive and secure patient data.
