Twitter worm steals user details
A worm on Twitter is tricking users into giving up their user details at the same time as redirecting victims to a dating website where the aggregate number of views result in affiliate revenue.
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ENISA evaluates network resilience of MPLS, IPv6 and DNSSEC
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released two reports on how and if Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) could improve the resilien…
Google indexes details on thousands of credit and debit cardholders
Police in Victoria, Australia are investigating a potentially major security incident in which the stolen personal details of thousands of credit and debit card holders from Australia, Germany and the UK were posted to a blogging site and auto-indexed …
Jericho Forum links with Cloud Security Alliance
Hard on the heels of unveiling Cloud Cube, its four-dimensional best practice model for cloud computing security in April, security industry association the Jericho Forum has linked with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit vendor group.
Open Group advises on risk management methods
Independent consortium the Open Group is trying to resolve what it sees as confusion about risk management in the industry by publishing a guide to choosing a risk management methodology.
RAF data loss included sensitive vetting data
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has omitted information that the theft of hard drives in September 2008 with data on RAF personnel also included highly sensitive RAF vetting records.
Anti-malware groups align themselves
Anti-malware efforts took a significant step forward this week with the announcement of an initiative to try and bring legitimate software businesses together and lock out malware writers.
Survey shows information security awareness is high, yet compliance is low
SAI Global’s Benchmarking Survey 2008 finds that 95% of employees believe information security is important, but that there is a lack of knowledge and training surrounding how to identify and report incidents.
£3.9 million bank credit error highlights need for code auditing
A succession of errors – at the programme code development level and human error when inputting the data – are reported to have resulted in a New Zealand couple being credited with NZ$10 million (£3.9 million) rather than a much smaller sum as the proc…
Gumblar malware attack sweeps web
A modified attack that alters Google searches is taking the web by storm according to security researchers, who have identified more malware domains being used in the attack.