An M86 Software researcher says his team has seen a major malicious spam campaign that is using the Cutwail botnet to bombard Facebook users with a variety of infected messages.
Security researcher shows money mules know exactly what they are doing
A leading security researcher claims to have researched a money mule – people who allow their bank accounts to become staging posts for fraudulent money obtained in online scams – that clearly knew exactly what he was doing.
Qualys develops open source tool to negate ‘slow HTTP’ DDoS attacks
A Qualys researcher has developed an open source tool that helps to negate the effects of so-called ‘slow HTTP’ DDOS attacks on internet-connected servers.
Microsoft warns of fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar
Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning of at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by root certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar.
Researcher fingers Medtronic as maker of vulnerable insulin pumps
The Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump is vulnerable to a wireless cyber attack, enabling the attacker to remotely disable the pump or manipulate the dosage, according to security researcher and diabetic Jerome Radcliffe.
Microsoft fixes bugs in updates to three SDL tools
Microsoft is fixing a number of bugs in recent updates to three of its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) tools, which enable developers to build security and privacy into their applications.
It’s Bank Holiday time – but check your computer security when you come back says M86
The coming weekend is, of course, the big summer bank holiday period when a lot of people grab a few days final holidays before the autumn. But, warns M86 Security, the bank holiday period is also one when cybercriminals are very active, so the vendor …
Trojan/Badlib identified as malware distribution network
A Symantec research team have revealed that a new trojan – Trojan-Badlib – is being used as a malware distribution network by unknown hackers.
Maine admits to data breach of voter registration system
Maine’s Central Voter Registration (CVS) has been breached, potentially exposing personal information on close to one million registered voters.
Trend Micro VP questions US government’s plans to cloud-control its submarines
A Trend Micro vice president of cloud security has spotted plans by the US government to look at more innovative ways to control its IT resources, and makes the interesting observation that DARPA may even be looking at controlling the US Navy’s submari…