“Malware authors love to use holes in 3rd party software”, comments Intego’s Lisa Myers. From their perspective, “the best thing about 3rd party software vulnerabilities is that people are very slow to patch them.”
Operation High Roller targets Mr. Moneybags using the cloud
A new report from McAfee and Guardian Analytics describes a new breed of sophisticated fraud attacks, called Operation High Roller, that target high-value bank accounts and transactions using cloud-based servers with multifaceted automation.
Researchers say they have cracked security tokens
A group of researchers are claiming that they have successfully exploited cryptographic flaws in security tokens that enable attackers to extract keys from them
Google Chrome turns 20
Aah, it’s seems only yesterday that Chrome was a tiny little browser cradled in Google’s arms. Well, Chrome has just released version 20 and is ready to take on the world, but not before a few security holes are fixed.
Cunard leaks personal details of 1000+ passengers
In what the company describes as a ‘system issue’, but what looks more like user error, Cunard inadvertently sent an email with a spreadsheet attachment containing the contact information of 1,225 Cunard passengers to an unspecified number of customers…
ACTA: the dead donkey that won’t lie down in Europe
Every EU committee tasked with recommending how the European Parliament should vote on the ratification of the ACTA agreement has now voted: No. But ACTA just won’t lie down.
FBI arrests: was UGNazi a target or an instrument?
In what has been described as “the largest coordinated international law enforcement [carding] action in history”, the FBI has arrested 12 US citizens among a total of 24 arrests in eight countries.
FTC goes after Wyndham Hotels for theft of 620,000 payment cards
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a complaint against Wyndham Hotels for data security failures that led to three data breaches in less than two years and resulted in the theft of close to 620,000 payment card numbers.
Android chosen for military security
Invincea yesterday announced a $21.4m contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) for a secure version of Android phones and tablets.
Hackers crack CAPTCHA website security measures
Hackers are able to bypass CAPTCHA security measures using computer-assisted tools and crowdsourcing to gain access to personal and financial information, Imperva warned in its latest Hacker Intelligence Report.