http://www.secuobs.com Observatoire de la securite Internet fr webmaster@secuobs.com 2012-06-14 13:01:26 - The Tech Herald Security News : The heat is on when it comes to protecting critical infrastructure in the United States http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/381542.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/381542.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-06-14 08:42:20 - The Tech Herald Security News - A U http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/381510.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/381510.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-06-04 12:20:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - Penn Station East Coast Subs, a popular food chain in the Midwest, issued a warning to customers via its website on Friday, after some 20pourcents of their franchisee-owned restaurants suffered a data breach http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/379305.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/379305.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-06-01 12:49:47 - The Tech Herald Security News - An excerpt from a book to be published on Tuesday by the New York Times David Sanger, recounts how the Obama administration took over a project started during the second Bush administration targeting Iran http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/378950.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/378950.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-05-30 10:33:11 - The Tech Herald Security News - Over the holiday weekend, security researchers started buzzing about a new piece of malware discovered in Iran http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/378464.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/378464.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-05-21 16:42:12 - The Tech Herald Security News - Mobile devices are expected to exceed PCs in both shipments and spending this year http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/376677.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/376677.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-05-21 10:51:14 - The Tech Herald Security News - In the two previous weeks, we ve taken a look at what hacktivists are targeting with DDoS attacks and what companies can do to protect their online presence against these attacks http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/376614.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/376614.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-05-14 10:45:17 - The Tech Herald Security News - As discussed in the previous article of this series, knowing that hacktivists are indeed targeting high-profile networks is important, but let s look at what organizations are doing to defend themselves http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/375330.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/375330.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-05-07 02:52:38 - The Tech Herald Security News - A recent spate of attacks launched in April involved the use of distributed denial of service DDoS attacks on the DNS server of a well-known worldwide organization http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/374005.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/374005.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-04-23 02:34:06 - The Tech Herald Security News - In March, Britain s largest abortion provider s website was breached by a Pro-Life supporter of Anonymous, who was subsequently arrested within 24-hours of his attack http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/371372.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/371372.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-04-16 12:10:40 - The Tech Herald Security News - Over the weekend, Anonymous continued its long running DDoS campaign against various government agencies by attacking the CIA, MI6, and the U http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/370145.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/370145.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-04-03 23:57:32 - The Tech Herald Security News - Barracuda Labs has examined the Web s top 25,000 domains according to Alexa and discovered that quite a few of them are malicious http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/367878.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/367878.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-04-03 23:57:32 - The Tech Herald Security News - Ryan Cleary, the 19-year-old who was arrested last year for offences under the U http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/367877.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/367877.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-28 11:16:30 - The Tech Herald Security News - In 2009, RockYou http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366658.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366658.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-28 11:16:30 - The Tech Herald Security News - Members of the ZCompany Hacking Crew defaced the Las Vegas Police Department s recruitment website on Tuesday http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366657.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366657.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-28 11:16:30 - The Tech Herald Security News - The commander of the U http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366656.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366656.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-26 18:58:03 - The Tech Herald Security News - Microsoft did it again http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366193.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/366193.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-21 09:02:55 - The Tech Herald Security News - After bragging to an undercover journalist that they have a database with details on 150 million people, Shanghai-based Roadway D B found its offices raided by police once the reporter s story was broadcast http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/365047.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/365047.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-21 09:02:55 - The Tech Herald Security News - Shah Mahmood and Yvo Desmedt, from University College London, told attendees at the IEEE International Workshop on Security and Social Networking on Monday, that they ve discovered a privacy loophole not a vulnerability which allows an attacker to monitor a person over time in complete stealth http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/365046.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/365046.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-19 20:13:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - For sometime now, U http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/364663.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/364663.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-16 11:15:59 - The Tech Herald Security News - Activists in Syria were targeted by a Phishing scheme recently, via a false YouTube page, which targeted usernames and passwords in addition to pushing malware http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/364028.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/364028.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-16 08:54:00 - The Tech Herald Security News - After the questionable release of Anonymous-OS this week, which eventually led to it being pulled by SourceForge for a lack of transparency, a new version from a different set of Anons is in the works http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/363971.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/363971.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-14 13:42:12 - The Tech Herald Security News - Tuesday evening was a quiet one on Twitter http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/363458.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/363458.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-12 15:18:27 - The Tech Herald Security News - Here in the U http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/362916.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/362916.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-12 13:39:21 - The Tech Herald Security News - China is being blamed for an attempted social engineering attack against Admiral James Stavridis, NATO s Supreme Allied Commander Europe SACEUR , after several fake Facebook profiles were created and used to contact the Admiral s family, friends, and colleagues http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/362884.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/362884.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-12 12:52:54 - The Tech Herald Security News - The Anon who defaced Britain s largest abortion provider s website, said he did so because he disagreed with the personal decisions of two women who had previously terminated their own pregnancies http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/362876.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/362876.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-07 03:50:42 - The Tech Herald Security News - Panda Security s blog and several other sub-domains were defaced Tuesday evening by supporters of the AntiSec movement http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361850.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361850.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-07 00:47:54 - The Tech Herald Security News - Sabu, the IRC name used by Hector Xavier Monsegur, the leader of LulzSec a group responsible for several high-profile attacks in 2011 has been working with the FBI for several months in order to help them track and arrest the other LulzSec members http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361827.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361827.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-06 03:10:58 - The Tech Herald Security News - Throughout last week we brought you a number of images from our live coverage of the 2012 RSA Conference in San Francisco http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361588.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361588.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-05 22:01:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Monday, Microsoft released the results of an IDC study they commissioned, which predicts 14 million new jobs across the globe by 2015, with more than a million of them here stateside http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361529.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361529.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-05 12:39:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - Wired published an interesting article on Friday http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361406.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361406.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-05 10:46:43 - The Tech Herald Security News - Last week during the RSA Conference, there was plenty of talk about growth http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361399.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361399.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-05 10:46:43 - The Tech Herald Security News - Bring Your Own Device it s a seemingly spooky term that was repeated across the show floor last week during the RSA Conference in San Francisco http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361398.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361398.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-05 10:46:43 - The Tech Herald Security News - After a long week of meetings and tradeshow fun, it s time to catch-up on missed emails and sort the vast amount of business cards that were collected during the 2012 RSA Conference http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361397.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/361397.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-02 01:54:16 - The Tech Herald Security News - All this week The Tech Herald will be covering the RSA Conference http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360982.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360982.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-01 00:53:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - This week The Tech Herald is on assignment at the RSA Conference in San Francisco http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360750.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360750.