Infosecurity News
FBI thwarts ATM hacking attempt
A North Carolina man has been accused of trying to hack into an automated teller machine and change its password, according to a complaint filed by the FBI.
Facebook publishes chat messages by mistake
Social networking giant Facebook temporarily shut down its live chat service this week, after a security flaw caused the site to begin showing some users' chat messages to their other contacts.
ISF expands membership opportunities
The ISF are this year focussing on expanding their membership to include government and SME membership.
Half of SMBs do not use social network filtering
Research just released claims to show that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are saying one thing and doing another when it comes to taking action to protect against the social networking activities of their staff.
More than two-thirds of IT security investment wasted, says Verizon Business
Businesses are pumping information security investment into all the wrong areas, research has revealed.
Cybercriminals trading in large volumes of Facebook accounts, say researchers
Cybercriminals are selling fake and stolen accounts on social networking site Facebook in bulk in the underground economy, according to security researchers.
Pump and dump scammers convicted
Two pump and dump scammers were convicted by a federal jury this week. G. David Gordon and Richard Clark, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be sentenced for stock trading offenses committed between 2004 and 2006.
LoveBug – the worm that changed the IT security landscape – is ten years old today
Today is the tenth anniversary of the LoveBug worm, which was arguably the first malware infection that used social engineering techniques to propagate itself.
Web hosting firm creates website alert service
In a bid to help prevent websites being hacked without the owner's knowledge, a Singapore-based hosting service provider has created a service which will alert site owners to any major activity on their sites/pages.
Alleged Mariposa botnet conspirators seek employment with Panda Security
In an ironic turn of events, Luis Corrons, technical director with Panda Security, has revealed that two of the three techies allegedly behind the Mariposa botnet have requested jobs with Panda Security.
Sophos to sell majority stake to Apax Partners
UK IT security and data protection firm Sophos has agreed to sell a majority interest in the company to global private equity group Apax Partners.
Congressional Library won't store deleted Tweets
The US government has released further information about its plans to store every Twitter post ever produced, for perpetuity, in the Library of Congress.
IBM HR shake-up could see 299 000 permanent staff jobs axed
IBM is considering cutting three-quarters of its 399,000 permanent staff in the next seven years and re-hiring them for projects as part of an HR strategy due to end in 2017.
Green IT is more myth than reality says research
Research just released suggests that the public sector's move to green IT – which forms a central plank of many organisation's IT security strategies when moving to cloud computing – is more of a myth than reality.
Terry Childs convicted in San Fran network case
Things are not looking good for Terry Childs, the former San Francisco network administrator who compromised the city's network and essentially held it to ransom. Childs was convicted of computer tampering this week, and now faces up to five years in jail.
Storm worm returns to internet
Security researchers have identified a new version of the Storm worm that plagued the internet three years ago. The new version uses HTTP for command-and-control purposes instead of the original peer-to-peer approach, say reports.
FBI names new cybercrime director
The FBI has promoted Gordon M. Snow as assistant director of its Cyber Division, saying that the bureau’s highest priority in the criminal sphere is combating cybercrime.
Israel lifts Apple iPad ban
Israel has lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad, which was imposed because authorities said the device's Wi-Fi system was incompatible with Israel's wireless standard.
Kaspersky Lab host infosec student event in Poland
Kaspersky Lab has announced it will be hosting an IT security student conference in Krakow, Poland, on May 23/24. The event - titled 'IT Security for the Next Generation' - forms part of the Kaspersky academy education programme.
Blippy suffers credit card number leak
Shoppers’ social networking service Blippy suffered a security flaw late last week, after some of its users’ credit card numbers began appearing in search results.
