A Mesquite, Texas, man is set to plead guilty to training his 22,000-PC botnet on a local ISP — just to show off its firepower to a potential customer. David Anthony Edwards will plead guilty to charges that he and another man, Thomas James Frederick Smith, built a custom botnet, called Nettick, which they then tried to sell to cybercriminals at the rate of $0.15 per infected computer. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
A security researcher has discovered that any wireless network can
pretend to be an AT&T Wi-Fi hot spot and thus lure unsuspecting
iPhone users to an untrusted network connection. Read the full article. [CNet]
A new variant of the Storm worm has emerged, but it does not appear to
be as well-designed as its older relative, according to computer
security researchers. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new
techniques and software that may be the key to resolving cloud computing and virtualization security
concerns and boosting confidence in the sector. Read the full article. [ScienceDaily]
Microsoft has re-released a security update targeting a vulnerability on Windows 2000 Server.The company pulled support for MS10-025 last week. Read the full article. [eWEEK]
After a six-month trial, San Francisco city admin Terry Childs was found guilty
of a sole felony count of hijacking the city’s computer system. Read the full article. [Wired]
An Indian national was sentenced to 81 months in prison for
hacking into online brokerage accounts and using those accounts to
manipulate stock prices for personal gain. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Security watcherssay they’ve spotted a new botnet that bears the
hallmarks of Storm and is sending out a “massive volume of spam emails
to targeted recipients.” Read the full article. [The Register]
Researchers offered a peak into the new variants of the Trojan and the changes that
will assure its longevity for a good while. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
In a report being released today, Google said that between January 2009
and the end of January 2010 it found
some 11,000 malicious or hacked Web pages that attempted to foist fake
anti-virus on visitors. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
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