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-03-01 00:10:02 - The Tech Herald Security News - All this week The Tech Herald will be covering the RSA Conference http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360742.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360742.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-29 20:37:18 - The Tech Herald Security News - RSA Conference - On the show floor here in San Francisco, mobile security is all the rage, thus 2012 is shaping up to be the year of data-centric security http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360681.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360681.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-29 14:38:31 - The Tech Herald Security News - Having remained unbroken during the Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest since 2009, the Chrome browser is having a target painted on its chest this year following news that Google is willing to pay out sizeable cash amount to those who hack through its platform http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360596.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360596.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-28 03:03:54 - The Tech Herald Security News - All this week The Tech Herald will be covering the RSA Conference, for those who can't be here, we've posted some images of the event http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360243.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360243.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-27 20:32:42 - The Tech Herald Security News - This week The Tech Herald is on assignment at the RSA Conference in San Francisco http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360182.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360182.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-27 15:41:02 - The Tech Herald Security News - Facebook is back in the privacy crosshairs this week after a report in The Sunday Times suggested the social media titan s official Android software app is capable of accessing and reading personal text messages crafted by phone users http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360084.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360084.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-27 06:33:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - This week The Tech Herald will be covering the RSA Conference in San Francisco http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360009.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/360009.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-22 23:08:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the RSA Conference Since its inception, it has grown from a small gathering of users in to the world s largest security event http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/359377.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/359377.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-20 20:44:26 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to a study from Ponemon and MegaPath, negligent employees and failure to meet compliance needs are the key reasons that more than 90-percent of the small healthcare networks included in the study suffered a breach last year http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358864.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358864.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-20 20:44:26 - The Tech Herald Security News - Arranging long term posts so as to be more easily accessed and retrieved while making near term posts a cluttered jumble that are more difficult to find, Facebook s Timeline has brought Alzheimer s to social networking http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358863.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358863.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-20 13:49:25 - The Tech Herald Security News - In a case described by the Crown Prosecution Service CPS as the most extensive and flagrant incidence of social media hacking to be brought before British courts, 26-year-old Glenn Mangham received an eight-month sentence for his actions http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358787.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358787.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-17 23:56:54 - The Tech Herald Security News - McAfee s SiteAdvisor security add-on for Firefox could be blocked if the memory leak issues are not addressed The current recommendation in Mozilla s bug tracking system is to blacklist the application completely http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358555.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/358555.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-14 20:52:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/357753.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/357753.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-14 09:58:08 - The Tech Herald Security News - People whose email addresses were leaked during the Stratfor breach are being targeted by malicious emails, Microsoft says The messages themselves, ironically enough, are warnings that advise those impacted by the breach to avoid these exact types of scams http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/357622.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/357622.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-13 15:54:38 - The Tech Herald Security News - Last week, The Tech Herald traveled to Mexico in order to attend an event hosted by Kaspersky Yes, I know that's bragging But considering Indianapolis was just ending a week of Super Bowl madness, and it was freezing here, I was all too happy to attend http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/357462.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/357462.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-06 10:21:38 - The Tech Herald Security News - A massive Monday oops for Motorola this morning following news that the American technology heavyweight is guilty of not wiping potentially sensitive user information from refurbished models of its Xoom tablet Oops, indeed http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/356126.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/356126.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-03 13:08:18 - The Tech Herald Security News - Google is implementing Bouncer , a new security measure designed to prevent the spread of malicious content by scanning Android Market software applications apps for threats http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355760.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355760.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-03 08:47:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - For the last year, discussions about the risk mobile devices, and the applications they run, have filled the headlines and annual reports of countless security vendors http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355740.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355740.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-03 08:47:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - The company that still maintains a large footprint in the Internet s SSL market, and controls the root DNS for the com, net, and gov domain space, was repeatedly attacked in 2010, resulting in at least one successful breach http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355739.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355739.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-03 08:47:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - The exponential rise in cyber- attacks and the seemingly lock-step proliferation of security products to safeguard against said attacks seem to have created an unintelligible quagmire for consumers of IT security products http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355738.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355738.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-03 08:47:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - A recent report from Barracuda Labs highlights the differences between real Facebook profiles, and the fake ones often used to propagate spam and other scams on the popular social network, which just so happens to be heading for a lucrative IPO http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355737.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355737.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-02-02 12:09:53 - The Tech Herald Security News - The Bureau of Justice Assistance and the FBI, as part of the Communities Against Terrorism program think See Something Say Something , have released a flyer outlining several potential indicators of terrorist activities within Internet Cafés http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355482.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355482.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-31 13:59:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - Hundreds of websites developed with the WordPress platform were hijacked recently, and used to compromise systems leveraging a recently patched Java vulnerability In each case, the compromised domain was using an outdated version of WordPress http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355006.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355006.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-31 13:59:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Friday, eleven, an email security firm based in Germany, issued a warning to users to be on the lookout for spam that is taking advantage email client settings that allow messages to render HTML http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355005.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355005.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-31 13:59:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - The RSA Conference, one of the world s largest Information Security gatherings, is facing criticism after it failed to reach a compromise over scheduling conflicts with a smaller event http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355004.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/355004.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-25 09:41:04 - The Tech Herald Security News - Twitter is adding another layer of security to their engineering department http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353985.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353985.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-25 09:41:04 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to a subsidiary of Visa, CyberSource, the amount of fraudulent orders online dropped to a 13-year low in 2011, but the cost of combating it is still on the rise On top of this, successful criminals are taking more per-transaction, to the tune of 31 billion dollars http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353984.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353984.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-25 09:41:04 - The Tech Herald Security News - Speaking through an AnonOps Twitter account that has a reliable and long-standing association with Anonymous, the group has rubbished the clip s content and insisted it has no plans to sink Zuckerberg s battleship http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353983.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353983.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-23 12:37:00 - The Tech Herald Security News - On January 25, the European Commission will propose an overhaul to privacy rules that have existed as they are for more than 15-years, with a focus on reinforcing individuals rights, strengthening the EU market, and ensuring a high level of data protection http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353523.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353523.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-20 02:29:05 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Thursday, an indictment issued on January 5 by a federal grand jury in Virginia against two corporations and seven people was unsealed As a result, five people were arrested, each connected to filesharing site Megaupload, and charged with running an organized criminal enterprise http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353106.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353106.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-20 02:29:05 - The Tech Herald Security News - Anonymous, in response to the indictment of Megaupload and its removal from the Internet, has forced the US Department of Justice, the MPAA, the RIAA, Universal Music, the US Copyright office, and BMI to protest SOPA and PIPA How http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353105.