Infosecurity News
Swine flu could reduce 2009 GPD by 3%, say economists
Businesses need to check their contingency plans and improve home-working support systems as swine flu looks poised to reduce UK GDP by 3% this year.
Google wins UK court battle over search content
Google is not responsible for the content of its internet search results, a UK court has ruled.
UK's first mobile phone directory goes offline
The UK's first mobile phone directory - which went live on the web and over the phone earlier in July - has been taken offline, just days after it went live amidst a fanfare of publicity.
Smartphone security has privacy problems
WXPI, a Pittsburgh, Pennylvania-based TV station has quietly broken a story which could have profound repercusions on the security of so-called smartphones - mobile phones with computer-like qualities.
New Trojan malware variants evade major anti-virus engines claims CommTouch
Based on an analysis of two billion emails and internet transactions processed by its OEM anti-spam and anti-malware customers every day, CommTouch says that millions of email-borne malware such as Trojans and viruses bypassed several major anti-virus engines during the second quarter of 2009.
NHS hit by over 8000 viruses in one year
The NHS was infected by over 8000 (computer) viruses over the last year, many of which could have been avoided if information security policies and technologies were properly adopted.
More weaknesses in e-commerce and SSL-VPN connections revealed
A report just published by Ben Chai - a director with Incoming Thought Limited and editor of the SecurityVibes portal - claims to show that a security flaw in the secure sockets layer (SSL) internet protocol has been used by criminals to circumvent supposed secure e-commerce website.
575 variants of Koobface detected during June says Kaspersky Lab
Researchers with Russian IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab say they detected 575 new variants of the Koobface worm during June.
Google Chrome OS: no viruses, malware or security updates…
As Google announced the future launch of its Google Chrome operating system (OS) based on an open source Linux kernel, it also claimed that “users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work”, but is that possible?
Facebook profiles ruin chances of becoming a spy
Facebook and other social networking sites are coming under fire for ruining the spy industry as finding new recruits without an online trail is becoming next to impossible, according to IT security specialist NCC Group.
Social security numbers guessable, say academics
Two researchers from Carnegie Mellon University claim that it is possible to predict a person's social security number by using statistical analysis, throwing the security of a key personal identifier into doubt.
Online game EVE sees virtual EBank robbed by CEO
The CEO of a virtual gaming bank within the space trading game EVE Online, has run off with 200bn of virtual credits trading them in for real world cash of £3115 (US$5100) through the black market.
Gartner expects IT spending to fall 6% in 2009
Worlwide IT spending could fall 6% to US$3.2 trillion in 2009, according to Connecticut-based IT research and advisory company Gartner.
Internet luring law to include sending of sexually explicit messages - 'sexting'
The state of Colorado has updated a law designed to protect children on the internet from sending of sexually explicit messages, known as 'sexting', to include cell phones too.
Waledec botnet sweeps web in July 4 campaign
The team behind the Waledec botnet mounted a new malware campaign over the July 4 weekend that has infected thousands of PCs.
BT assists Metropolitan Police in security enquiries
UK telecoms giant BT has secured a prestigious deal to provide officers and staff at London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with new identity and access management services
Data leakage webinar coming up
Data leakage - one of the IT security hot topics of the moment - is on the agenda of a joint Cyber-Ark/Websense webinar being broadcast live at 3pm today, and available via the Infosecurity web site on a recorded basis after that time.
Iceman pleads guilty in Carders Market card data theft case
Max Butler - aka Max Vision and Iceman - has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with the theft of almost two million credit and debit card details, as well as an astonishing $86 million of allegedly fraudulent purchases.
Sanford's mistress: my Hotmail account was hacked.
The Argentinian woman at the centre of the Mark Sanford scandal has said that her Hotmail account was hacked.
Pirate Bay web streaming service - could it be legal?
The Pirate Bay - arguably one of the highest profile file-sharing indexing portals in the world - has hit the headlines with plans to launch a video streaming/sharing website ostensibly similar to Russian sites such as Movieberry.com
