Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled its PS3-related legal spat with the infamous code cracker George Hotz. Also known as Geohot, Hotz is well known for being the first person to jailbreak the Apple iPhone in his mid-teens.
Barracuda Networks website hit by SQL injection attack
Barracuda Networks has become the latest IT security vendor to be hit by an SQL injection attack, but the company has moved swiftly to mitigate the fallout from the attack, as well as confirming that all active passwords for applications remain secure.
ATM hacks: can you trust external cash machines any more?
It looks like cybercriminals have moved their ATM skimming game to its logical conclusion and developed wireless plus miniaturised cash machine add-ons that are indistinguishable from the real thing.
ICO finds NHS Liverpool Community Health breached Data Protection Act
The medical history of 31 children and their mothers was lost by NHS Liverpool Community Health during a premises move in October last year.
iPhone keylogging hackware arrives
The first Apple iPhone keylogging ‘utility’ has reportedly arrived in the security industry. Ostensibly for legitimate use, iKeyGuard is also being discussed as potential darkware.
Korean financial watchdog probes data breach at Hyundai Capital
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched a probe into a data breach at Hyundai Capital that affected 420,000 of its customers.
CIOs need IT governance rethink
CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.
Trend Micro identifies $30-a-day Exploits-as-a-Service (EaaS) cloudware
Trend Micro claims to have identified a new type of cloud service that allows a variety of crimeware exploits – botnets, Javascript vulns and PDF exploits to mention but a few – to be rented from the cloud for around $30.00 a day.
A dummie’s guide to botnet rentals
Botnets – swarms of infected PCs controlled by a command-and-control server(s) – are becoming big business for cybercriminals and now security researcher Brian Krebs has detailed how crimeware professionals are now renting out sub-swarms for cash.
Malware infected 60 million computers in Vietnam last year
Around 60 million computers in Vietnam were infected with malware last year, about 6.5 million of those infections were from the Conficker virus, according to the Vietnam Informatics Department.