Google has announced that Google Docs will drop support for Microsoft’s nearly nine-year-old Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser starting on March 1.Ironically, if Google had taken its anti-IE6 advice to heart before hackers broke into its corporate network last year, it might not now be mulling whether to abandon the Chinese search market. Read the full story [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]
In a current advisory, Cisco describes an SQL injection hole which
can be exploited to manipulate or spy out database contents and other vulnerabilities it fixed in versions, 5, 6 and 7 of Unified MeetingPlace. Read the full article. [The H Security]
A study — which was created using the unlikely combination of identity fraud incidence statistics with basic
consumer demographics — indicates that identity thieves are
successfully targeting the wealthy and affluent, regardless of the
systems and software they use. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
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