An Israeli iPad user – working in concert with his wife and daughter back at home – has successfully retrieved his tablet computer after a 90 minute, 10 mile chase, attended by the police.
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the private sector to develop an automated network intrusion detection and prevention system for the defense industry, a Pentagon official told Congress last week.
MyTob tops list of most significant virus over last 40 years
The MyTob virus, which appeared in 2005 and was the first worm to combine features of a botnet and a mass-mailer, is the most significant virus to emerge over the last 40 years, according to Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet’s Threat Response…
RSA’s SecurID customers worried that breach affected seed record database
Customers of RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication product, which was the target of a recent security breach, are concerned that the seed record database might have been compromised, said Andrew Kemshall, co-founder of SecurEnvoy and former RSA Euro…
Skunx botnet discovered with C&C server in the US
Arbor Networks claims to have discovered one of the first botnets with its command-and-control (C&C) servers located in the US. Dr Jose Nazario, the firm’s senior security researcher, says that the Skunx botnet is unusual in not being active in the wild.
Spam tapping Japanese disasters goes through the roof
Newswires are reporting that the volume of spam – leading to infected and scamware websites – has gone through the roof this week, but M86 Security says that it has seen a spam campaign that imitates a Twitter notification.
Hacked Colorado highway sign warns of roving zombies
A road sign used by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was apparently accessed by an unknown, unauthorized individual who changed the sign to warn of “ZOMBIES AHEAD”.
ICO says 40% of wireless home internet users have no knowledge of WiFi security
Research just published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) claims to show that 40% of people who have WiFi at home do not understand how to change the security settings on their networks.
BlackBerry users urged to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed
Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser.
Olympic ticket sales website glitch affects Visa cardholders
As applications for tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games opened, some Visa card users were unable to register after a payment system glitch on the ticket website.