Latest Mac malware warning gets no love
A new piece of malware targeting the Mac has been identified by security firm Sophos, as the developer believed to have created a similar trojan for Windows denies having any hand in the Mac-based version.
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Ernst & Young Security Testing Centre Evolves With Industry
Information security testing needs to be done in a real-world environment, tested by the most technically advanced minds in the world. According to the Ernst & Young information security services team, they have it all under one roof at their Advanced …
Two Android viruses circulating in the wild
Two Google Android viruses have been spotted circulating and infecting users’ smartphones in the wild. The viruses are potentially nasty because one – SW.SecurePhone – uploads data to remote servers from the users’ handset, while the other – SW.Qieting…
Texas man acknowledges hack of NASA computers
A 26-year-old man from Houston plead guilty to hacking and wire fraud charges last week in a case involving the 2008–09 breach of a Minnesota-based company. In a separate incident, however, he will apparently avoid criminal charges for accessing two NA…
UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage
The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.
Obfuscated multi-browser banking trojan spotted by Spain’s S21sec
A Spanish IT security research firm has spotted a man-in-the-browser trojan that injects HTML in all of the mainstream Web browsers and uses rootkit techniques to hide its presence.
Sophos warns on ‘beta test’ Mac OS X backdoor trojan
It used to be a reflection of the maturity of the computer software marketplace that applications went through beta testing to iron out bugs. Now it seems the same process applies to malware, as Sophos is warning users to be on alert for a beta test of…
Mass General takes $1 million hit for losing 193 patient records
Following closely on the heels of its first Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule fine, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has doled out a $1 million fine against Massachusetts General Hospital for a da…
SpamIt and Glavmed pharmacy spam campaigns generate $50m a year
Reports are coming in that a cybercriminal gang – with members who were involved in the Storm and Waledac worms – have raked in more than $150 million promoting unlicensed online pharmacies between May 2007 and June 2010.
ISC releases security fix for Bind DoS vulnerability
The Internet Systems Consortium has published an advisory and an update for the Bind domain name system software versions 9.7.1 to 9.7.2-P3.