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 Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2008, Situation Publishing Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:13:53 +0200 Insecure by designThe vast majority of US bank websites jeopardize the security of their online customers by including design flaws that expose passwords and are susceptible to tampering by attackers, researchers say.… Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:30:11 +0200 Available in Windows, Mac and LinuxRealNetworks has issued an update that patches four security holes in its RealPlayer jukebox program, including a critical flaw that vulnerability tracker Secunia published today.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:29:07 +0200 New feature closes security loopholeGoogle is adding a much-demanded feature to its email service that offers improved security by ensuring users get an encrypted connection each time they access their account via a web connection.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:19:37 +0200 'No particular problems' to listening inOff the cuff remarks by Austrian government officials suggest that Skype conversations might be intercepted.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:27:49 +0200 'Yay. No, YAY!'Comment There's an air of celebration down at The Inquirer at the news that fugitive spammer Eddie Davidson decided to do the decent thing and kill himself.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:08:16 +0200 Hot to trotMozilla has fixed multiple vulnerabilities in the Thunderbird email client.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:16:46 +0200 Three dead as teenage girl escapes carnageFugitive spammer Eddie Davidson shot his wife and infant daughter dead on Thursday before turning the gun on himself - four days after going AWOL from a minimum security prison.… Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:24:24 +0200 AT&T among those putting subscribers at riskUpdated More than two weeks after security researchers warned of a critical defect in the net's address lookup system, some of the world's biggest internet service providers - including AT&T, Time Warner and Bell Canada - have yet to install a patch inoculating their subscribers against attacks, according to an informal survey of Register readers.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:10:02 +0200 Still think threat is exaggerated?When Dan Kaminsky disclosed a critical flaw in the net's address lookup system earlier this month, he said it was crucial internet service providers and other organizations install patches immediately. He wasn't kidding.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:54 +0200 Hammer to fallAn Oregon man who auctioned counterfeit Adobe software on eBay under a variety of false identities has been jailed for four years. Jeremiah Mondello, 23, of Eugene, Oregon, was also sentenced to a further three years on probation following his release and 130 hours of community service a year for three years at a sentencing hearing this week. In addition, Mondello was fined $220,000 in cash and his computers were confiscated by order of US District Court Judge Ann L. Aiken, the Oregonian reports.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:47:50 +0200 Be careful around the netFlaws in the Mail and Safari applications bundled with the iPhone leave users of the device at greater risk of phishing attacks.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:26:26 +0200 UK danger zones namedLondon is the biggest single centre for credit card fraud with southeast London - particularly Thamesmead (SE28) - becoming notorious as the place with the most fraudulent activity in the UK, according to a new survey.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:17:58 +0200 Ronaldinho's sister caught on camera?A Spanish doctor was last week cuffed for installing a webcam in the toilet of his Barcelona consultancy, a nutritional centre frequented by the likes of motorcyclist Jorge Lorenzo and the sister of former Barcelona ball-worrier Ronaldinho.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:25:25 +0200 From iTunes to Apple Developer ConnectionsAccount hijackers have targeted Apple iTunes for months, but now they're hitting Apple developers as well.… Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:05:05 +0200 Parts of city network still locked outThe sysadmin accused of hijacking San Francisco's network may have surrendered the passwords needed to regain control of key parts of the system, but the move hasn't gotten anyone very far. A judge has refused to lower his $5m bail, and officials say they are still locked out of some portions of the network.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:43:08 +0200 From the penthouse to the Big HouseOne of the world's most prolific spammers has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $708,000 in income for blasting out tens of millions of unwanted emails.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:14:55 +0200 Scammer faces five years in slammerA Romanian man has admitted he took part in a sophisticated phishing scam that targeted PayPal and at least nine other financial institutions by tricking their customers into giving up their account credentials.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:47:41 +0200 No one is safeThe number of drive-by download attacks has tripled and they are beginning to affect government websites as well as small business operations.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:49:59 +0200 City regains access to its own networkSan Francisco City Council regained access to its own computer network today after Mayor Gavin Newsom convinced network administrator Terry Childs to give them the passwords.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:40:14 +0200 Business users: apply nowResearch in Motion has issued a patch for a serious security flaw that puts businesses using the ubiquitous BlackBerry at risk.… Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:05:59 +0200 Prolific pump-and-dump conman walks awayA convicted spammer who who generated millions of dollars blasting out pump-and-dump messages has gone AWOL from the federal prison camp where he was serving a 21-month sentence.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:45:27 +0200 Crash test dummiesFabricated news of a supposed car accident involving Formula One star Fernando Alonso is being used to distribute a new banking Trojan.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:57:29 +0200 Showcasing the maddest skillzOrganisers of the security world's Oscars, the Pwnie Awards, have announced the nominees for the second annual awards.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:41:04 +0200 'Your friend has paid us to kill you...'You know how it is - things are a bit quiet in the internet cafes of Lagos, people have sussed MARIAM ABACHA doesn't really have $30,000,000 (THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS) in gold bullion looted from Saddam Hussein's personal vault, and so it looks like it's time to up the email scam ante.… Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:52:02 +0200 Stay safe with Vulture VisionRegCast It's a proud day here at El Reg - behold our first live video webcast, now snugly fitted into the archives and available for your delectation. We took an unflinching look into the evolving security landscape, and we'd like to invite you to take a good hard stare too.… Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:28:36 +0200 Responsible disclosure debate rages onTwo weeks ago, when security researcher Dan Kaminsky announced a devastating flaw in the internet's address lookup system, he took the unusual step of admonishing his peers not to publicly speculate on the specifics. The concern, he said, was that online discussions about how the vulnerability worked could teach black hat hackers how to exploit it before overlords of the domain name system had a chance to fix it.… Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:56:27 +0200 A way around disk encryptionThe security researcher who demonstrated the 'cold boot' attack has released the source code for the hack. The attack, first demonstrated in February, uses a set of utilities to lift crypto keys from memory even after a reboot.… Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:45:10 +0200 Black deeds on the Black SeaA denial of service attack hit government websites in the former Soviet republic of Georgia over the weekend amid growing diplomatic tensions between the country and Russia.… Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:38:43 +0200 Airport workers join their bossesUnions representing airline and airport staff are to tell Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that her plan to force staff to carry ID cards will add nothing to airport security.… Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:02:04 +0200 Dithers over threat levelUS paranoia about Chinese computer hackers has created a diplomatic dilemma about whether or not to warn visitors and business people traveling to next month's Beijing Olympics about cyber-security risks.… Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:45:36 +0200 Freedom of speech trumps allDutch researchers will be able to publish their controversial report on the Mifare Classic (Oyster) RFID chip in October, a Dutch judge ruled today.… Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:41 +0200 Deny deny deniedCrytography researchers have demonstrated weaknesses in encryption technology used to create so-called deniable file systems (DFS).… Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:17:44 +0200 Chameleon malware from business-minded VXersCybercrooks have released a custom-built Trojan, dubbed Limbo 2, "guaranteed" by its shady creators to continually evade the top ten anti-virus products on the market.… Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:34:14 +0200 Zero in on the sourceThe Wi-Fi Link 5000 chip that's part of Intel's newly launched Centrino 2 platform doesn't appear to like security keys that comprise a stack of zeros.… Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:38:05 +0200 Hammer falls after auction fraudRomanian police have arrested 24 people, all thought to belong to a single cybercrime gang. The group is suspected of involvement in various identity theft, credit card and auction fraud scams said to have raked in an estimated €400,000 ($634,000) from foreign victims, according to Romanian news reports. Targets of the scams reportedly included eBay, craiglist.com and Equine.com.… Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:28:27 +0200 Updates fix several vulnsMozilla has plugged two critical security holes in versions 2 and 3 of Firefox.… Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:02:03 +0200 From red alert to red facesA UK business had to fight for two weeks to clear its name after falsely being accused of harbouring malware by McAfee's SiteAdvisor service.… Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:03:09 +0200 One minute behind bars for every junk mailA New Yorker was jailed for 30 months on Tuesday after being convicted for spamming 1.2 million AOL members with junk mail.… Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:34:41 +0200 Police think skills could be handyAn NZ teenager who became notorious for masterminding the creation of one of the largest cybercrime networks has escaped conviction, despite admitting computer hacking and fraud offences.… Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:45:44 +0200 Gone in 240 secondsAn unpatched PC is likely to last just four minutes on the internet before being attacked and compromised.… Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:02:03 +0200 Google is probably not your friend…A bizarre case was reported in the Times last week of a woman who used a website - www.hitman.us.com - to hire a contract killer to “rub out” her multi-millionaire partner. Sharon Collins, 45 and a divorced mother-of-two, hired Tony Luciano – actually an Egyptian poker player called Essam Eid - to kill property tycoon P J Howard and his sons.… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:45:41 +0200 Tragic end in HawaiiPolice have recovered the body of missing technology entrepreneur Steven Thomas, the founder of anti-spyware firm Webroot Software.… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:05:03 +0200 Rumbled before he could pocket the doughA Chinese man convicted of hacking into a Red Cross website as part of a money-making scam in the wake of the Sichuan earthquake has being jailed for two years.… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:22:46 +0200 D'oh!Turkish hackers have taken advantage of an email address that appeared in The Simpsons to recruit marks onto the Kimya botnet.… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:38:34 +0200 Computer fault buggers barriersUpdated London commuters are suffering more problems than usual this morning, thanks to the weekend failure of the Oyster card readers at tube stations and on buses.… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:02:05 +0200 New CRB regs produce a nation of suspectsAnalysis If we had suggested, ten years ago, that one day soon, the government would draw up a list of prescribed occupations: that they would build a database of millions of people who would need to register for those occupations; and that a committee of Public Safety would be set up with power of absolute veto over every individual on the database; it is just possible that you would have decided that even El Reg had taken leave of its oh-so-cynical senses.… Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:02:03 +0200 Nap-of-the-earth strikes on the horizonSysadmins have begun noticing a coordinated attack on servers with open SSH ports that tries to stay under the radar by only attempting to guess a password three times from any compromised machine. Instead of mounting an attack form a single compromised host, hackers have worked out a means to relay a brute force attack between multiple assault machines.… Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:32:03 +0200 Trojan apocalypseIt beggars belief that anyone would think that they'd first hear of World War III through a spam email. But hackers are relying on such credulous fools in an attempt to spread a new Trojan.… Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:18:46 +0200 Scrambling for safetyThales, the French defence electronics firm, is buying hardware-based encryption specialist nCipher for around £50.7m ($100.3m). This works out at 300p a share, a 15 per cent premium of nCipher's closing price in London on Thursday and double Wednesday's closing price.… Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:25:31 +0200 Good name limboSubstitute teacher turned smut-serving spyware suspect Julie Amero remains stuck in legal limbo, with the case taking a toll on both her health and job prospects, Connecticut paper the Hartford Courant reports.… |
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