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/353105.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-19 16:09:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - In response to the discovery that their hosted SaaS Total Protection product is acting as a spam toolkit, the company said they will release a patch to address the issue http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352973.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352973.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-19 16:09:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - Earlier this week, after Sophos wrote a detailed report on the people behind Koobface, a family of Malware that takes its name from its original target, the command and control servers used by the gang have halted operations http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352972.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352972.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-17 09:07:15 - The Tech Herald Security News - Amazon-owned Zapposcom has indeed confirmed that its online service has fallen to a malicious hack and up to 24 million customer accounts may have been compromised as a result http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352417.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352417.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-16 23:13:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - Several T-Mobile employees and a handful of their PR agents had some of their contact data exposed after one of the company s webservers were breached The group TeaMp0isoN claimed responsibility, noting that they exploited SQL Injection vulnerabilities on t-mobilecom to obtain the data http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352368.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352368.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-16 09:38:00 - The Tech Herald Security News - Earlier this month, The Tech Herald examined list of 860,160 passwords that were compromised by supporters of the AntiSec movement during a Christmas Eve attack on Strategic Forecasting Inc Stratfor This new report examines the list after further testing, and includes additional information http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352236.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352236.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-16 09:38:00 - The Tech Herald Security News - In part two of The Tech Herald s follow-up on the Stratfor password analysis, we examine common password creation methodologies, and why some of them simply don t work like they used to In addition, we look at some recent advice printed by the media, and put it to the test http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352235.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/352235.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-12 14:14:32 - The Tech Herald Security News - Nearly three weeks later, after having their Internet presence wiped entirely by supporters of the AntiSec movement, Strategic Forecasting Inc Stratfor has reactivated their website http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/351676.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/351676.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-11 10:35:05 - The Tech Herald Security News - A lawsuit seeking class action status is calling Symantec's performance software Scareware The proposed class action is seeking 5 million USD in damages, for what looks to be a disagreement with the trial software's functionality http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/351434.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/351434.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-09 09:54:52 - The Tech Herald Security News - Last week, The Tech Herald reported on the Indian group Lords of Dharmaraja, and their plan to release information taken from a recent breach of servers maintained by India s military intelligence division http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/350925.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/350925.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-06 10:18:56 - The Tech Herald Security News - Malware, which was discovered in 2010 and used to target financial data, has been reengineered to target Facebook, according to researchers from Seculert So far, a single list of 45,000 credentials - primarily from France and the UK - is the only proof of the new modification http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/350605.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/350605.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-06 10:18:56 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Wednesday, an Indian group calling themselves the Lords of Dharmaraja, said they plan to publish Symantec source code discovered after they hacked servers maintained by India s Military Intelligence To prove their point, they posted some of the collected data http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/350604.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/350604.shtml Secuobs.com : 2012-01-02 14:54:47 - The Tech Herald Security News - Just before the holiday weekend, as their final act of defiance in 2011, AntiSec supporters published nearly a million records taken during the Christmas Eve attack on Strategic Forecasting Inc http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349923.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349923.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-30 14:58:27 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Thursday, AntiSec supporters published nearly a million records, including usernames, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, credit card details, and hashed passwords - taken during the Christmas Eve attack against the open source intelligence firm, Stratfor http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349594.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349594.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 21:35:26 - The Tech Herald Security News - Microsoft and several other platform developers have either addressed, or are currently working to resolve, a hash collision problem, which if exploited can trigger a denial-of-service condition On Thursday, Microsoft pushed an emergency patch to address the issue on http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349478.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349478.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Continuing our series on threat predictions for 2012, The Tech Herald presents a list of nine things to consider in the coming years The list was compiled by Joseph Steinberg, the CEO of Green Armor Solutions http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349334.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349334.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - For many IT professionals and geeks, downloadcom, which is maintained by CNet, used to be the go to spot for all your shareware and freeware needs http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349333.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349333.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Today s predictions, continuing the 2012 prediction series, comes from Websense Security Labs This year, they predict a mix of threats, including turning smartphones into ATMs, and a boom in BlackHat SEO attacks, thanks to several upcoming events http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349332.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349332.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - In the world of corporate information technology, 2011 was all about security We saw that hackers have become increasingly sophisticated and persistent in their efforts to exploit the end-user as the weakest link http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349331.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349331.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Continuing our series on threat predictions for 2012, The Tech Herald presents a list of things to consider over the next year, from two different sources, focusing on access management and compliance http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349330.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349330.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Since the commercialization of the Internet, there has been an evolution with how cyber criminals are conducting malicious activities on Web sites http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349329.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349329.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - New government mandates around cyber security will require businesses to reveal security breaches for full compliance, in turn sending them into a tailspin as they must find new ways to manage data around and report these attacks http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349328.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349328.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to Florida-based ICM Registry, which has been selling xxx domains ahead of this week s public introduction, some 80,000 names have already been purchased by schools and businesses http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349327.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349327.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Acting in support of those taking part in the Occupy movement sweeping the globe, a self claimed supporter of Anonymous participating in the AntiSec movement has leaked the membership database of the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail CLEAR http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349326.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349326.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to Websense, some 2,000 typosquatting domains already exist and some of the retailers targeted and mirrored by opportunistic criminals include Argos argoss , John Lewis johlewis and Debenhams debenahams http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349325.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349325.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Jordanian mobile researcher Khaled Salameh has discovered a bug in Windows Phone 75 capable of creating a Denial-of-Service scenario that crosses over to the desktop The good news is, only Salameh, Tom Warren at WinRumorscom, and Microsoft know how to pull off any potential attack http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349324.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349324.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - An FBI intelligence bulletin released over the weekend by Anonymous outlines the threat law enforcement officials face from the practice of doxing, but the FBI s warning came too late to make any type of difference http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349323.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349323.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - For those of us in the information security profession, 2011 was particularly challenging due to an increased number of attacks and breaches that caught the attention of global news outlets http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349322.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349322.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-12-29 00:28:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - Strategic Forecasting Inc, which is better known as Stratfor, is an intelligence gathering firm located in Austin, Texas On Christmas Eve, they were wiped from the Internet by supporters of the AntiSec movement http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349321.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/349321.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-28 11:03:50 - The Tech Herald Security News - Over the year, three trends dominated the cybersecurity threat landscape targeted attacks, social media threats and mobile malware Targeted attacks have escalated and entered into the public consciousness with successful, high-profile attacks on companies such as Sony, Lockheed Martin and RSA http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/344048.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/344048.