Ransomware ups algorithms / Hacker arrested at conference / US worst spam nation
Microsoft bets big on Vista SecurityWindows Vista will be the first operating system development from start to finish under Microsoft's new security policy. - CIO Magazine
Chills at Microsoft's security huddle
With Microsoft itself entering the security market, vendors were less open to share information at the company's last security industry gathering. - CNET News.com
Zero-day Wednesdays
Professional cyber-criminals use the days after Microsoft's "Patch-Tuesdays" to launch targeted attacks using unpublished exploits. - CNET News.com
Police swoop on speaker at hackers' conference
A chief executive of an online investigation firm was arrested by the FBI at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference in New York. - Computer Weekly
Arrest mars second day of HOPE
FBI removed private investigator Steve Rambam shortly before the beginning of a panel on privacy at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference. - Computerworld
Computer viruses reach into corporate pocketbooks
Computer viruses tops the list, when it comes to the loses from breaches of IT security in U.S. companies, an FBI study concludes. - eWEEK
Visa changes retail security rules
Credit card company Visa has changed its rules for which retailers that has to follow the comany's more strict security rules. - eWEEK
Laptop lifted from data provider's office
Another laptop containing thousands of people's personal information has been stolen. This time from Wolters Kluwer's North American offices. - eWEEK
Phishing via VoIP on the rise
Scammers are using VoIP to get information from users instead of websites, which some users may be more wary of. - InformationWeek
Old UTM is still new in network security
Unified Threat Management systems are gaining popularity as many companies are still struggling to fully secure their networks. - Internetnews.com
No one's ever completely safe from the inside threat
The trial against the former UBS systems administrator shows how hard it is to secure your systems against your own. - InternetWeek.com
U.S. still top spam producer, study says
A study from antivirus firm Sophos finds that the U.S. is still the single largest producer of spam. - SC Magazine UK/US
Personal information of NYC homeless leaked
Personal information about 8.000 homeless people in New York was accidently sent out by email to a number of homeless advocates and city officials. - SC Magazine UK/US
Ransomware getting harder to decrypt
Antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab has found that ransomware is becoming increasingly harder to decrypt. - SC Magazine UK/US
Office exploits reveal new direction in attack strategies
The recent attacks using vulnerabilites in Microsoft Office indicates that attackers are automating their search for exploits and target people rather than systems. - TechWeb
U.S. retains spammy nation prize
The U.S. is still the leading source of unsolicited emails or spam, study shows. - TechWeb
Hackers use AI to uncover vulnerabilites
Hackers are using articificial intelligence tools to help them uncover new vulnerabilities in software, security firm reports. - Vnunet.com
Hackers crack secret Google malware search codes
The searching tools provided by Google to antivirus firms to help finding malware on the web has been cracked by hackers. - Vnunet.com
FBI charges HOPE speaker with witness tampering, obstructing justice
The FBI's arrest of Steve Rambam at a New York hacker conference has been followed by charges of tampering with an ongoing case about money-laundering. - Washington Post
Hackers fight authority in NYC
The Hackers of Planet Earth in New York featured talks about cell-phone jamming, wireless security, catching phishers. - Wired News
Watch out - your data may be kidnapped
Increasingly complicated encryption algorithms used by virus writers to created ransomware could cause this type of malware to become a bigger problem. - ZDNet UK
1 Comments:
Nice idea with this site its better than most of the rubbish I come across.
»
Post a Comment
<< Home