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iPhone hacker reveals SMS vulnerability

Dan Kaplan July 02, 2009

A security researcher on Thursday unveiled a new iPhone SMS vulnerability, according to reports out of the SyScan Conference in Singapore.

Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users

Dan Kaplan June 19, 2009

Researchers have spotted a new variant of the RSPlug Mac trojan in the wild.

It's official: Microsoft to offer free anti-malware service

Greg Masters June 19, 2009

Next week, Microsoft will make available to consumers a new, free anti-malware service to replace its subscription model.

New security standards for mobile payments coming

Angela Moscaritolo June 18, 2009

A financial services technology group is developing standards for making secure mobile payment transactions.

Criminal network to trade botnets and malware uncovered

Dan Kaplan June 17, 2009

Researchers at a web security firm have discovered what they term the latest milestone in the evolving cybercriminal underground: a one-stop-shop for hackers.

URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links

Chuck Miller June 16, 2009

The Cligs URL shortening site was hacked during the weekend to cause 2.2 million links to redirect to the same site.

Spam king Wallace could be jailed

Chuck Miller June 15, 2009

Sanford Wallace, the so-called spam king who has been sued on multiple occasions, may finally face prison time.

Three charged with hijacking corporate phone systems

Dan Kaplan June 15, 2009

Three Filipino residents have been charged with hacking into the telephone systems of U.S. companies, enabling callers to run up some $55 million in charges.

Google updates Chrome security; withdraws crashing development browser

Chuck Miller June 11, 2009

Google Chrome was updated Wednesday to fix security issues in the WebKit web browser engine. Meanwhile, Google withdrew updates for a development Chrome version soon after release.

Heartland, RBS WorldPay lawsuits consolidated

Dan Kaplan June 11, 2009

A federal court body ruled this week on where lawsuits against RBS WorldPay and Heartland Payment Systems will be heard.

Apple references security in Snow Leopard announcement

Dan Kaplan June 10, 2009

Apple appears to now be addressing security threats that could impact its Mac OS X.

Safeguarding your mobile networks

Illena Armstrong June 10, 2009

SC Magazine's eConference: Mobile Security offers advice on dealing with the rising tide of mobile threats from experts like Patrick Traynor of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

T-Mobile confirms hack but doubts crooks have the goods

Dan Kaplan June 09, 2009

T-Mobile has confirmed that hackers were able to swipe data from its systems, but the wireless carrier is downplaying the threat to customers.

Defendant pleads guilty in brokerage keylogger case

Chuck Miller June 08, 2009

One of three conspirators in a computer-fraud scheme that used trojans to steal funds from brokerage accounts has pleaded guilty to federal charges in New York..

Bank insider nabbed

Angela Moscaritolo June 08, 2009

Former Bank of America teller Jeffrey Gautreaux, 25, of Peabody, Mass. has been charged in federal court for allegedly stealing bank customer identities in a scheme to fraudulently withdraw bank funds. According to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney's office, Gautreaux participated in the scheme with other unnamed people, netting more than $330,000 from numerous accounts. He was charged with 17 counts of bank fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of access device fraud. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison. — AM

DHS appoints former hacker, Black Hat founder to council

Angela Moscaritolo June 08, 2009

Jeff Moss, a former hacker who founded the Black Hat and DEFCON conferences, was one of 16 people appointed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Chrome for Mac, Linux is out, but Google warns of its dangers

June 05, 2009

Google has released versions of its Chrome browser for the Mac OS X and Linux but is warning users not to download either of them.

ISP Pricewert shuttered for distributing spam

Angela Moscaritolo June 05, 2009

An internet service provider accused of violating federal law by hosting malicious sites and working with cybercriminals has been shut down, but the California-based company plans to appeal.

Cybercriminals targeting Twitter "trending topics"

Angela Moscaritolo June 04, 2009

Cybercriminals are using Twitter to propagate malicious links in an attack that's easier to mount than black-hat search-engine optimization (SEO), according to PandaLabs.

DHS appoints new director of National Cybersecurity Center

Angela Moscaritolo June 03, 2009

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has appointed Philip Reitinger as the new director of the National Cybersecurity Center, a post left in March by Rod Beckstrom, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced on Monday.

Software crack site hides malware repository

Chuck Miller June 02, 2009

A website found by a security research organization serves malicious files to people who are looking for cracks to software applications.

Windows 7 ships Oct. 22

Chuck Miller June 02, 2009

Microsoft's Windows 7 will go into general commercial availability on Oct. 22, according to a Microsoft spokeswoman. The company did not announce prices for the several versions it plans, but said it will introduce a program -- a "Tech Guarantee" or Windows Upgrade Option -- that enables people who buy current PCs with Vista to get a free upgrade to the new Windows 7 software when it becomes available. — CAM

Hackers hit U.S. Army websites

Chuck Miller June 01, 2009

A group of computer hackers based in Turkey breached the sites of two U.S. Army facilities, leveraging SQL injection attacks.

Nonprofit releases security configuration standards for iPhone

Dan Kaplan May 29, 2009

Organizations issuing iPhones to their employers can now apply security configuration best practices, which were introduced this week by the Center for Internet Security.

Industry reacts to Obama's cybersecurity speech

Angela Moscaritolo May 29, 2009

The cybersecurity industry was abuzz Friday after President Obama, speaking before public and private sector leaders, announced a federal "cyber coordinator" will be appointed and unveiled a five-part digital infrastructure protection plan for the country.

Identity theft ring busted in New York

Chuck Miller May 28, 2009

Using financial information purchased from crooked bank insiders, a ring of thieves stole millions of dollars.

EMC snares Configuresoft

Dan Kaplan May 28, 2009

EMC on Wednesday acquired Configuresoft, maker of server configuration, change and compliance EMC on Wednesday acquired Configuresoft, maker of server configuration, change and compliance management solutions. The purchase expands EMC's storage and infrastructure management line. The two companies had been partnering since 2008 when they signed an OEM agreement, leading to the EMC Server Configuration Manager and EMC Configuration Analytics Manager, which automate visibility across physical and virtual environments. Terms of the deal, set to close in June, were not disclosed. — DK

Another round of phishing hits Twitter

Chuck Miller May 27, 2009

After last week's phishing attacks on social networking sites, yet another round has struck Twitter.

BlackBerry patches PDF flaws

Angela Moscaritolo May 27, 2009

Research In Motion on Tuesday issued a security software update to address multiple vulnerabilities that exist in the PDF Distiller of the BlackBerry Attachment Service component in BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Because of these vulnerabilities, an attacker could create a malicious PDF file, which when opened on a BlackBerry smartphone, could corrupt memory or execute arbitrary code on the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Attachment Service, RIM said in its advisory. — AM