A posting from DarkReading from there Security monitoring section: The incident response specialist investigating a recent breach of a government services firm was convinced the attack he was investigating was the handiwork of a group of Chinese hackers. The type of malware he found was commonly associated with that group of attackers, so he concentrated his efforts on cleanup and analysis […]
A posting from Dark Reading in there Endpoint Security section : With the onslaught of zero-day attacks continuing to increase the barrage of unanswered threats against endpoints, there’s a growing contingent of security advocates championing the addition of a virtualized container layer in the endpoint security mix. Analyst predictions are rosy for the virtual containerization […]
A posting from Naked Security: A 23-year-old man suspected of helping to hack into Sony’s PlayStation Network got out of being penalized for the crime by smashing his computers and making his hard drives disappear. Todd M. Miller, of Columbus, in the US state of Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday to a year on house arrest for obstructing […]
A posting from Naked Security on patch Tuesday : Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for May 2013 will be published in the coming week. It’ll be out on Tuesday 14 May 2013. (Wednesday 14 May for everywhere from about Malaysia eastwards.) Here’s the elevator pitch: 33 vulnerabilities identified and fixed. Ten separate patches. Eight rated Important. (Apply ASAP.) Two rated Critical. (Apply […]
A posting from NBCNEWS in there technology section about Indian’s government investigates firms at center of global cyber heist: MUMBAI/BANGALORE, May 12 (Reuters) – The Indian government’s cyber watchdog is investigating how security at two companies that are part of the country’s vast IT services industry was breached in a global ATM heist that saw $45 million stolen […]
A posting from NBC NEWS in there technology section: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even as the U.S. government confronts rival powers over widespread Internet espionage, it has become the biggest buyer in a burgeoning gray market where hackers and security firms sell tools for breaking into computers. The strategy is spurring concern in the technology industry and intelligence community […]
A posting from Naked Security: Remember the US Department of Labor hackwe wrote about at the beginning of the month? A microsite off the main web page was compromised and used to serve up a drive-by download cocktail that aimed to infect your computer surreptitiously. The vulnerability that was exploited in the drive-by turned out to […]
A posting from Naked Security: You’ve spent quite some time in the lingerie department, but you haven’t even peeked at our display of Bose® ‘OE2′ Audio Headphones, which were $149.95 but are now ONLY $134.96! Can we talk?” OK, so that’s not exactly what Nordstrom says it’s planning to do with the information it gleans […]
A posting from Dark Reading in there Advance threats section: In a week that began with the rare move of the Pentagon calling out the Chinese government and military for attacks on U.S. government networks, some key senators have drafted a bill that would create a watch list of nations conducting cyberespionage against the U.S., and spell […]
A posting from Information Week in there Security section: Help desk teams love remote-control software. When employees call with computer problems, the IT department can remotely take control of the user’s machine, copy over files and set all application and operating system wrongs to right. Unfortunately, they’re not the only group interested in putting TeamViewer, […]
