A modified attack that alters Google searches is taking the web by storm according to security researchers, who have identified more malware domains being used in the attack.
Infosecurity Weekly Brief – May 18 2009
Infections, Intrusions, Protections and Misdirections
Gateshead College opens digital forensics lab
Gateshead College in the UK has opened a digital forensics lab for the training of information security staff to combat cybercrime such as digital fraud.
Paypal registration page vulnerabilities revealed
Methodman, a so-called ‘grey hat’ hacker specialising in discovering cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws, claims to have uncovered a number of XSS security flaws in various Paypal registration pages.
Software piracy on the rise
Worldwide software piracy is on the rise, according to a study by the Business Software Alliance and analyst firm IDC.
Australian two-factor payment card authentication technology on beta test
A two-factor authentication system – complete with keypad and display – has been successfully integrated into a plastic payment card by Melbourne-based EMUE and is being trialled by MBNA in the UK
Forrester questions the security of cloud computing
With the economic downturn, cloud computing is seen as a way to improve operational efficiency, reduce headcounts and help with the bottom line, but according to the report from Massachusetts-based Forrester Research on cloud computing, organisations s…
Estonia now firmly on the FBI cybercrime map
The importance of Estonia, one of the most Internet-connected and e-trading nations on earth, has ramped up a notch or two with the FBI, which has announced plans to station a cybercrime expert and his/her team in the country later this year.
Swine flu challenges information security
The recent outbreak of swine flu has thrown up a number of topics related to information security ranging from secure sharing of data between health professionals, to spam / phishing and issues around remote working.
Infosecurity Weekly Brief – May 12th 2009
Danny Bradbury rounds up the most important news in the security space from the last week.