Researchers have been busy over the last few days tracing where the Zeus botnet is being controlled from, following investigations by the University of Alabama in the US, which tracked down the Zeus Bot virus to a raft of fake internet postcards circul…
US credit reporting system flawed claims information security researcher
Clever hackers are exploiting a number of loopholes in US credit reporting systems to substantially improve their credit rating and so gain access to zero percent loans and low-cost credit cards, an information security researcher said over the weekend.
Black Hat: San Francisco meters hacked for free parking
At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, researchers have revealed how the security of San Francisco’s plans to become a showcase for the US on computerised parking has been compromised.
ISF details top ten future IT security threats
Cybercrime is at the top of the Information Security Forum’s (ISF) Threat Horizon list for 2011, which highlights the growth of `crimeware as a service’ offered by criminal gangs, along with infiltration into organisations to carry out insider attacks.
The correct approach on access assurance revealed
Access assurance may be a complex area, but Stuart Hodkinson, UK general manager with Courion Corporation – along with Fran Howarth, a principal analyst with Quocirca – had more than a few answers in an educational and informative webinar this week.
Adobe confirms Flash contains Microsoft security flaw
Should vendors include programme code from third parties, is the question experts are asking, now that Adobe has acknowledged that it used Microsoft’s allegedly flawed development code in its products.
MX Logic reports spams levels hitting highest levels ever
Research just released by MX Logic suggests that spam as a percentage of overall email has reached its highest point ever, currently accounting for 94.6% of all email.
Black Hat: Information security trade press are bound to Google
At the BlackHat conference in Las Vegas, 29 July 2009, one conference session addressed the changing nature of the information security trade press. A panel of experienced journalists answered questions on the relationship between trade and mainstream …
Black Hat: Department of Defense call for three cyber-czars
This morning, 30 July, at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Robert Lentz, Senior Information Assurance Official for the Department of Defense, declared the need for two extra cyber-czar roles: one for identity, and one for information security tra…
Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer
The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.