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The Pirate Bay hit by DDOS attacks on news of sale - 7.2.2009
Global Gaming Factory's announcement Tuesday that it plans to purchase the file-swapping BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million has set off distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on the Swedish company's website, likely from disgruntled members who have cast the founders as sell-outs.
Mozilla will issue security fixes for Firefox 3.5 - 7.2.2009
Mozilla, which just released the latest version of its Firefox browser on Tuesday, is already planning to release web security fixes for bugs in Firefox 3.5, according to Computerworld.com.
Online security fears affect consumers more than economy - 7.1.2009
Seventy-two percent of consumers said the economy has not changed the way they shop online, but nearly half of consumers have terminated an online order due to security fears, according to a new survey by web security vendor McAfee.
Cyber vigilante arrested for DDOS attacks on news sites - 7.1.2009
Federal authorities have charged Bruce Raisley, of Monaca, Pennsylvania, in connection with a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on news websites hosting articles that detailed embarrassing facts about his online relationship with a man pretending to be a woman.
Web security report: Q2 spam averaged 88 percent - 6.30.2009
Spam levels for Q2 2009 averaged 88.7 percent compared with 74.5 percent for Q1 2009, according to the June 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report from security vendor Symantec. The global ratio of spam was 90.4 percent in June, reflecting no change since May.
FTC settles with rogue antivirus vendor ByteHosting - 6.29.2009
The Federal Trade Commission last week settled its case against ByteHosting, an alleged vendor of phony antivirus software known as scareware. The FTC said the defendants tricked more than 1 million people into buying fake antivirus products.
Iranian hackers hijack University of Oregon network - 6.26.2009
Hackers sympathetic to Iran's ruling regime hijacked the University of Oregon website on Wednesday to redirect visitors to a site that said the regime "never cheated" in the disputed June 12 election.
Security worries, spam dog mobile finance - 6.25.2009
Two-thirds of mobile device users say they are concerned about security, preventing many users from adopting mobile services such as banking or shopping, according to a new Harris Interactive poll commissioned by Cloudmark.
Identity theft more likely for younger social networkers - 6.24.2009
Members of online social networks may be more vulnerable to financial loss, identity theft and malware infection than they realize, particularly users of the younger generation, according to a new survey from Webroot.
Iran accuses CNN of training hackers - 6.23.2009
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman accused the cable network CNN of "officially" training people to "hack government and foreign ministry" websites on Monday, citing a CNN.com article that explained how hackers were launching distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks on Iranian government sites.
Dating spam uptick may mean users are easily duped - 6.22.2009
Trend Micro reports a rise in spam related to adult dating websites, which the antivirus vendor said is likely due to the effectiveness of these emails for phishing personal information including credit card numbers.
Microsoft releasing free anti-malware on Tuesday - 6.19.2009
Microsoft said it will release its free anti-malware product in beta on Tuesday. The software, formerly codenamed Morro, is now called Microsoft Security Essentials.
British NASA hacker gets new hearing on extradition - 6.18.2009
Justices for the UK High Court have agreed to hear on July 14th an application for a judicial review of the extradition of British national Gary McKinnon, who has confessed to hacking the networks of the U.S. military and NASA, according to ZDNet UK.
Apple iPhone OS 3.0 activations crash iTunes server - 6.18.2009
The mad grab for the newest version of Apple's iPhone won't begin in earnest until the iPhone 3G S is released on Friday. But a flood of current iPhone users looking to download the newest operating system, iPhone OS 3.0, crashed the activation server at the iTunes store on Wednesday.
Researchers uncover 'Golden Cash' botnet trading platform - 6.17.2009
Cybercriminals have been buying and selling access to infected PCs for use in malware-distributing botnets at a web platform called Golden Cash, according to a web security report from Finjan.
Cligs URL shortener hacked to redirect 2.2 million links - 6.17.2009
Hackers managed to hijack some 2.2 million links posted through the URL shortening service Cligs, redirecting the links to a single page on freedomblogging.com, a website of the OC Register.
Companies lax in ending IT access for ex-employees - 6.16.2009
In spite of high profile examples of terminated employees using their IT access to steal from or sabotage their former employers, a new survey finds that more than one-third of companies take a week or longer to be "completely certain" that ex-workers no longer can access company systems.
China's Green Dam web filter has security flaws - 6.15.2009
Green Dam, a Chinese web filtering software that can censor pornography and political content, has security holes that could be exploited by hackers to take control of PCs, a Chinese ministry has admitted.
'Spam king' facing criminal charges for violating Facebook restraining order - 6.15.2009
A lawsuit by Facebook against the self-proclaimed "spam king," Sanford Wallace, has been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal charges for violation of a restraining order.
Three indicted for hacking 2,500 company phone systems - 6.15.2009
The acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey unsealed indictments Friday for three people in the Philippines charged with hacking the private branch exchanges (PBX) of more than 2,500 companies for stealing pass codes they sold to call center operators in Italy.
Mac users targeted by porn site malware - 6.12.2009
A web security firm has spotted two new malware attacks that target Mac OS X and Windows users who visit a website that presents itself as a portal for porn videos.
Google identifies top 10 malware domains, Beladen ranked 124th - 6.8.2009
A recent report from web security researchers identifying the domain Beladen.net as having infected 40,000 websites appears to have been overblown. According to the Google security blog, Google has identified only 3,500 sites infected by Beladen.
FTC complaint shutters ISP hosting botnets, child porn - 6.4.2009
Pricewert, a San Jose-based internet service provider, was ordered shut down by a court's temporary restraining order after the Federal Trade Commission complained the ISP knowingly hosted command-and-control servers for botnets and websites with child pornography.
