Infosecurity News
Australia needs cybersecurity czar, Senate panel told
Australia needs a cybersecurity czar to coordinate its various governmental and industry efforts to improve cybersecurity, a private sector representative told a Senate panel.
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
An Israeli iPad user - working in concert with his wife and daughter back at home - has successfully retrieved his tablet computer after a 90 minute, 10 mile chase, attended by the police.
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the private sector to develop an automated network intrusion detection and prevention system for the defense industry, a Pentagon official told Congress last week.
MyTob tops list of most significant virus over last 40 years
The MyTob virus, which appeared in 2005 and was the first worm to combine features of a botnet and a mass-mailer, is the most significant virus to emerge over the last 40 years, according to Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet’s Threat Response Team.
RSA's SecurID customers worried that breach affected seed record database
Customers of RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication product, which was the target of a recent security breach, are concerned that the seed record database might have been compromised, said Andrew Kemshall, co-founder of SecurEnvoy and former RSA Europe executive.
Skunx botnet discovered with C&C server in the US
Arbor Networks claims to have discovered one of the first botnets with its command-and-control (C&C) servers located in the US. Dr Jose Nazario, the firm's senior security researcher, says that the Skunx botnet is unusual in not being active in the wild.
Spam tapping Japanese disasters goes through the roof
Newswires are reporting that the volume of spam – leading to infected and scamware websites – has gone through the roof this week, but M86 Security says that it has seen a spam campaign that imitates a Twitter notification.
Hacked Colorado highway sign warns of roving zombies
A road sign used by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was apparently accessed by an unknown, unauthorized individual who changed the sign to warn of “ZOMBIES AHEAD”.
ICO says 40% of wireless home internet users have no knowledge of WiFi security
Research just published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) claims to show that 40% of people who have WiFi at home do not understand how to change the security settings on their networks.
BlackBerry users urged to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed
Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser.
Olympic ticket sales website glitch affects Visa cardholders
As applications for tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games opened, some Visa card users were unable to register after a payment system glitch on the ticket website.
Mobile devices move to cloud for security
The use of cloud-based technology is one way to provide security for personal mobile devices used within enterprise networks, according to Phil Hochmuth, program manager at IDC’s security products research group.
F-Secure for Mac places Apple system files in trash
It was red faces all round at F-Secure yesterday after the security vendor realised that a beta test version of its software for the Apple Mac was apparently diagnosing benign files as infected - and then placing them in trash.
"The stealthiest file infector ever"
It seems that hackers are getting better at developing obfuscated and stealth mode malware code, as a security researcher with Symantec claims to have discovered the stealthiest file infector yet seen.
At last: Android devices to get full disk encryption
It looks like Google Android is going to be the first smartphone platform to get a near-native full disk encryption (FDE) app, thanks to work from renowned IT security researcher Moxie Marlinspike.
Scammers use Japanese earthquake for charity donation fraud
Scammers are using the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan to appeal for fraudulent charity donations, a security firm has warned.
Google warns against new generation of politically motivated online attacks
Google has warned users of its various online services about a new generation of highly targeted attacks against specific individuals using the Internet Explorer family of browser software.
Banks add anti-skimming devices to ATMs
It looks as though banks are adding a new generation of anti-skimming devices to ATMs, in a bid to help prevent users' cards and their PINs from being compromised. But it seems that the retrofitted devices are causing confusion amongst ATM users, who are - quite understandably - mistaking the devices for fraudulent skimming devices.
Online survey scam spreading on Twitter
Reports are coming in that a scam is circulating on Twitter, claiming to be a simple survey, but potentially dropping a range of rogue applications on to users' PCs, as well as spreading virally to other users of the service.
Idappcom blames WikiLeaks hacktivists for SpyEye DDoS enhancements
The blame for a DDoS enhancement to the infamous SpyEye banking trojan has been laid firmly at the door of the Anonymous WikiLeaks-inspired group of hackivists by Idappcom.
