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• Malware Might Frame The Innocent For Child Abuse And Porn

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 124
  Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it’s your ...
  5 hours ago

• Rickroll iPhone worm spreads: ikee is never gonna give you up

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 515
  An Australian, Rickrolling iPhone worm is now spreading internationally. The Antipodean prankster goes by the names Ash, ikee, ikex, ike_x, or @ikeeex. In IT Blogwatch , bloggers admire their new Rick Astley wallpaper, complete with "ikee is never gonna give you up" macro. Not to mention etsy.com fail... (AAPL) ...
  13 hours ago

• Federal Statutes Aid Trade Secret Prosecution

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By John Watkins , Attorney with Chorey, Taylor & Feil The protection of trade secrets through litigation has generally been limited to civil lawsuits, typically filed under state law statutory or common law provisions. This is true even though federal and state statutes have provided criminal penalties ...
  21 hours ago

• Symantec CEO Optimistic About IT Spending

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Cara Garretson , Veteran Business and Technology Journalist Security giant Symantec ( SYMC ) announced second fiscal quarter results that were down 3 percent compared to the same period a year ago, but up slightly from the last quarter of this year, offering some evidence that IT spending is on the ...
  21 hours ago

• Another Facebook phish

  
  The PC Informant — Authority: 139
  The popularity of Facebook means it’s an inviting target for the cybercrooks. Another phishing attack is going around. TrendMicro describes the exploit: Trend Micro security experts received email messages that supposedly came from Facebook. It asks recipients to update their login credentials for security ...
  1 day ago

• Iphone Dock Fires and Other Holiday Hazards

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  Anthony M. Freed , Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor As we all approach the inevitable chaos of the holidays with shopping, company parties, and client gift lists - all on top of Q4 and 2009 reports and wrap ups - please take care care to protect yourself and your family from possible tragedy ...
  2 days ago

• Navy CIO Sees Future in Cloud Computing

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Kevin L. Jackson , Vice President at Dataline During this week’s Federal Executive Forum taping, Navy CIO Robert Carey discussed his views on cloud computing. Stating that the NGEN and CANES (Navy Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programs will both leverage cloud computing, he ...
  3 days ago

• Identity theft is the real thing

  
  Anti spam and general email security in a business environment — Authority: 465
  Last week, a Wall Street Journal article entitled “ The fallacy of identity theft ” may have given some people the mistaken impression that there’s nothing to worry about, and that everyone’s identities are safe. Unfortunately, however, that’s not quite the case, and yes, you do need to be paranoid about ...
  3 days ago

• Swedish Signals Intelligence Agency Taken Offline By A Massive DDoS Attack

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 124
  The website of the Swedish Signals Intelligence agency (Försvarets Radioanstalt, or FRA) was taken offline by a massive DDoS attack this week.Fra.se was intermittently inaccessible from Monday night until Thursday morning, when full service was restored. The agency was in the news recently after Swedish legislators ...
  4 days ago

• International Collaboration on Policies for Cybersecurity and Data Protection

  
  Roger's Security Blog — Authority: 117
  Since a few years we are working with the Council of Europe in a partnership to help to drive a Cybersecurity treaty. We realize that a problem a lot of Law Enforcement agencies have is inconsistent legislation which makes is unbelievably hard to catch the criminals. The Council of Europe treaty is a great starting ...
  4 days ago

• Copyright associations want enforcement for free

  
  ZDNet Government — Authority: 128
  The internet has opened the Pandoras Box - that everything that can be duplicated - will be. This simple truth will drive up costs for you the consumer. You will pay one of three ways.
  4 days ago

• More On UK Cyber Arrests. Well, Not Really

  
  UBIWAR — Authority: 433
  After my complaints that UK Makes Cyber Arrests, Refuses to Say Why , I made a few enquiries that failed to illuminate the issue beyond the weak statements I’d previously posted from the House of Commons. This story from Chris Williams at The Register hints that the attacks for which the arrests were made may ...
  4 days ago

• Social Media Scams Plague Networks

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert For the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “friend” their potential victims in order to create a false ...
  4 days ago

• Computer Security Madness

  
  Computer Safety Tips — Authority: 106
  The madness of computer security is stopping me from feeling safe online. I am paranoid every time that I do any form of internet banking. I am so scared that I may become a victim of a cybercrime at some point during my life. I think that people may not be that scared because the computer acts as a buffer between ...
  4 days ago

• The malware industry

  
  The PC Informant — Authority: 139
  I’ve posted before about how cybercrime has become an organized industry but here’s some more on the subject; it’s a Microsoft report entitled, Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 7. PC World comments : Malware makers – the criminals responsible for viruses and worms – have become ...
  4 days ago

• Security Reality Versus Perception

  
  McAfee Security Insights Blog — Authority: 121
  In our ongoing saga of retail security “reality versus perception” (Note: always bet on perception. Reality is a nice guy who, in all fairness, is a loser), we have the question cropping up of whether data breaches are becoming less common. The answer is straight-forward: No, of course they’re not becoming less ...
  5 days ago

• Users misbehave: HR and IT get punished

  
  FinanceTechNews.com — Authority: 127
  Lawyers say the folks in human resources and IT could be on the hook for employees’ illegal online behavior. Based on several state laws and court decisions, employers could have a duty to monitor Web use and tell police about employees who access child pornography, says  employment attorney Gina M. Smith. So ...
  5 days ago

• Fraudulent Automated Clearing House (ACH) Transfers Connected to Malware and Work-at-Home Scams

  
  WorkAtHomeTruth.com Blog — Authority: 468
  11/3/2009 FBI Press Release: As part of a continuing effort to identify the latest cyber crime trends and warn the public, the FBI today released the following information: Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials ...
  5 days ago

• U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

  
  ZDNet Government — Authority: 128
  Perhaps file sharing should be banned. An employee of the U.S. House Ethics Committee put a sensitive report detailing 30+ current investigations on to a public accessible computer.
  5 days ago

• Facebook Is Used As Command And Control Channel For Crimeware Distributors

  
  CyberInsecure.com — Authority: 124
  Crimeware distributors have begun using Facebook as a command and control channel for a Trojan that turns compromised Windows PCs into zombie drones.Zombie clients poll the Notes section of the mobile version of Facebook for instructions. Compromised clients might be instructed to download further code from a ...
  5 days ago

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