April Updates
Week 4
04. 24. 2009
Device Identification in online banking is privacy threat - A widely used technology to authenticate users when they log in for online banking may help reduce fraud, but it does so at the expense of consumer privacy, a civil liberties attorney said during ...
04. 23. 2009
Conficker infected critical hospital equipment - The Conficker worm infected several hundred machines and
critical medical equipment in an undisclosed number of U.S. hospitals recently ...
04. 23. 2009
Google fixes severe Chrome security hole- The problem affects Google's mainstream stable version of Chrome and is fixed in the new version 1.0.154.59 (click link to download). Google has built Chrome so it updates itself automatically with no user intervention, though the software ...
04. 22. 2009
Botnet expert suggests hitting cybercriminals in pocket book- Technology is not enough to help the security industry keep botnets from stealing peoples' money and committing denial-of-service attacks, a top botnet researcher said on Wednesday. His suggestion? Stop the flow of money to their coffers. ...
04. 22. 2009
To catch a (cyber) theif: It's not easy - The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international cybercrime ring believes that increasing transnational police cooperation is turning the tide against digital criminals. ...
04. 21. 2009
Nefarious Conficker worm racks up $9.1 billion bill - The Institute also warned against "downplaying" the worm's significance. "Because there was no major Conficker-created problems on April 1st when hijacked computers went online and began communicating with controller domains, numerous commentators are now downplaying the significance of the Conficker problem." ...
04. 21. 2009
Microsoft tests identity technology in schools - Microsoft is testing some of its new identity-based security technology in Washington state schools, where students and teachers will be able to securely access grades and class schedules ...
04. 21. 2009
Gates: Cyberattacks a constant threat - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the United States is "under cyberattack virtually all the time, every day" and that the Defense Department plans to more than quadruple the number of cyber experts it employs to ward off such attacks ...
04. 21. 2009
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9 million infected computers - Security firm Finjan has uncovered what it says is one of the largest bot networks controlled by a single cybergang, with 1.9 million infected zombie computers ...
04. 21. 2009
Crypto pioneers differ on cloud-computing risks - A group of pioneers in the security field, whose work in
encryption is used to protect Internet data and communications every day, spoke about the state of security at a cryptographer's panel ...
04. 21. 2009
Cisco puts more security in the cloud - Cisco is set to make several cloud-related security announcements
at the RSA conference on Tuesday, including the expansion of its hosted security services and the integration of security-as-a-service applications with corporate network infrastructures ...
04. 20. 2009
Botnets: Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them - The perpetual proliferation of botnets is hardly surprising when one considers just how easy it is for the bad guys to hijack computers without tipping off the users ...
04. 20. 2009
Symantec acquires Mi5, expands security offerings - Symantec has acquired Web security firm Mi5 Networks and
announced two new security suites at the RSA security conference on Tuesday. Mi5 sells a Web security appliance that protects corporations against Web-based threats ...
04. 20. 2009
Secure software? Experts say it's no longer a pipedream - With the Conficker worm still hot and Microsoft patching multiple software vulnerabilities last week, it might be reasonable to assume the bad guys are winning the battle to get control over Internet-connected computers ...