Last year, US mobile carriers responded to 1.3 million requests from law enforcement agencies for consumers’ cell phone records, according to a report released by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.).
Man in the Browser (MITB) becomes Man in the Mobile (MITMO)
MITB malware, personified by Zeus and SpyEye, has long been the bane of desktop online banking. Now Trusteer reports that MITB has migrated to Android; and calls it Man in the Mobile.
Search for patient zero: uncovering malware infection at the source
Comparing the malware infection of a network to the outbreak of a virus among a human population, Sourcefire’s Alfred Huger stressed that the key to fighting the infection is to find patient zero, the carrier of the virus.
Cyberoam fixes security hole caused by use of default certificates
Network security firm Cyberoam took action Monday to fix a flaw in its deep packet inspection (DPI) devices caused by the use of default CA certificates, a vulnerability that was identified by Tor Project researchers on their website.
DarkComet RAT, used by Syrian regime to spy on activists, shut down
The website of the DarkComet remote administration tool (RAT), which was used to spy on opposition groups by the Syrian regime, has closed down permanently.
Evolve or perish: Chinese professor develops evolutionary cryptography
A professor in China has developed a new cryptosystem, called evolutionary cryptography, that draws on evolution theory in biology to construct more secure encryption.
Venture capital group pumps $22.4 million into SIEM provider AlienVault
AlienVault, a San Mateo, Calif.-based security information and event management (SIEM) provider, has received $22.4 million in funding from a venture capital group led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Sigma.
High tech car thief jailed
The high tech theft of motor vehicles is likely to rise as their computer content increases. In an early case, Alan Watkins was last week jailed for car theft that involved hacking, GPS tracking and motor car identity theft.
Printer Bomb infects through .htaccess redirection web attack
Symantec researchers have determined that the Milicenso trojan (also known as the Printer Bomb) is downloaded by an .htaccess redirection web attack that has infected at least 4,000 websites.
Most security professionals predict breaches will increase this year
A disturbing 93% of IT security professionals believe that data breaches will increase this year, according to nCircle’s 2012 Information Security and Compliance Trend study.