Can search engines keep up with blackhat SEO? - 6.4.2009
Microsoft's newly released search tool Bing has features similar to other search engines for blocking malicious websites, although cybercriminals using blackhat SEO tactics for poisoning search results are still getting around defenses.
Phishing attack targets Microsoft Outlook users - 6.4.2009
Web security researchers have discovered a phishing scam targeting users of Microsoft Outlook that attempts to steal login and password information for hijacking user email accounts.
Bank of America spam spreading Waledac worm - 6.3.2009
Web security researchers have spotted phishing spam purporting to be from Bank of America that could infect recipients with the Waledac worm.
Apple fixes security bug identified in Mac hacker book - 6.2.2009
Apple released patches Monday for 10 security holes in QuickTime 7.6.2 for Windows 7 and Mac OS X and one patch for a flaw in iTunes 8.2. One of the flaws was previously disclosed in a hacker's manual published in March.
FBI restricts email attachments in wake of web attack - 6.1.2009
A cyberattack on the Federal Bureau of Investigation led it to temporarily shut down its external email network, but the agency is disputing a report published by the New York Post claiming that the FBI's computer and email systems were "crippled" by a malicious virus.
Microsoft warns of new Windows exploit - 5.29.2009
Microsoft is warning users of a critical web security vulnerability in Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that has been exploited in the wild. If left unfixed, the flaw could allow hackers to take control of PCs.
Report identifies search terms riskiest for malware - 5.28.2009
Cybercriminals are increasingly using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to target internet users who search for popular keywords, according to a new report that identifies the riskiest searches by category and country.
Man drops lawsuit against Facebook as Koobface returns - 5.27.2009
Web security researchers have spotted a new variant of the Koobface social networking virus on Facebook, some users of which received spam messages with links to a fake YouTube spoof that asks users to download a malware version of Adobe Flash.
E-Trade 'salami slicer' pleads guilty to fraud - 5.26.2009
A California man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used fraudulent online brokerage accounts to collect thousands of tiny test deposits in a so-called salami slicing scam.
30,000 YouTube videos have malicious links in comments - 5.22.2009
Google's YouTube video site contains roughly 30,000 videos with malicious links to a malware site in comments that purport to link to pornographic videos, PandaLabs said today.
Conficker worm infecting 50,000 PCs a day - 5.21.2009
Security researchers from Symantec yesterday offered a reminder that the Conficker worm is still circulating and infecting PCs at a clip of 50,000 per day.
Survey finds IT security lacking at public schools - 5.20.2009
Public school districts have experienced increasing levels of security breaches to their computer networks in the past year, but a new report says three-quarters of districts have inadequate physical and cybersecurity.
Gumblar malware spreading rapidly - 5.19.2009
Security researchers are warning that the malware known as Gumblar - which poisons Google search results with links to malicious sites and uses a back door to infect websites - is ramping up and spreading rapidly.
AT&T offering cloud data storage service - 5.18.2009
AT&T announced today that it will begin offering cloud-based storage-as-a-service in partnership with EMC Corporation.
Google admits Chrome was vulnerable to WebKit hack - 5.18.2009
Google said last week that it had patched a vulnerability to its Chrome web browser that could have been exploited through WebKit code.
Google says 'traffic jam' caused crash - 5.14.2009
Google's search engine and other services including Google News and Gmail went down on Thursday. The company said that an internal error caused the outage.
Google News crashes, was Google hacked? - 5.14.2009
Something went wrong with Google News on Thursday morning, causing the website to go down for several hours. Google acknowledged the outage in a statement on Thursday.
Pirated copies of Windows 7 RC used for botnet - 5.14.2009
Pirated copies of the Windows 7 release candidate that have been making the rounds are infected with a Trojan horse that has already built a botnet with thousands of PCs, according to security researchers.
Security experts warn of possible ID theft scam on Twitter - 5.13.2009
A social networking game making the rounds on Twitter has been flagged by security experts as a possible threat to users.
Apple issues patches for Mac OS X - 5.13.2009
Apple on Tuesday issued patches for 67 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including two security bugs that were exploited by IT security pros as part of an Apple-promoted "Pwn2Own" hacking contest in March.
'Anonymous' hacker pleads guilty to Scientology cyberattacks - 5.12.2009
A teen from New Jersey yesterday pleaded guilty to computer hacking in connection with a January 2008 series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the Church of Scientology's website.
Marketers worry about cost of brandjacking - 5.11.2009
The results of a new survey of marketers show that more are now concerned with online vulnerabilities to brandjacking and cybersquatting.
Patch Tuesday brings PowerPoint fix from Microsoft - 5.8.2009
Microsoft said it will issue just one patch on Tuesday in its monthly security update for a critical vulnerability in PowerPoint.
Companies worried about remote access data breaches - 5.8.2009
Companies that provide remote access to their networks for workers represent the bulk of organizations - about 92 percent, according to a survey published recently by a British IT security firm.
Researchers say Mac worm Tored fizzled - 5.7.2009
Web security researchers in recent days picked apart a piece of malware for Mac OSX called Tored-A.
Adobe promises Reader, Acrobat patches for Tuesday - 5.7.2009
Adobe last week promised to patch the zero-day vulnerability in its Adobe Reader and Acrobat software no later than Tuesday, acknowledging the security bugs in a post on the Adobe product security response blog.
Big name Twitter accounts hacked - 5.6.2009
A computer hacker in France called Hacker Croll accessed control to Twitter's internal systems, gaining access to millions of accounts including President Barack Obama's.
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