iPad Users with PCs Targeted By Malware
A malicious spam email campaign has been targeting iPad users who own
PCs, says researchers. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
Malware
Spammers Outsource CAPTCHA Decoding
Faced with stricter Internet security measures like CAPTCHAS, some spammers have begun
borrowing a page from corporate America’s playbook: they are
outsourcing. Read the full article. [The New York Times]
Koobface: Hit Down in HK, Gets Up in China
Security experts in Hong Kong last week succeeded in taking down a key
component of the Koobface bonnet, only to witness the system popping up
in China. Read the full article. [The Register]
A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
The UK’s National Health Service has been hit by a voracious,
data-stealing worm that’s easily detected by off-the-shelf security
software, according to researchers who directly observed the mass
compromise. Read the full article. [The Register]
Computer criminals are taking steps to block search engines bots
from indexing legitimate Web pages that have been hacked and
booby-trapped with hostile code. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
A fire alarm company in Arkansas lost more than $110,000 this month when
hackers stole the firm’s online banking credentials and drained its
payroll account. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
A new version of the data-stealing trojan Zeus is for the first time able to successfully exploit Mozilla’s Firefox browser to commit sophisticated online banking fraud. Read the full article. [Secure Computing]
How many botnets are there? Symantec says 6.8 million, but a former Symantec executive at Immunet and a key creator of the Internet Security Threat Report says his former company is off by several magnitudes of order. Gunter Ollmann of Damballa concurs with Immunet and puts the numbers between 19 and 24 million. Read the full article. [The Last Watchdog]
BOSTON — A prominent security consultant is urging a rethink of the way businesses handle user education and awareness, warning that the way attackers have latched on to social engineering techniques makes it difficult to cope with hacker attacks.
