An internal review has found that the Justice Department has not done enough to fight identity theft, the fastest-growing crime in the country. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine says in a report that the department is falling short in efforts to combat identity theft, and that the issue has faded as a priority over the past two years. Read the full article. [Forbes]
One year after the Conficker botnet was front-page news around the world, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing a report looking at the worldwide effort to keep it in check.The report, to be published within the month, shows how an ad hoc group of security researchers and Internet infrastructure providers banded together into an organization they called the Conficker Working Group. Its goal was to address what was at the time the world’s most serious cyberthreat. Read the full story [IDG News Service]
The percentage of Internet users in China with no security software was 4.4% last year,a up from 3.9% the previous year, according to recent survey results by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT). Read the full article. [Comptuerworld]
A new invention developed by Dr. Jacob Scheuer of Tel Aviv University’s
School of Electrical Engineering promises an information security
system that can beat today’s hackers — and the hackers of the future —
with existing fiber optic and computer technology. Transmitting binary
lock-and-key information in the form of light pulses, his device ensures
that a shared key code can be unlocked by the sender and receiver, and
absolutely nobody else. Read the full article. [ScienceDaily]
A revised draft of the Rockefeller-Snowe cybersecurity legislation
released last week removes the so-called “kill switch” that gives the
president the authority to shut down the Internet in the event of a
massive cyberattack. Read the full article [SearchCompliance.com]
Criminal hacker organizations are operating with increasing corporate-life efficiency, specialization and expertise, said the FBI at FOSE conference. Here are the top ten operational positions in a cybercrime group. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
An Arkansas public water utility and a New Jersey town are the latest
victims of an organized cyber crime gang that is stealing tens of
millions of dollars from small to mid-sized organizations via online
bank theft. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
With tax time rapidly approaching, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service still has not sealed up all of the holes that could allow insiders or external hackers to access taxpayer data, according to a new report. The Government Accountability Office states that the IRS has corrected less than one-third of the 89 security weaknesses identified in its audit of the tax agency last year. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
Germany’s official cyber-security response team is advising surfers not
to use Firefox pending the release of a patch to defend against a
critical unpatched vulnerability. Read the full article. [The Register]
Security blogger Brian Krebs has compiled lists of the top 10 ISPs who are hosting the worst botnets, spam, phishing, and other malware from independent tracking organizations. These lists come from: Stop Badware, F.I.R.E., Phishtank, Zeustracker, Malware Domain List, Arbor Top ASN List, Emerging Threats Compromised IPS, Emerging Threata RBN, Shadowswerver, and Google Safebrowsing. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
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