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-28 08:42:52 - The Tech Herald Security News - Google s efforts to offer a more secure search to users has had what seems to be an unintended positive side effect, it s killed many of the BlackHat SEO scripts used to game the system and spread malicious files such as Rogue anti-Virus In October, Google announced that they would enable a feature that redirects users signed-in to their accounts to SSL search httpS wwwgooglecom http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/344036.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/344036.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-28 08:42:52 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to the FBI and authorities in the Philippines, four people have been arrested in connection to a scam, which involved cracking the phone systems of AT T customers, and using that access to call premium numbers The funds collected were then shifted to another group that is linked to terrorism http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/344035.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/344035.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-25 14:19:14 - The Tech Herald Security News - Here s a note of caution for all those bargain hunters presently slavering at the prospect of securing some tasty Black Friday deals A team of vigilant security experts in Germany are today advising computer users to be wary of tantalizing iTunes emails supposedly bearing gifts According to the eleven-securityblog , a malicious email that appears to have been dispatched from iTunes is currently trip-wiring recipients into unwittingly opening their systems to attack http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/343815.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/343815.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-22 14:23:04 - The Tech Herald Security News - Supporters of the AntiSec movement have once again targeted the US Department of Justice, leaking thousands of emails and documents related to forensic investigations, as well as the personal emails of a Special Agent Supervisor in California As part of our ongoing effort to expose and humiliate our white hat enemies, we targeted a Special Agent Supervisor of the CA Department of Justice in charge of computer crime investigations, the AntiSec notice starts http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341973.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341973.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-22 14:23:04 - The Tech Herald Security News - During the recent AntiSec raid against the US Department of Justice, thousands of emails and law enforcement sensitive documents were leaked to the public One of them reports on a well-known Internet meme, Pedobear, and says that the related iconography can be used to find pedophiles The document tackles the topic of a seemingly innocent menace to the world, and introduces Pedobear law enforcement http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341972.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341972.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-22 10:28:30 - The Tech Herald Security News - In the November 2011 Section 934 report issued to Congress, the US Department of Defense DOD stated that it will use force if warranted to defend the nation from cyber attacks, and that it will ensure that the US military has all the necessary capabilities in cyberspace to protect its interests The language here is interesting for several reasons First, it reserves the right to defend, not just the nation, but various other related interests as well, commented ESET s Cameron Camp http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341925.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341925.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-22 08:07:24 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to a letter sent to customers by AT T, attackers used automated scripts to determine if AT T subscriber numbers were tied to online accounts Calling the event organized and systematic, the letter expressed doubt that any customer information was accessed We recently detected an organized and systematic attempt to obtain information on a number of AT T customer accounts, including yours http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341912.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341912.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-21 10:51:25 - The Tech Herald Security News - If you re serious about shielding personal data and preventing nefarious criminals from hacking into your online presence, it s imperative that you embrace strong password protection In order to avoid rushing headlong into the clutches of those looking to fracture your privacy, your identity, and possibly even your bank account, SplashData has published a list of the 25 most vulnerable passwords http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341704.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341704.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-17 19:33:17 - The Tech Herald Security News - Earlier this week, The Tech Herald told you about a PriceGrabbercom report that mentioned consumers looking to save some coin this holiday season, by hunting for discounts and other savings as they shop Adding to that, OpSec Security Inc takes it a step further by reminding consumers to avoid cheap knock-offs As mentioned, PriceGrabbercom reported that consumers are planning to spend less this holiday season http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341259.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/341259.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-16 10:04:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - When firing up Facebook, you generally expect to view the banal daily antics of vaguely familiar people you haven t actually spoken to directly since high school What you don t expect to find is copious amounts of pornographic and violent content plastered all over your profile http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/340941.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/340941.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-16 09:15:06 - The Tech Herald Security News - 7According to Tufin Technologies, a vendor focused that focuses on the Security Lifecycle Management SLM issues within enterprise operations, says that problems related to firewall management have actually caused some professionals to cheat during an audit According to a study of 100 professionals who deal with firewall management and auditing, 22-percent of them knew someone who cheated during an audit, which is a 10-percent jump from last year s results Why http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/340918.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/340918.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-11 11:40:27 - The Tech Herald Security News - Acclaimed software developer Valve Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead has confirmed that its online Steam videogame service has been hacked and that personal user information may have been compromised Valve s official confirmation of the attack comes after initial concerns arose when its popular Steam user forums suddenly dropped offline earlier in the week http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/340101.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/340101.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-07 18:10:44 - The Tech Herald Security News - A 27-year-old employee of a medium-sized ISP in the southern part of Brazil has been arrested, after a DNS cache poisoning attack spread across the country and pointed millions of users to a Trojan aimed at capturing banking and other credentials Last week, millions of Brazilians had their internet connections hijacked, prompting them to install malicious software, after visiting popular destinations such as Hotmail, GMail, YouTube, and local portals Uol, Terra, and Globo http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/339295.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/339295.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-07 07:04:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - While I gladly wear a tinfoil hat at times, I m confused as to why some people are concerned by the fact the intelligence community monitors public communications Last week s story from The Associated Press, which focused on the CIA and its use of OSINT, shouldn t shock or surprise anyone at all http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/339166.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/339166.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-03 22:32:35 - The Tech Herald Security News - As the Occupy Wall Street movement moves forward, the coming winter promises to be just as harsh as the current economic climate being protested Many of those against the movement itself are looking forward to the colder months, as it will mean less people taking to the streets in protest However, a newly created supply chain offering winterization to protesters aims to dash their hopes http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338749.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338749.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-01 17:51:21 - The Tech Herald Security News - In the past, end users of your web applications have been your biggest threat In 2012, however, that relationship may be reversed as attackers are stepping up efforts to use your web applications as a channel to deliver attack-enabling malicious code to more and more unsuspecting Internet users These infections, in turn, may end up targeting your systems in a vicious cycle http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338063.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338063.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-01 15:42:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to a report from Symantec, dozens of firms in the chemical industry were systematically attacked over a period of two to three months, by a group who started out targeting human rights organizations Symantec is calling the attacks Nitro They started in July, ending about mid-September, and focused on social engineering Victims were sent emails containing a Trojan, delivered as meeting invites or security updates, depending on the target http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338027.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338027.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-11-01 15:42:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - ElcomSoft has released an update to their iOS Forensics kit, which touts a faster recovery time for protected system dumps and other tasks The update increases ElcomSoft s abilities to crack and extract data from iOS version 3x, 4x, and 5, on any Apple device There was no break-through in the iOS security model , says Andrey Belenko, ElcomSoft leading developer The architectural changes are more of an evolution of the existing model http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338026.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/338026.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-28 12:48:38 - The Tech Herald Security News - As the twenty-first century progresses, it is becoming increasingly clear that America's economic prosperity and competitiveness depends on our successfully implementing effective cybersecurity While the task of ensuring our nation s physical security is achieved through our military and law enforcement organizations, cybersecurity assurance cannot be delegated to the government, and relies heavily on the involvement of businesses http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/337428.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/337428.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-27 23:28:05 - The Tech Herald Security News - 1,000 USD, this is the price to be paid - no questions asked - for the name of the Oakland Police officer who critically wounded an Iraq War veteran The cash reward comes as the veteran, 24 year-old Scott Olsen, remains listed as in serious, but stable condition Olsen was already down, as the videos in this article show, but as people were attempting to move him, one officer tossed another explosive directly in the center of the crowd http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/337313.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/337313.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-27 13:48:48 - The Tech Herald Security News - Responding to the violent police treatment of protesters during Occupy Oakland video below , AntiSec supporters have leaked what appears to be the usernames, passwords, and email addresses of two city employees, while exposing a CMS that manages part of the City of Oakland s website The data leaked by AntiSec supporters - along with a single statement of, Problem Oakland authorities F--- you http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/337192.