It’s been a while since the loosely-grouped Anonymous hacking group caused a sensation by organising a series of DDoS attacks against a number of high profile financial sites linked with snubbing WikiLeaks.
Oracle releases 66 new fixes across 28 product lines
Oracle has released a staggering 66 new fixes across 28 product lines in its January 2011 security advisory.
BlackBerry splits personal and corporate data
Research in Motion (RIM) will introduce partitioning software on its BlackBerry smartphone devices to allow users to separate personal and corporate data.
Hackers sell access to military and government websites
Dozens of military, government and education websites have been hacked and are up for sale, according to researchers from Imperva’s Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII).
McDonald’s opinion poll phishing emails detected
Researchers from AppRiver are reporting ‘opinion poll’ emails arriving on the internet, supposedly from fast food outlet McDonald’s, and offering recipients the prospect of a $250 reward.
Digital forensics arrives on the Apple iPad and iPhone 4
Guidance Software, the company behind the popular range of EnCase digital forensics software, has extended/ported the forensics application to support the Apple iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod touch.
Larry Page reclaims Google chief executive post from Eric Schmidt
Google co-founder Larry Page is to take over as chief executive in April from Eric Schmidt, who will then become executive chairman.
EC carbon credits scheme halted after hackers burn through 28 million euro worth of credits
The European Commission (EC) has suspended trading in carbon credits after unknown hackers compromised the accounts of Czech traders and reportedly siphoned off around 28 million euro worth of carbon credit certificates.
Insiders pose increasing fraud risk to financial institutions
Internal fraud poses an increasing risk to financial institutions, according to a report from the Aite Group.
NY Times: Stuxnet was a US-Israeli effort to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program
The Stuxnet worm was an Israeli-US project developed at the highly secretive Israeli Dimona complex in the Negev desert to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, according to a report in the New York Times.