Friday, July 21, 2006

Adware hits MySpace / Zero-day espionage / FBI warns of 'digital Enron'

Adware trojan infects a million MySpace visitors
A banner ad displayed on some MySpace.com profiles has been spreading adware by exploiting an older WMF-vulnerability in Internet Explorer. - Computer Weekly

Fake version of Google hides trojan horse
Virus writers have put a remarkable effort into a spoofing of Googles toolbar to spread a trojan backdoor. - Computerworld

Ad dishes up malware to more than 1M PCs
An estimated more than one million MySpace users may have had their computers infected with adware spread via a banner ad. - Computerworld

Cisco patches security software glitch
Cisco has released a patch to fix three vulnerabilities in its security management software. - eWEEK

PowerPoint zero-day attack points to corporate espionage
Corporate espionage seems to be the main motive behind the trojan used in the latest PowerPoint attack. - eWEEK

Spyware fades to a dull roar - but targeted attacks loom
While spyware has become manageable, companies are still facing challenges defending against targeted attacks. - eWEEK

DOE: No privacy on agency computers
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a new set of rules that in essence takes away all rights to privacy when using agency computers. - Federal Computer Week

IT council praises DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recieves praise for its plans to protect critical U.S. information infrastructure. - Federal Computer Week

Scam exploits Treasury e-payment system
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning against a phishing scam using the federal e-payment system as bait. - Government Computer News

UBS trial aftermath: Top 10 tips for a successful postmortem
The trial against the former UBS systems administrator demonstrates the benefits of a good postmortem after an attack. - InformationWeek

Brits nap cyber terrorist
British authorities have arrested a man wanted by the U.S. for aiding a terrorist website operation. - Internetnews.com

Hacker watchers pass on security secrets
Federal researchers will pass on their knowledge about how hackers attempt to break into computer control systems for nuclear reactors to the private plant operators. - AP/MSNBC

World's dumbest internet criminals, part II
Criminals are bragging about their crimes online or otherwise lead authorities to them by their internet activities. - NewsFactor

MySpace banner ad infects million users
Internet providers may have to make security software compulsory for their customers to prevent attacks like the recent MySpace incident, analyst warns. - NewsFactor

More websites not as innocent as they seem
Security experts warns that there has been an uprising in the number of inoffensive websites that harbors exploits and malware. - SC Magazine UK/US

FBI warns 'your corporate data faces theft risk'
Theft of trade secrets by cyber criminals is a growing threat, FBI warns. - Silicon.com

Need to secure apps, data from insiders being overlooked
The threat to applications and data from people inside the organisation is being overlooked, experts warn. - TechWeb

FBI needs 'digital Enron' to fight cyber-crime

It will take a scandal like Enron to open legislators' eyes to the need for better investigation tools for cyber-crime, FBI complains. - Vnunet.com

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