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ID Theft Gives Apple Another Security Black Eye September 10, 2012 
Once upon a time, security shiners involving Apple were as rare as Windows Vista lovers, but now it seems that a week doesn't go by without the name of Steve Jobs' baby being dragged through the digital mud. Last week's episode involved the hacktivist group AntiSec and the FBI.
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Java Patch May Be Just a Finger in the Dam September 04, 2012 
Oracle acted swiftly last week to close a zero-day vulnerability in its Java technology, but given Java's track record, that patch is just one hit in a long game of wackamole played with hackers. A number of security companies discovered the vulnerability over the weekend of Aug. 25.
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How Secure Is the Cloud, Really? August 28, 2012 
Cloud security skeptics were given yet another reason to doubt the fortitude of online storage when the strange tale of Mat Honan emerged earlier this month. Through the clever use of social engineering, a hacker was able to wreak havoc on the Wired journalist's digital life.
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Security Sleuths Lay Blame on Apple for SMS Vulnerability August 27, 2012 
Research released last week fingered the iPhone as the source of a text messaging exploit that could be used to steal sensitive information from smartphone users or work mischief on their hardware. The flaw, revealed by a well-known security researcher and jailbreaker of iPhones, involves the "reply to" line in SMS messages.
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Anons Pelt UK Authorities With Cyberattacks August 21, 2012 
Today in international tech news: Hackers deliver their particular brand of justice in the UK and Russia, downing government sites on behalf of Julian Assange in Britain and Pussy Riot in Russia. Also: China and Taiwan are uniting -- by data cables, that is -- while China's top two video platforms could soon merge after a shareholder vote.
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Don't Trust That Text August 20, 2012 
A well-known iOS hacker who uses the handle "pod2g" revealed a flaw in Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, that he says can be exploited to alter the "reply to" information in SMS messages. Such a tactic could be used by cybermiscreants to pry sensitive information from the recipient of a message or divert them to a malicious website.
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As Middle Eastern Malware Goes, Shamoon's a Strange Bird August 17, 2012 
Yet another malware attack has emerged in the Middle East. Called "Shamoon," it's hit computers in Saudi Aramco's network, causing a sudden disruption. The specific malware delivered is being referred to as "W32.Disttrack" by Symantec. The attack as a whole was named "Shamoon" after the title of a folder found within the malware executable.
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The Honan Affair and the Cloud's Dark Lining August 13, 2012 
The attack last week on journalist Mat Honan's iCloud account has the potential to strip the silver lining from the cybernimbus. Honan had his digital life destroyed when hackers, in a convoluted effort to hijack his Twitter account, ended up trashing everything connected to his Apple iCloud account.
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Hackers Raid Blizzard, Make Off With Answers to Secret Questions August 11, 2012 
Hackers have hit Blizzard's Battle.net online gaming network, stealing users' email addresses, the answers to their personal security questions, and information relating to mobile and dial-in authenticators. The intruders hit the company's North American servers, which support players in North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
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Flame Malware Ignites Gauss in Lebanon August 10, 2012 
The fallout from the Flame malware that was identified in May continues. Ongoing research into the malware has led antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab to discover a new malware platform, which it has named "Gauss." This platform has several similarities to Flame, Kaspersky said.
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Amazon, Apple Cork Security Holes August 08, 2012 
Amazon and Apple changed some of their security policies this week after tech journalist Mat Honan claimed an identity theft incident involving the two companies allowed a hacker to wipe out much of his personal online data. Both Amazon and Apple put an end to policies that allowed customers to change their account settings over the phone.
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How to Keep Hackers Off of Your Cloud August 08, 2012 
As digital horror stories go, Mat Honan's is a doozy. The Wired reporter had his iCloud account hacked and had his digital life wiped from cyberspace. Honan's attackers used a combination of tech savvy and social engineering. They used his public LinkedIn page to obtain his Gmail address. Then they used Gmail to display his account recovery page. That's when they hit gold.
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DNSChanger: Just a Dress Rehearsal July 16, 2012 
Despite dire warnings, the Internet didn't break last week when the FBI pulled the plug on the server controlling the DNSChanger botnet. An estimated 300,000 computers are still infected by the malware that ties them to the botnet, which was designed for large-scale click fraud.
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2-Year Sting Nets FBI Dozens of Suspected Cybercrooks June 27, 2012 
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested dozens of alleged cybercriminals in an international sting to crack down on Internet fraudsters. The arrests were the result of a two-year global sting operation conducted by the FBI and designed to nab hackers in "carding" crimes, in which perpetrators steal credit card or other personal information via the Internet and then conduct fraudulent transactions.
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Social Media Giants Circle Wagons to Battle Bad Ads June 15, 2012 
Social media giants are teaming up with nonprofit website StopBadware to create the Ads Integrity Alliance, which will counter so-called bad ads and work to create trust within the online advertising industry. The alliance will work to combat nefarious ads by recommending policy initiatives and best practices to policymakers.
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The Future is Now - The Dark Side and Hacktivism March 31, 2012 
We live in times when technology is exceeding the understanding of educational institutions and corporations. A highly social Web and a bad economy is making the Dark Side -- the Internet underworld where cybercrime and hacking run rampant -- overwhelming. Hacktivism is the new, hip thing; it has become a hobby for people with higher-than-average computer knowledge.
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Microsoft Wields RICO Act to Storm Zeus-Infested Botnet Hives March 26, 2012 
Microsoft, together with partners from the financial services industry, has hit the operators of a botnet running the Zeus Trojan. Escorted by U.S. Marshals, staff of the companies seized command and control servers in two hosting locations -- Scranton, Pa. and Lombard, Ill. -- and took down two IP addresses related to the C&C structure.
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AT&T Let Scammers Overrun Calling Service, Feds Charge March 23, 2012 
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against telecommunications giant AT&T, claiming that the carrier allowed scammers to use a calling service for the hearing-impaired and then stuck U.S. taxpayers with the bill. While many Internet scams have originated from Nigeria, this case reportedly involves scammers using a free Internet-based calling system for hearing-impaired users.
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12 Steps for Staying 1 Step Ahead of Online Security Threats March 23, 2012 
With the explosion of Web-based communications in the form of applications, blogs, podcasts, and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, new security threats that can cause serious damage to computers are emerging. As they access these Web-based services from both work and personal computers, many users are unaware that they may be exposing themselves and their organizations to risk.
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Banks in the Crosshairs: 8 Ways Cybercriminals Outfox Strong Security Controls February 18, 2012 
These days, cybercriminals are successfully circumventing advanced security controls with the precision of a sniper. In the crosshairs are banks, financial institutions, governments and enterprises. In a recent Gartner survey, 76 U.S. banks indicated that malware-based attacks were a growing problem and that fraudsters were able to defeat defenses such as advanced profiling systems.
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