At SchmooCon, researchers thought it would be a hoot to take a look at some of the
information people send out over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. They were taken aback by what they found. Read the full article. [Network World]
A supervisor for the town of Poughkeepsie, New York lashed out at a
local bank after someone siphoned $378,000 out of municipal coffers and
transferred it abroad. Let the finger pointing begin. Read the full article. [The Register]
Dennis Fisher and Ryan Naraine discuss the latest iPhone attack, the upcoming Patch Tuesday and the never-ending fallout from the Google attack.
Dennis Fisher talks with Paul Roberts of the 451 Group about the implications of the Aurora attack on Google and Adobe, the need for better understanding of advanced threats and what to expect at the RSA Conference.
From Black Hat DC: Sites
like Amazon offer affiliate programs that pay users for sending them
new customers. And now, malware authors, always quick to adopt tactics
that work elsewhere, have developed
their own affiliate program. Read the full article. [MIT Technology Review]
Michael Gough, an information security specialist and president of the Austin, Texas, chapter of ISSA, owner of the web site skypetips.com gave CSO his thoughts on Skype’s benefits and security challenges in the business environment. Read the full article. [CSO]
Miami hacker, Edwin Andrew Pena, has admitted to a Federal New Jersey court that he pocketed more than $1m by selling
millions of minutes of voice over IP calls and surreptitiously routing
them through the networks of telecommunications companies. Read the full article. [The Register]
Credit card numbers are so passe. Today’s hackers know the real powerhouse data to steal is emission certificates. That’s exactly what hackers went after last week when they obtained
unauthorized access to online accounts where companies maintain their
carbon credits. Read the full article. [Wired]
By Jeremiah GrossmanThere are several security issues affecting all major Web browsers that
have remained unaddressed for years (probably because the bad guys
haven’t leveraged them aggressively enough, but the potential is
there). The problem is that the only known ways to fix these issues
(adequately) is to “break the Web” — i.e. negatively impact the
usability of a significant and unacceptable percentage of websites.
Doing so is a non-starter for any browser vendor looking to grow market
share. The choice is clear for most vendors: Be less secure and adopted, rather than secure and obscure. This is what the choice comes down to. This is a topic deserving of further exploration.
A hacker attack at payroll processing firm Ceridian Corp. has potentially revealed the names, Social Security
numbers, and, in some cases, the birth dates and bank accounts of
27,000 employees working at 1,900 companies nationwide. Read the full article. [StarTribune]
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