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/337192.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-26 13:31:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - Websense, the security vendor who manages the link scanning service for social networking giant Facebook, recently examined the destination for users who make common typing errors when entering Facebookcom The results were not pretty Websense Labs conducted their test, by starting with Facebookcom, and then generated common typos based on keyboard character distance, common repeats, and even omissions http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336966.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336966.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-26 12:42:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - HTC has delivered on a promise to fix a data leak vulnerability discovered earlier this month The patch, which is being delivered Over-The-Air to T-Mobile and Sprint subscribers, is an encouraged update for all customers Earlier this month, application developer Trevor Eckheart, along with Artem Russakovskii and Justin Case, initially discovered the problems after an update to the Sense UI user interface was released by HTC http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336960.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336960.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-26 12:42:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to reports by Asahi Shimbun, the attack on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MHI led to the loss of sensitive information, after systems in several corporate locations were compromised by Malware this past August On August 19, MHI reported that they had discovered Malware on several systems, but remained confident that they had controlled the situation http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336959.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336959.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-26 12:42:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - The recent revelations centering on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries isn t the only cybercrime report coming out of Japan this week As it turns out, the Lower House of the Japanese Parliament was attacked around the same time as Mitsubishi, which led to officials and staffers having their communications monitored http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336958.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336958.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-25 13:13:02 - The Tech Herald Security News - What s not to like about Skype It spans the world, it enables us to chat instantly with friends and family, it supports video communication, and it s completely free What s not to like Well, how about the potential for having your computer s security compromised because Skype can allow nefarious online criminals to access your identity, physical movements and personal documents http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336711.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336711.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-24 10:46:45 - The Tech Herald Security News - A Worm targeting unpatched or improperly configured JBoss installations adds some proof to Microsoft s research findings released earlier this month, which point to the fact that unknown vulnerabilities aren t as big of a threat as they are made out to be According to Red Hat, a Worm targeting problems addressed over a year ago is spreading online, which allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on compromised systems http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336473.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336473.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-24 10:03:18 - The Tech Herald Security News - Zscaler, a SaaS security provider with a focus on corporate end user protection no matter what device they use, recently put together a database of abusive IP addresses, and released it to the public The tool, IPAbuseCheck, contains a record of unauthenticated IP addresses that are being hijacked to forward malicious traffic The database is new, so there is only about 20,000 unique records, dated back to July http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336468.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336468.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-24 10:03:18 - The Tech Herald Security News - With all the media attention surrounding security breaches these days, most businesses have become more knowledgeable about threats to their IT systems and ways to mitigate those threats Because most security solutions are too complicated, many businesses handle the threats by not dealing with them at all Users find email encryption as too technical, and they either stick to fax or snail mail, or they take the risk in sending an email without encryption http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336467.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336467.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-22 00:40:46 - The Tech Herald Security News - Once again, after a short break, those supporting the AntiSec movement have targeted law enforcement by compromising several systems and leaking personal information In addition to the normal anti-police reasoning for such attacks, the AntiSec statement noted that the data breaches were done in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336296.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/336296.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-19 19:22:53 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Tuesday, Symantec said they were alerted to the existence of a new Malware sample that was very similar to the FUD inducing, SCADA targeting, conspiracy spinning Stuxnet Trojan The lab that discovered the code named it Duqu, and in the 24-hours since the discovery was make public, it would appear the sky has fallen Is Duqu a new threat, a weak copy of the original or just evolution http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335760.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335760.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-18 15:37:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - Cody Kretsinger, 23, pleaded not guilty on Monday during his brief appearance in court He is charged with participating in the attack against Sony Pictures earlier this year In all, he faces 15 years in prison if convicted In late May, during the height of their escapades, LulzSec said it was the beginning of the end for Sony A week later, they released 140,000 records http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335403.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335403.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-18 15:37:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - Verizon Wireless, the largest cellular carrier in the US, had decided to track customer usage and location, and sell it To make sure everyone is included, they ve already enrolled their entire customer base into the new program If you want privacy, you have to opt-in to it instead of expecting it automatically Information is a hot commodity There isn t a business in operation today that doesn t know this, and Verizon Wireless is no exception http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335402.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335402.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-18 15:37:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - A NCCIC National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center bulletin issued in September, released by PublicIntelligencenet on Monday, says that Anonymous has taken an interest in Industrial Control Systems, but that s about it Actual harm to ICS stability is limited, the NCCIC notice says, because Anonymous lacks the skill to target anything other than Web-facing applications and access http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335401.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335401.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-17 12:34:13 - The Tech Herald Security News - RedSeal, a network security assessment vendor based in San Mateo, California, conducted a series of Q As during BlackHat and Cisco Live , which shows that InfoSec teams are in the dark, and feel out gunned by attackers However, some of the issues are their own doing During July Cisco Live and August BlackHat 2011, RedSeal spoke to 1,967 InfoSec professionals from all levels, to learn their views on threat assessment, mitigation, and risk posture on their respective networks http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335143.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335143.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-17 11:53:24 - The Tech Herald Security News - In their latest intelligence report, Imperva examines one of the largest hacker forums online to see what the script kiddies, coders, and teachers were up to According to the report, the forum - with about 250,000 members - focus on the basics, and tend to help one another out Using content analysis, Imperva leveraged the forum s advanced search feature to analyze threads by topic using specific keywords http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335137.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335137.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-17 11:12:49 - The Tech Herald Security News - BitDefender recently published the results of a study focusing on internet users who are thought to be the most security focused of all, IT professionals and criminal hackers Yet, the company found that even those with technical backgrounds will disclose sensitive information to strangers met online If anything, the study hammers home the point that humans will always represent the weak link in the security chain http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335135.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/335135.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-14 10:34:42 - The Tech Herald Security News - The US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC released guidance to public corporations on Thursday, urging better disclosure when it comes to security incidents, and investment risks The recommendations originated from the Corporation Finance division of the SEC, which looks after investors and ensures they re properly informed of all investment related details http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/334728.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/334728.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-14 07:45:27 - The Tech Herald Security News - The US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC released guidance to public corporations on Thursday, urging better disclosure when it comes to security incidents, and investment risks The recommendations originated from the Corporation Finance division of the SEC, which looks after investors and ensures they re properly informed of all investment related details http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/334719.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/334719.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-12 12:18:46 - The Tech Herald Security News - Sony is in the spotlight again, and once more the reason is security related According to the company, the Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network, and Sony Online Entertainment services were targeted last weekend, impacting 93,000 accounts These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/334262.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/334262.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-10 14:19:58 - The Tech Herald Security News - In September, The Tech Herald hit the road This time it was off to Romania, in order to pay a visit to BitDefender I was there to see the 2012 product line, and learn about the new corporate branding It was an interesting trip, and an insightful learning experience on the concept of Romanian pride and culture Sleepless in Europe It s 5 30 am on a Tuesday After two connections and a trans-Atlantic flight, I was sitting outside my hotel unable to sleep http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/333809.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/333809.