Pushdo Botnet Making the Rounds
More than 300 Web sites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers. Read the full article. [Security Central]
Donald Sears
Banks Cover Crime Victims Case By Case
When a computer virus infection at a business allows thieves to steal tens of thousands of dollars from the company’s commercial banking account, banks typically don’t reimburse the victim company. But the truth is, most banks make that decision on a case-by-case basis. Take, for example, the case of two Umpqua Bank customers in Vancouver, Wash., both of which suffered major financial losses last year after compromises at employee computers allowed thieves to access their accounts remotely. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
Cloud Computing’s Inconvenient Truth
Google may have threatened to leave China in order to keep us all from concluding that “the cloud” can’t be secured. But isn’t that precisely what we should conclude based on the fact that Google chose to leave China? Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Matthew Delorey of New Bedford, MA was arrested on wire fraud and conspiracy charges
relating to his sale of hacked cable modems modified to permit a user to hide his or her identity
and steal service from Internet service providers. Read the full statement. [FBI.gov]
According to researchers, cybercriminals are trying to
sell hacked Twitter user names and passwords online for hundreds of
dollars and as much as $1000. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
The recently released APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q3 of 2009, details record highs in multiple phishing vectors, but also offers an interesting observation on desktop crimeware infections. Read the full article. [ZDNet]
A vast majority of voice encryption products are seriously flawed, according to controversial tests by an anonymous hacker.
Using the commercially available FlexiSpy wiretapping utility and a
‘homemade’ Trojan, Notrax (the anonymous hacker’s nickname) claims to
have defeated 11 out of 15 voice encryption technologies in tests. Read the full article. [The Register]
Apple’s new iPad device looks like it will have some of the same security issues that affect the iPhone, such as weak encryption, a mobile security expert said. Read the full article. [Cnet]
The website of the Oklahoma Tax Commission was the apparent victim of a hack yesterday, one in which visitors to the website were prompted to accept an Adobe license agreement and download software. Read the full article. [Infosecurity]
People around the world continue to be duped by advance-fee frauds,
with one Dutch private investigation company estimating the highest
ever annual losses occurred in 2009. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
