Google is testing a new feature in its Chrome browser that will warn users when they attempt to download a potentially malicious executable file. The feature is an extension of the existing Web-based security mechanisms the company has integrated into Chrome and the Safe Browsing API and will be available to all users later this year.
Data from networking giant Cisco Systems is calling into question recent reports of a widespread attack, dubbed Lizamoon, that is said to have compromised millions of domains.
UPDATE: Call it ‘dancing with the girl that brought ‘ya,’: two weeks after it disclosed a serious security breach at its RSA Security Division, tech firm EMC said it was buying NetWitness, a threat analysis firm that helped it detect the breach in the first place.
RSA confirmed on Friday that the attack that compromised the company’s high-value SecurID product was essentially a small, targeted phishing campaign that included a payload of a malicious Flash object embedded in an Excel file.
IBM’s X-Force 2010 Trend and Risk report showed that as vulnerability disclosures hit their highest level ever in 2010, security threats continued to increase in sophistication and precision.
Security firms are warning about a fast-spreading Web based attack that has been linked to the installation of rogue anti virus products.
There’s a grand tradition in the security community of clever, cerebral and sometimes downright inane April Fool’s pranks. They often take the form of fake news stories about viruses, world-ending attacks or something involving Bruce Schneier and Chuck Norris. But the security world is bizarre enough on its own without any help, so we’ve collected some of the stranger, scarier and more entertaining true stories of recent times that we wish had been April Fool’s jokes.
Anti virus experts are warning the public about a new virus that tempts unwitting Windows users with the promise of a video of teen heart throb Justin Bieber. But the virus appears to be having trouble attracting the interest of potential victims.
Terry Coffey of Anchorage, Alaska, said that he first became aware of a problem with his iTunes account when he received a receipt for a $50 iTunes gift card purchase. Coffey, who says he’s careful with his money, was immediately suspicious and investigated the charge, but couldn’t find any record of it on any of his credit card statements. A closer look at his iTunes account revealed why: unknown assailants had seized control of his account and modified the credit card information associated with it. A different credit card number had been used, listing and Coffey’s address had been changed from Anchorage to a city in Tennessee. The fraudulent credit card account was used to purchase the gift card as well as a single iTunes song, Coffey said.
The National Security Agency has joined in a cyber forensic investigation off a major attack on NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. which operates the NASDAQ stock exchange, according to a report on Wednesday by Bloomberg.
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