A hacker, or possibly group, that’s issued terrorists threats using remotely controlled computers in Japan remains at large despite a rare 3 million yen bounty and continuous games with media and police.
Computer viruses have been a problem for 25 years now, and in honor of that dubious milestone, Mikko Hyponnen of F-Secure spoke at the TED Global conference in Scotland recently about the evolution of malware and how it’s turned into a tool for cybercrime.
Even the latest images in Google’s reCAPTCHA can be cracked with sufficient reliability to allow protective services to be exploited. Read the full article. [The H Security]
Hackers have exploited flaws in a popular
open-source advertising software to place malicious code on
advertisements on several popular Web sites over the past week. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Citing a rising tide of complaints from people
who unknowingly bought counterfeit software infected with malware,
Microsoft announced the launch of educational initiatives
and enforcement actions in over 70 countries to raise awareness of
counterfeit software and to protect consumers. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
Researchers expect Conficker to get worse in the coming year in a number of specific ways including the corruption on defensive systems, keylogging, DDoS, mass identity theft, and more. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
Team Cymru, an independent security research firm, discusses the most innovative malware attacks of 2009 in part one of a three-part video series.