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-10 09:15:00 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Saturday, the CCC said they've discovered a backdoor used by the German government Pitched as a tool for lawful interception, the German Malware does far more than monitor VoIP communications The Bundestrojaner Federal Trojan , a tool used to monitor VoIP communications think Skype once German law enforcement has a court order, was reverse engineered by the CCC http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/333772.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/333772.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-05 11:50:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - Four New York State Senators, who recently released a report on cyberbullying, argued that free speech - in all its protected glory - should be viewed as a state granted privilege They want to put further restrictions on the First Amendment, in order to protect the children The report, Cyberbullying A Report on Bullying in a Digital Age was published in September by the Independent Democratic Conference http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332793.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332793.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-05 10:31:12 - The Tech Herald Security News - Tom Liston, the Senior Security Consultant for InGuardians, Inc, has written a great blog on the SANS ISC diary, focusing on the basics of information security His tips were sourced from Twitter hence this story s title, but they are a perfect fit for National Cyber Security Awareness Month Liston s blog starts out by recounting a recent job http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332786.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332786.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-05 09:01:24 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Monday, Tech Herald reported on the vulnerability discovered by AndroidPolicecom, in which several HTC devices are leaking sensitive information thanks to a recent Sense UI update HTC has confirmed the issue, and says they are working to release a fix Application developer Trevor Eckheart, along with Artem Russakovskii and Justin Case, initially discovered the problems after an update to the Sense UI user interface was released by HTC http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332774.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332774.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-05 09:01:24 - The Tech Herald Security News - 3Delta Systems, a Level-3 B2B business-to-business credit card processing vendor known for tokenization, has offered up 10 tips on preventing credit card fraud and theft in honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month When payment or credit fraud hits a small business, the damage can be devastating Criminals have a built-in advantage when it comes to compromising data http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332773.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332773.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-04 16:54:17 - The Tech Herald Security News - McAfee is in a buying mood again This time they have snatched up security information and event management SIEM vendor NitroSecurity, with the intention of merging the NitroView family of products into their ePolicy Orchestrator suite This, just weeks after another security vendor, with a horse in the race as well, declared SIEM dead The announcement of McAfee s purchase wasn t forthcoming with information on the actual purchase price http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332594.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332594.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-04 11:46:01 - The Tech Herald Security News - There s likely an air of muffled annoyance brewing between Microsoft and Google this morning after the Redmond-based software behemoth accidentally curb-stomped the search titan s Chrome browser The case of somewhat violent mistaken identity reared up when Microsoft s antivirus platform incorrectly isolated Google s web browser as a component connected to the nefarious ZeuS Trojan aka Zbot http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332511.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332511.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-03 13:44:09 - The Tech Herald Security News - Websense, along with social networking giant Facebook, announced a plan on Monday that will protect users from malicious links posted to their walls and news feeds The new security feature is part of an integration partnership that relies on Websense s cloud-based classification engine Starting today, Facebook users might notice the warning pictured below as they follow links posted to their news feeds http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332287.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332287.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-03 10:23:14 - The Tech Herald Security News - When it comes to mobile devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones, consumers are often unaware of the amount of geolocation data collected about them In keeping with the tradition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month NCSAM , a recent mnemonic created by the ISACA is a great way for consumers to remember the basics of mobile privacy Geolocation uses data acquired from a computer or mobile device to identify a physical location http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332270.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332270.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-10-03 05:42:06 - The Tech Herald Security News - HCT is investigating reports of a security vulnerability that could be leveraged to expose personal information, which exists on a number of devices Reports of the vulnerability were published on Saturday by AndroidPolicecom Application developer Trevor Eckheart, along with Artem Russakovskii, and Justin Case, discovered the problems after an update to Sense UI was released by HTC http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332238.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/332238.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-27 15:28:40 - The Tech Herald Security News - A Syrian activist calling himself Th3Pro defaced Harvard University s website on Monday with anti-American propaganda In addition, he leaked an SQL database used by the site School officials called the breach the work of a sophisticated individual or group, but images provided by the activist say otherwise http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/331271.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/331271.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-27 13:12:46 - The Tech Herald Security News - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York FRBNY has invited companies specializing in sentiment analysis the chance to bid on a contract, which will allow the regional bank to monitor what people are saying about the Fed online The solutions designed by hopeful vendors will need to track reactions and opinions expressed by the public in real time http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/331247.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/331247.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-26 04:40:43 - The Tech Herald Security News - Nearly 100 people have been arrested for protesting in and around Wall Street, during what some are calling the Arab Spring of The United States Outraged over the way the political and financial worlds are managed, protesters - calling themselves the 99pourcents - have gathered to share their grievances with the top one-percent of America and demand change There is an old saying in the media, dark humor really, that goes if it bleeds, it leads http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330997.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330997.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-24 02:23:27 - The Tech Herald Security News - Documents posted to the Web by PublicIntelligencenet confirm that the homeless man arrested on Thursday by the FBI was Christopher Doyon, the leader of the People s Liberation Front PLF , also known as CommanderX In addition, the indictment also names Joshua John Covelli, who was arrested in July for his part in the DDoS attacks on PayPal http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330738.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330738.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-23 02:52:25 - The Tech Herald Security News - The logs maintained by HideMyAsscom, in addition to other evidence, has led to the arrest of another LulzSec member in Arizona, The Tech Herald has learned Cody Kretsinger, 23, allegedly used the anonymity service during his role in the attack on Sony Pictures In late May, during the height of their escapades, LulzSec said it was the beginning of the end for Sony A week later, they released 140,000 records http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330509.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330509.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-22 16:03:52 - The Tech Herald Security News - Seemingly a bit slow on the uptake where keeping its Flash Player protected from outside intrusion is concerned, Adobe has moved to patch a zero-day vulnerability that s apparently already being exploited by hackers There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in active targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking on a malicious link delivering in an email message, outlined Adobe in its official advisory http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330377.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330377.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-21 11:24:13 - The Tech Herald Security News - The Bank of Melbourne had a bit of a problem last week Someone compromised their Twitter feed and sent Phishing messages to their followers, many of whom are customers The malicious links however, sent via direct message to avoid notice, were nothing spectacular and easy to spot with a trained eye The problem was discovered last Wednesday Customers and individuals who follow the Bank of Melbourne on Twitter were sent malicious links via direct message http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330120.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/330120.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-20 15:55:35 - The Tech Herald Security News - DigiNotar, the Dutch Certificate Authority CA that suffered a massive security breach, resulting in nearly 300,000 Iranians being compromised, has filed for bankruptcy The voluntary petition was granted on Tuesday by a court in The Netherlands DigiNotar filed for bankruptcy on Monday, less than 24-hours later the petition was approved http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/329926.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/329926.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-19 08:10:03 - The Tech Herald Security News - Commtouch, the original equipment manufacturer OEM for many security vendors dealing with anti-Spam and anti-Malware protections, discovered a massive jump in malicious email attachments last month Beyond concerns regarding extra volume, the problem is no one seems to know why there was a sudden spike Since August, someone unknown - perhaps a group - has been targeting millions of systems worldwide with email containing malicious attachments http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/329610.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/329610.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-19 08:10:03 - The Tech Herald Security News - Sony has added an arbitration clause to its newest Terms of Service ToS documentation, which prevents any future class-action lawsuits The move leaves many gamers with little choice, forcing them to accept their loss of rights or leave the PlayStation Network PSN http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/329609.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/329609.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-13 11:32:53 - The Tech Herald Security News - Following on from the recent hack attack carried out against Dutch security specialist DigiNotar read , it would appear notorious hacker Comodohacker is setting his her sights on a significantly bigger target Moreover, while claiming to be so smart, sharp, dangerous and powerful , the hacker has offered up a statement conflicting directly with Microsoft s recent insistence that its Windows Update system cannot be compromised http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/328501.