This is just a quick heads-up that the emergency security patch for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will be released tomorrow (January 21, 2009).The update, rated critical for all versions of IE, will cover a remote code execution flaw that has already been used in targeted attacks against U.S. companies, including Google and Adobe.
Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a keynote address at RSA Conference 2010 that will detail cyber threats through the years – from criminal threats like computer intrusions and identity theft to the use of the Internet by extremists and hostile foreign powers. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
Four people from North Texas indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Dallas were arrested Friday morning in Cancun, Mexico, according to the FBI. Michael Faulkner, 36, and his wife, Chastity Faulkner, 34, both of Southlake, were central figures in the 19-person indictment brought by U.S. Attorney James Jacks. Read the full article. [Dallas Morning News]
Microsoft has started dropping broad hints that an emergency patch for Internet Explorer will be released very soon to counter targeted attacks and the publication of exploit code for a “browse and you’re owned” vulnerability in its flagship Web browser.
Booby-trapped PDF files, posing as messages from the US Department
of Defense, were emailed to US defence contractors last week. The
document refers to a real conference due to be held in Las Vegas in
March. Read the full article. [The Register]
It’s tax season, and that means IRS-related phishing scams are ramping up. One such fake e-mail hitting in-boxes this past week asks
“U.S.-based employers” to complete an “updated” version of the
government’s W-2 form because of “important changes” within the forms. Read the full article. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Hackers linked to China used a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser to compromise corporate systems at more than 30 U.S. companies, including Google, Adobe and Juniper Networks.According to Microsoft, the vulnerability is still unpatched and can lead to remote code execution attacks if a target is lured to a booby-trapped Web site or views a malicious online advertisement.
In response to the security hole in several versions of
Internet Explorer (IE), the German Federal Office for Information
Security is recommending that Internet Explorer users should switch to an
alternative browser until a patch for IE has been made available. Read the full story [The H Security]
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has sued Health Net of
Connecticut for failing to secure private patient medical records
and financial information involving 446,000 Connecticut enrollees and is fighting for encryption on medical records. Read the full article. [Office of Inadequate Security]
In an attack described as “sophisticated” and “coordinated,” Adobe said its corporate network systems were breached by hackers.
The company said the attack also affected other unnamed companies.
Adobe did not provide any other details except to say it was aware of
the breach on January 2, 2010.
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