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 Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2008, Situation Publishing Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:44:36 +0100 Obama’s website, Mountain View’s javascriptAnalysis Judging from some of the comments responding to our story about security sloppiness on Barack Obama’s website, it’s clear a discussion about the risks of third-party javascript is in order. Contrary to what many commentators believe, widgets used by Google Analytics and similar services do represent a threat, especially if you’re a high-profile target.… Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:19:05 +0100 Controversial money transfer service given second chanceThree directors of digital currency firm e-gold avoided a spell behind bars on Thursday after earlier pleading guilty to offences for money laundering and running an unlicensed money transfer business.… Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:32:02 +0100 On the mendComputer systems at three major London hospitals are largely back online on Friday morning, three days after a major computer virus outbreak forced staff to disconnect the network.… Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:02:03 +0100 Zombie networks likely to resurface in two weeksAnalysis One week after rogue ISP McColo was shut down spam levels have yet to return to normality. But security experts are under no illusions that this represents anything more than a temporary reprieve, which will probably come accompanied by a change in tactics by spammers.… Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:37:35 +0100 Error.com's missed opportunityPayPal, the online payment service that is a major target of phishers, has been caught sending customer emails that confuse its own login page with a third-party landing site that offers spyware protection and a bevy of other products.… Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:22 +0100 Unfriendly fireThe US Army has reportedly suspended the use of USB and removable media devices after a worm began spreading across its network.… Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:05:34 +0100 EU agency launches campaignOnline gamers have become a soft target for cybercrime, with three in 10 users reporting the loss of items of virtual property through fraud.… Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:24:03 +0100 Change? Start with securityPresident elect Barack Obama’s embrace of online video and social networking may have propelled him to victory, but unless he’s careful, his administration could be brought down by the same sloppy security problems that have plagued MySpace, Facebook, and dozens of other Web 2.0 properties.… Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:51:36 +0100 Plucky Brits shrug off Mytob network blitzIT staff at three major London hospitals have spent a second day struggling to restore IT systems following a major computer virus outbreak.… Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:54:09 +0100 Malware targets grumble-flick fansSecurity researchers have uncovered a rare example of a Trojan that affects Mac PCs.… Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:01:43 +0100 Pay less for MorroMicrosoft has abandoned its attempt to make money from selling anti-virus software to consumers, two years after entering the cut-throat market.… Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:45:55 +0100 Competitors may hop on bandwagonVisa has introduced a computerised credit card which it hopes will help banks battle fraud. The innovation could force other card issuers and banks to implement similar technology, one data protection expert has said.… Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:36:06 +0100 DDoS, botnets, SWAT calls, bomb threats, credit fraud...A juvenile hacker with a reputation for stirring up trouble in online gaming groups has admitted to multiple computer felonies, including cyber attacks that overwhelmed his victims with massive amounts of data and the placing of hoax emergency phone calls that elicited visits by heavily armed police teams.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:16:35 +0100 'Spy on anyone from anywhere'Federal watchdogs have shut down a website that advertised a comprehensive snooping service that included a stealthy trojan, online support, and a database that sorted and stored the confidential passwords, chat transcripts, and activities of those being stalked.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:13:40 +0100 McColo dials Russia as world sleepsMcColo, a network provider that was yanked offline following reports it enabled more than half the world's spam, briefly returned from the dead over the weekend so it could hand-off command and control channels to a new source, security researchers said.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:10:23 +0100 Too used to the other sortThree London Hospitals shut down their computer systems on Tuesday in response to a computer virus infection.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:31:59 +0100 Rightwingers left exposedThe British National Party has lost its membership list - the whole thing has been published online.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:30:35 +0100 Super regulator back on the agenda?The European Commission has launched a consultation on how it can strengthen the European Union's response to computer attacks. The Commission is canvassing views ahead of a debate early next year about an EU-wide coordination of computer security.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:16:04 +0100 Time-out for computer forensicsThe trial of the student accused of breaking into the email account of Sarah Palin in the run-up to the US presidential election has been pushed back to next May.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:31:17 +0100 Shadow of a doubtUK security researchers have discovered hard-to-exploit cryptographic weaknesses in the Secure Shell (SSH) remote administration protocol.… Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:29:53 +0100 DNSSec risingThe US federal government is showing tangible progress as it works to meet a January deadline to implement a sweeping overhaul of its internet address servers, a move designed to harden them against attacks that could send millions of users to impostor sites run by scammers.… Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:49:16 +0100 Will remain chairman of the boardSymantec has announced that CEO John Thompson will retire in early April, at the end of the company's fiscal year.… Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:37:08 +0100 Backhanded complimentUpdated Unidentified miscreants have launched a denial of service attack on a UK-based anti-fraud website.… Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:02:59 +0100 Legacy networking problem cure as bad as diseaseMicrosoft has explained why it took seven years to patch a known vulnerability. Fixing the bug earlier would have taken out network applications and potential exploits alike, it explained.… Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:14:35 +0100 Get Safe Online week aims to curtail easy pickingsBritish attitudes to online safety remain patchy at best, leaving surfers vulnerable to scammers who typically empty funds from compromised accounts before moving onto the next victim.… Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:24:33 +0100 Can Equifax succeed where OpenID failed?Credit reference agency Equifax has launched an online identity card scheme that aims to reduce consumer security and password headaches.… Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:08:04 +0100 It's a searchIn a case that could have important implications for law enforcement investigations throughout the US, a federal judge has ruled that the cryptographic fingerprinting of suspects' hard drives constitutes a search for purposes of the Constitution.… Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:22:45 +0100 Buckle your seatbelt, encrypt your bitsSecurity How-to In this age of brazen, warrantless wiretaps and never-ending data breaches, you'd think email encryption would be considered de rigueur. Alas, even among the digerati it's rarely given the time of day because encryption is seen as an exotic undertaking that brings more hassle than benefit.… Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:13:33 +0100 Third false alarm follows upgrade offerAVG, the popular anti-virus package, has falsely identified Adobe Flash as potentially malicious. The snafu comes just days after AVG slapped a bogus Trojan warning on a core Windows component.… Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:41:18 +0100 German cracker now faces US DDoS-for-hire chargesGames developer Valve worked with the FBI to set up a sting operation to capture a suspected hacker soon after source code for Half Life 2 leaked onto P2P networks in 2003.… Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:27:10 +0100 Computer Misuse Act updatedA law criminalising denial of service attacks and the supply of hacking tools has been brought into force in England and Wales after a number of delays. The law was already in force in Scotland.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:00:41 +0100 The semantics of electronic intrusionAttorneys for the University of Tennessee student accused of breaking into Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's email account have filed a small forest's worth of court documents in defense of the high-profile suspect. Among them is a motion to prohibit prosecutors from referring to their client as a hacker.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:50:44 +0100 Faces six to 12 stretchA former sysadmin faces six-to-12 years behind bars after admitting using his IT skills to conduct a series of burglaries, computer intrusions, and identity thefts in San Jose, California.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:44:06 +0100 Takedown targets unlicensed penis pill pushersRaids hit suspected internet drug peddling operations in nine countries on Wednesday as part of a international crackdown coordinated by Interpol.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:19:51 +0100 Microsoft duo question easy money 'myth'Contrary to popular belief, phishers make little or no money, according to a study by two Microsoft researchers.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:02:04 +0100 Prescription processing firm wants posseA US-based prescription processing and benefits firm has taken the unusual step of offering a $1m bounty for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of an unknown group which targeted it in a cyber-extortion scam.… Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:04:09 +0100 ICANN, I might, I didAfter a brief delay, the non-profit group that oversees the internet's address system has decided to proceed with plans to revoke the credentials of EstDomains, a domain name registrar with a reputation for catering to cyber criminals.… Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:23:05 +0100 Spam volumes plummetYet another network provider has been yanked offline after being accused by security researchers of acting as the mothership that allowed a large percentage of the world's spam operators and malicious networks to thrive.… Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:04:22 +0100 Marshal8e6 mashed upContent filtering firms Marshal and 8e6 Technologies have agreed to merge. Financial terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, were not disclosed.… Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:16:58 +0100 Mockapetris slams 10 years of 'political and technical dithering'The inventor of the domain name system has blamed technical and political wrangling for delays in improving internet infrastructure security.… Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:31:33 +0100 Better late than neverMicrosoft's light sprinkling of patches yesterday includes a fix that reportedly goes back seven years or more.… Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:18:03 +0100 As if brute-force DDoS assaults weren't enoughHacking attacks are growing more sophisticated and more prevalent, with hard-pressed ISPs facing a wider range of threats.… Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:59:47 +0100 Beware 'friends' bearing begging bowlThe ever-resourceful Lads from Lagos have been hanging around Facebook hoping to extract a few bucks from the unwary, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.… Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:36:37 +0100 Second false alarm creates consternationSome users of AVG were left with unusable Windows systems after the popular AVG security scanner software slapped a Trojan warning on a core Windows component.… Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:59:54 +0100 Sharp contrast with McKinnon extradition sagaA Romanian hacker who broke into systems run by the US Navy, NASA and the Department of Energy has avoided a custodial sentence in a trial at home but may still face extradition to the US.… Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:24:50 +0100 Five top tipsWeb applications have huge attack surfaces. Most sites have hundreds of URLs, and each function has plenty of parameters, form fields, cookies, and headers for attackers to play with.… Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:12:18 +0100 1.3 million ticking time bombsFour months after researchers warned of a nasty design flaw in the net's address lookup system, more than 10 per cent of the servers used to resolve domain names on the internet remain "trivially vulnerable" to attack, a new study concludes.… Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:50:13 +0100 Whipping up a StormPharmacy-touting spammers can turn a decent return on response rates as low as one in 12 million, far lower than previously thought.… Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:37:52 +0100 Chinese crackers pwn Warcraft gamersMiscreants are exploiting website vulnerabilities to booby-trap thousands of legitimate sites.… Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:35:07 +0100 Banks build one-time generator into plasticUpdated Visa cards with a built in one-time code generator are to be trialled by four European banks. The technology is designed to tackle the growing problem of online credit card fraud.… |
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