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/328501.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-09 15:50:03 - The Tech Herald Security News - A document from the FBI s Behavioral Science Unit BSU , allegedly leaked to the Web in August, moves Anonymous from a collective of individuals to a potential threat to national security The psychological examination from the BSU was based on public communications and confidential informants But is it a fake The Anonymous collective has risen from an amorphous group of individuals on the Internet to the current state of a potential threat to national security http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327987.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327987.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-08 09:25:43 - The Tech Herald Security News - The public warnings and claims by the Iranian responsible for the DigiNotar breach, has caused a second CA to suspend sales This latest development comes after a security report on DigiNotar s infrastructure highlighted several problematic areas A security report compiled by Fox-IT, who is investigating the breach, outlined several instances of lackluster security on DigiNotar s network, and noted that some 300,000 Iranians were exposed in the incident More information is here http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327664.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327664.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-07 16:50:55 - The Tech Herald Security News - Following on from confident security reassurances offered up to jaded customers by Sony boss Howard Stringer, the recently battered Japanese consumer electronics giant has today announced the high-profile hiring of Philip Reitinger Although the average PlayStation 3 owner may not have heard of Reitinger, he arrives at Sony with some fairly hefty credentials on his resume not least time spent serving as the director of the Department of Homeland Security s National Cybersecurity Center http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327509.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327509.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-07 00:44:49 - The Tech Herald Security News - Dutch Certificate Authority CA DigiNotar has watched the situation surrounding the breach to their network go from bad to worse, as new reports estimate 300,000 Iranians were possibly compromised due problematic security within the company A security report compiled by Fox-IT, who is investigating the breach, outlined several instances of lackluster security on DigiNotar s network, and noted that some 300,000 Iranians were exposed in the incident Version 1 of the report can be read here http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327394.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327394.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-06 22:52:04 - The Tech Herald Security News - Bright House Networks, the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems in the US, has sent a letter to customers warning that they may have been exposed after servers used to process Video on Demand VOD were breached The letter, dated September 2011, says that Bright House recently became aware that the servers processing VOD orders were breached Full Disclosure The letter from Bright House was addressed to me http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327372.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/327372.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-01 21:47:34 - The Tech Herald Security News - Calling it Texas Takedown Thursday, The Tech Herald has learned that the fourth release under the Chinga La Migra campaign targets Texas law enforcement agencies LEA , and includes the emails and personal information for 28 police chiefs In all, it is expected that nearly 3GB of information will be leaked The number means something, as it represents two chiefs for every one of the PayPal 14 appearing in court today in California http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326580.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326580.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-09-01 10:16:03 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Tuesday, WikiLeaksorg crashed, under what the organization called a heavy cyberattack However, the developer behind RefRef, an application created for those associating with Anonymous to use instead of LOIC, said that WikiLeaks was taken offline during a test of the new tool http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326444.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326444.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-31 19:53:20 - The Tech Herald Security News - A wildcard SSL certificate for Google, issued by Dutch Certificate Authority CA DigiNotar after the company was breached, has sparked concerns and raised several questions in the aftermath The company has now suspended SSL and EVSSL sales, while Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft scramble to protect users http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326318.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326318.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-31 07:14:25 - The Tech Herald Security News - A new order issued to ISPs from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority PTA directs them to block all encrypted traffic on their networks A PTA spokesperson told local media the reasoning was to prevent militants from using VPN traffic to coordinate themselves http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326191.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/326191.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-29 09:42:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - As the saying goes, once you put it online it s there forever Last week, the former Australian Federal Police commissioner, Mick Keelty, presented data to the Security 2011 Conference in Sydney, showing how risky social media can be to the future of undercover operations within law enforcement To start, Keelty outlined data from a survey conducted with the AFP, the NSW Police, and other security agencies, conducted three months December 2010 - February 2011 http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/325723.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/325723.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-29 09:42:41 - The Tech Herald Security News - The recent frenzy of passive gadget consumers and IT professionals who rushed to purchase the HP TouchPad during a massive fire sale, has opened the door for security research and planning, eEye Digital Security s CTO Marc Maiffret said When word of HP s horrible earnings announcement spread, the secondary story was that they were scrapping their tablet computer division http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/325722.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/325722.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-23 12:47:07 - The Tech Herald Security News - Cloud-based security vendor, Zscaler, compiling data for their Q2 threat assessment report, discovered that Enterprise operations are still outdated browser plug-ins, exposing them to needless risk Nearly every browser these days uses a plug-in of some kind Zscaler, taking anonymous samples from Enterprise clients, discovered that three of the most common plug-ins used were also three of the most vulnerable, remaining unpatched and leaving the system exposed to potential trouble http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324630.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324630.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-23 11:55:54 - The Tech Herald Security News - McAfee s Threats Report for Q2 2011, released on Tuesday, says that Android devices are becoming popular targets for Malware developers, and that their internal Malware Zoo is reaching epic proportions McAfee said that their research and detection labs seen nearly 12 million Malware samples in Q1 this year However, while that represented a 22-percent jump from the same time last year, Q2 is looking worse http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324626.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324626.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-22 08:29:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former spokesperson for WikiLeaks, is said to have destroyed more than 3,000 documents, taken when he left the organization Based on statements from WikiLeaks, the documents would have been explosive to say the least, considering the topics they covered The news comes from German reporters at Der Spiegel, who said that more than 3,500 unpublished files were gone, after Daniel Domscheit-Berg claimed to have destroyed them http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324369.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324369.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-22 02:17:25 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Sunday, The Sacramento Bee published an interview with Greg Hoglund and Penny Leavy-Hoglund, examining the current state of HBGary Earlier this year, the California-based security firm was thrust into the spotlight after an attack by Anonymous As it turns out, suffering Anonymous wrath appears to be good for business We were terrified, said Chief Executive Greg Hoglund in his interview with The Bee I saw all the fruits of my labor, my livelihood, being jeopardized http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324349.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/324349.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-19 00:35:23 - The Tech Herald Security News - A Merrill Lynch wealth management advisor issued a warning in April about a possible economic threat to the US Federal Reserve, due to Standard and Poor s likely decision to lower the US s credit rating Three months later, S P did just that Details on the advance warning came from an email leaked by AntiSec on Thursday http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323976.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323976.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-18 09:30:43 - The Tech Herald Security News - Despite some growth in privacy settings and security, many social networking platforms are still a goldmine for criminals online Research from PC Tools, Webroot, and the Pew Research Center's Internet American Life Project, offers some interesting data when it comes to social threats Humans, free thinking and logical for the most part, have always been the weak point in the security chain http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323805.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323805.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-16 10:12:34 - The Tech Herald Security News - AntiSec is targeting defense contractors again Continuing their beef with law enforcement, and organizations that offer them support, they have targeted Richard Garcia, the Senior Vice President of Vanguard Defense Industries VDI AntiSec plans to release nearly 4,713 emails and thousands of documents taken during the breach http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323375.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323375.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-15 02:31:11 - The Tech Herald Security News - Protesting the actions taken by the operators of the Bay Area Rapid Transit BART system, Anonymous has kicked off Operation BART The operation has three phases according to details sent to the press, but when DDoS failed, participants took to raiding databases and leaking the personal information of 2,000 people On Thursday, BART switched off access to voice and data services, from all of the major cellular carriers, including AT T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323017.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/323017.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-13 02:44:10 - The Tech Herald Security News - A Google spokesperson, speaking with German news magazine, WirtschaftsWoche, has admitted the search giant complied with requests from US Intelligence, leveraging the PATRIOT Act They were seeking information on users with data stored in the EU, possibly creating a conflict within a strict set of privacy laws The US http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322859.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322859.