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Zbot trojan targets Vodafone and Verizon mobile phone customers
Zbot trojan targets Vodafone and Verizon mobile phone customers
The Zbot trojan - which typically distributes itself via emails pointing at or supplying an infected download - has been spotted targeting customers of the Verizon and Vodafone mobile phone networks on both sides of the Atlantic.
Nov. 16, 2009
Impetus gathers to block extradition of UFO hacker Gary McKinnon
Impetus gathers to block extradition of UFO hacker Gary McKinnon
A group of MPs have voiced their opinion that the extradition to the US of self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon should be halted - and that he should stand trail in the UK - owing to the
Nov. 13, 2009
Microsoft gets agile with Security Development Lifecycle
Microsoft gets agile with Security Development Lifecycle
Microsoft has announced guidance for applying secure programming techniques for agile software developers. The company rolled out new guidelines that will enable agile software developers to apply its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) guidelines.
Nov. 13, 2009
iPhone hacker tool unveiled
iPhone hacker tool unveiled
Just days after an iPhone worm was discovered in the wild, Mac security firm Intego has discovered a hacker tool targeting the iPhone that exploits the same vulnerability.
Nov. 12, 2009
avast! 5.0 free anti-virus faster, smaller and more features - and it wakes your computer at night
avast! 5.0 free anti-virus faster, smaller and more features - and it wakes your computer at night
avast! CEO Vincent Steckler told Infosecurity this week that the new version of the free avast! anti-virus includes more capabilities such as behavioural detections at the same time as being faster and smaller. It can also wake up your computer in the night to do a virus scan before putting it back to sleep.
Nov. 12, 2009
Qosmos technology makes lawful comms interception a lot easier
Qosmos technology makes lawful comms interception a lot easier
Understanding what goes on at the various secret service divisions such as MI5 and MI6, as well as GCHQ, has been helped with the news that Qosmos, a network intelligence specialist, will unveil an LI (lawful interception) edition of its ixMachine at Milipol in Paris next week.
Nov. 11, 2009
Google cloud platform used for botnet control
Google cloud platform used for botnet control
Botnet controllers have been using cloud based systems such as the Google cloud platform as command and control nodes for infected PCs, said a researcher at Arbor Networks.
Nov. 10, 2009
Durham Police website hacked by SQL injection
Durham Police website hacked by SQL injection
An unknown hacker - apparently protesting about terror deaths in Pakistan - has attacked the Durham Police website, forcing it to temporarily close.
Nov. 10, 2009
Spam king Sanford Wallace owes Facebook US$10.7m
Spam king Sanford Wallace owes Facebook US$10.7m
Spam king Sanford Wallace has been ordered to pay US$710.7 million to social networking company Facebook following a federal court case. Wallace is said to have compromised Facebook accounts using phishing emails, and used them to send spam to other members.
Nov. 9, 2009
First iPhone worm appears - and it's never gonna give you up
First iPhone worm appears - and it's never gonna give you up
It's taken a while, but the first real iPhone worm has appeared, although its payload appears to be relatively benign - unless that is, you dislike Rick Astley, the 1980s pop star from Newton le-Willows in Lancashire.
Nov. 9, 2009
Swine flu could give internet a cold
Swine flu could give internet a cold
A physical pandemic such as the swine flu (H1N1) could swamp internet service providers serving residential users, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office – and the Department Of Homeland Security doesn't have a plan to deal with it.
Nov. 7, 2009
Spearphishing emails target customers of ill-equipped banks.
Spearphishing emails target customers of ill-equipped banks.
The FBI has slammed poor security in financial institutions, after identifying a drastic rise in money being stolen from small to medium-sized businesses via spearphishing emails, it said in an intelligence note early this week.
Nov. 6, 2009