Hotfile is being sued by Warner Bros (and others) – the MPAA – for copyright infringement; Hotfile is countersuing for bogus copyright infringement claims.
Yahoo commits to honoring Do-Not-Track
Do-Not-Track (DNT) is the evolving standard that will provide internet users with greater control over their privacy on the internet. “Yahoo websites worldwide will comply with visitors’ Do-Not-Track preferences starting later this year,” said the comp…
Mediyes trojan underscores need for proper key management
The discovery of the Mediyes trojan using a valid digital signature has raised concerns about the need for proper key management, noted John Grimm with Thales e-Security.
Top national security official pins RSA breach on China
The US government has evidence that Chinese hackers were responsible for the breach of RSA last year that compromised the company’s “underlying software” and required the replacement of hundreds of SecurID tokens, a top national security official told …
Carders Market leader pleads guilty to ID theft/fraud scheme
Chris Aragon, one of the leaders of the ID theft and fraud forum known as the Carders Market, has pled guilty to stealing thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit cards to buy high-end goods that were resold on eBay and craigslist.
FTC reaches settlement on charges over RockYou breach
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with the social gaming site RockYou over charges it failed to protect the privacy of its users, enabling hackers to access personal information on 32 million users in 2009.
Digital Crime: Fourth great era of organized crime
Organized digital crime is growing – but we still know little about the structure of organized digital crime groups. A new report from BAE Detica Systems and the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Security at London Metropolitan University seeks to ch…
Australia blocks China’s Huawei from broadband project over security concerns
The Australian government has blocked China’s Huawei Technologies from participating in the country’s AUS$36 billion national broadband network (NBN) project because of cybersecurity concerns.
Belarusian sentenced to US prison for assisting identity theft scams
A Belarusian named Dmitry Naskovets has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for operating CallService.biz, an online site that helped over 2,000 identity thieves commit fraud, federal authorities announced on Friday.
Watchdog warns US agencies lax on global IT supply chain security
The General Accounting Office (GAO) is warning that insecurity in the global IT supply chain is putting US national security agencies at risk.