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 22:58:01 - The Tech Herald Security News - A Google spokesperson, speaking with German news magazine, WirtschaftsWoche, has admitted the search giant complied with requests from US Intelligence, leveraging the PATRIOT Act They were seeking information on users with data stored in the EU, possibly creating a conflict within a strict set of privacy laws The US http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322834.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322834.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 14:23:48 - The Tech Herald Security News - Earlier, we reported that Sprint and AT T were working with McAfee and Juniper to add additional security to mobile devices Today, Symantec is joining the fold, offering a trimmed down version of their Norton Mobile Security application With more than six billion applications downloaded to date, it s clear that the Android Market is experiencing explosive growth and that consumers are hooked on downloading what they want, when they want it http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322729.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322729.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 12:03:42 - The Tech Herald Security News - The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee UWM recently reported a system compromise, and the Malware installed potentially exposed sensitive documents and the Social Security Numbers of 75,000 individuals http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322715.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322715.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 11:11:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee UWM recently reported a system compromise, and the Malware installed potentially exposed sensitive documents and the Social Security Numbers of 75,000 individuals http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322707.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322707.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 11:11:29 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Thursday, AT T said they have teamed with Juniper Networks to develop a mobile security platform for both businesses and consumers The partnership will create a portfolio of services offered over the next several years The first offering from the partnership between Juniper and AT T will be the AT T Mobile Security Application http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322706.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322706.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 09:23:28 - The Tech Herald Security News - MySpace was down earlier this morning, and the site s error message led some to believe it was hacked The confusion is understandable, as the error message isn t common, but it has been around for a while Users who loaded MySpace s main page this morning, wwwmyspacecom, were greeted with a browser title bar that read All is wrong The main display simply reported, We messed up our code so bad that even puppies and kittens may be in danger Please turn back http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322685.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322685.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 08:28:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Thursday, LinkedIn said that the company will no longer use names and photos in their newest ad program The change comes after users of the professional social network were concerned by potential privacy issues So why were so many people automatically added to the program LinkedIn says it was part of the plan We were testing this new ad program, and opt in is how we began the test, a LinkedIn spokesperson told The Tech Herald http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322682.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322682.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 08:28:57 - The Tech Herald Security News - One of the most infamous Malware kits in the world, SpyEye, is now available to anyone after a French security researcher published the source code for version 1345 on Thursday One of the things that has made the Malware kit so popular is that it incorporates features and code from its predecessor, Zeus http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322681.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322681.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 07:33:06 - The Tech Herald Security News - A Google spokesperson, speaking with German news magazine, WirtschaftsWoche, has admitted the search giant complied with requests from US Intelligence, leveraging the PATRIOT Act They were seeking information on users with data stored in the EU, possibly creating a conflict within a strict set of privacy laws The US http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322675.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322675.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-12 07:33:06 - The Tech Herald Security News - For two days, the Hong Kong stock exchange HKEx was held under a DDoS attack, impacting operations The DDoS started on Wednesday, resulting in seven stocks being suspended from trades On Thursday, HKEx s Chief Executive Officer, Charles Li, apologized, and outlined some of the mitigation steps the bourse plans to take According to Li, the bourse a stock market in a non-English-speaking country -Ed http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322674.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322674.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-10 11:21:55 - The Tech Herald Security News - Participants in the AntiSec movement have released a video and statement to the public, announcing the collapse Facebook this November Interestingly enough, the date is November 5, something most Anons can relate to The site has been singled out, due to privacy issues and business practices Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed, the message from AntiSec says http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322198.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/322198.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-09 14:57:54 - The Tech Herald Security News - According to a report from CNCERT China CERT , the Communist Party ruled nation suffered nearly 500,000 cyber attacks last year The report comes shortly after experts blamed China for setting up a malicious server, which - over the last five years - harvested information from more than 90 organizations across the globe http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321951.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321951.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-08 19:11:45 - The Tech Herald Security News - Last week McAfee released a report focused on a Command Control C C server, which systematically attacked organizations across the globe over the last five years At the same time, additional information that IT teams may find useful was withheld from the final draft of McAfee s report After examining the same C C, here is an unedited breakdown of the logs and other observations http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321742.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321742.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-08 13:28:50 - The Tech Herald Security News - The global proliferation of online spam has been tempered a little this week following news that notorious Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace has turned himself in to authorities in the United States Wallace, who s known as the Spam King , has denied accusations that he s responsible for targeting some 500,000 Facebook accounts and delivering 27 million identity-compromising messages http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321681.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321681.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-06 10:36:36 - The Tech Herald Security News - On Saturday, the AntiSec movement struck again With a new website, ala-HBGary, participants in AntiSec published more than 200,000 emails and the personal details of hundreds of police officers The leak is part spite, representing a deep-seated anger towards law enforcement in general, and response to the arrest of those associated with previous attacks on PayPal When compared to other AntiSec leaks, Saturday s is by far the largest http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321464.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321464.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-04 23:53:05 - The Tech Herald Security News - McAfee made headlines this week by reporting on what some in the media are calling one of the largest series of cyber attacks ever Yet, researchers at Symantec and Sophos say otherwise McAfee s Shady RAT isn t something new, and some basic Google searches show the attackers themselves are far from sophisticated http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321174.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/321174.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-02 15:29:31 - The Tech Herald Security News - Leveraging the massive attack surface that the Web presents, criminals created a new malicious URL every half-second, according to the stats from Sophos mid-year report During the first part of 2011, the security firm tracked an average of 19,000 newly minted malicious Web addresses per day Sophos says that the volume of new malicious URLs has climbed 60-percent when compared to 2010 Yet, despite the creation of two URLs a second, criminals get the most action out of existing domains http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320569.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320569.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-02 14:33:26 - The Tech Herald Security News - News International, parent company to the UK s Sun newspaper, is warning thousands of people that their information might have been lifted after a security breach last month at the hands of LulzSec In July, the Sun website was hacked by LulzSec, resulting in a false report announcing the death of Rupert Murdoch The incident occurred just as News Corp landed in the middle of a hacking scandal itself In addition to the fake news, News Corp http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320555.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320555.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-01 14:14:11 - The Tech Herald Security News - New research from Avast, the Prague-based vendor known for their free anti-Virus and Malware removal tools, shows that Windows XP installations are a perfect target for criminals spreading rootkits And users are helping them along The six-month study ran by Avast Virus Labs, catalogued over 630,000 samples, and singled out Windows XP as the originating platform for rootkit problems http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320305.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320305.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-01 12:33:02 - The Tech Herald Security News - A mass injection attack, targeting insecure and under patched installations of osCommerce, has impacted more than 3 million pages on the Internet The latest figures come from security vendor Armorize, who has been following the situation since it started According to Armorize, as of July 31, there are more than 34 million pages infected with an embedded Iframe pointed to willysycom An additional 386,000 pages are infected with an Iframe pointed to exeroeu http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320295.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320295.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-01 11:39:49 - The Tech Herald Security News - Code posted to Pastebincom over the weekend outlines a framework developed by someone within Anonymous, aimed at creating customized malicious software Pitched as open source Malware, AnonWare, is said to be always changing, improving, and evading The code, written in C , is only a framework for Malware development Passive examination shows that it is not malicious on its own http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320290.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320290.shtml Secuobs.com : 2011-08-01 10:00:45 - The Tech Herald Security News - British police have confirmed UK media reports that Jake Davis, 18, of Yell, Shetland Islands, known to the Internet as Topiary, has been formally charged with five offences, including the DDoS attack against the Serious and Organized Crime Agency SOCA earlier this summer Davis was charged with unauthorized access to a computer system encouraging or assisting others to violate section 46 of the UK http://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320277.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/320277.shtml