[March 2007]
3/15/7
Internet
scams dominate UK card fraud losses
Online banking fraud increased from £23.2m in 2005 to £33.5m
in 2006.
Card-not-present fraud (which involves fraudulent purchases by phone,
the
internet, or via mail order) leapt 16 per cent from £183.2m
in 2005 to
£212.6m in 2006 so it now represents almost half of all fraudulent
plastic
losses.
3/15/7
Security
upgrades are top priority
Upgrading security is the number one priority for enterprises this
year,
according to a new study by Forrester Research, reports ITPro
3/15/7
Image
Spam trickes Spam filters
"A picture is worth a thousand words," goes the old saying.
What is true in
art and journalism is proving equally apt in the more modern field
of spam.
As the recent surge in image-based spam shows, pictures can be a very
effective way to get a message across - or at least through a victim's
anti-spam filter.
3/15/7
Yet
more vulnerabilities in major security products
Serious McAfee buffer overflow flaws join yet another Trend UPX issue.
3/157
5
Ways Google Is Shaking the Security World
Whether you're charged with preventing hacks, protecting assets, stopping
fraud or defending trademarks, Google and other search engines present
a new
mix of risks for everybody in the security game.
3/14/7
Cyber-Criminals
and Their Tools Getting Bolder, More Sophisticated
Robert Hoyler thought hackers who broke into his computer stole only
his
bank account information. But it turned out that the thieves also
left
something behind: a hidden software virus that recorded his every
keystroke.
3/14/7
Hard
Drives In Copiers May Keep Your Papers
Experts are warning that it's not just lost laptops and hackers that
are to
blame for identity theft. Photocopiers apparently pose a threat, too.
3/14/7
9
Out 10 US Organisations Suffered Three Or More IT Security Breaches
In The
Last Year Research Reveals
A new report has underlined the enormity of the task faced by those
operating within the IT security sector, revealing that 90 per cent
of US
organisations suffered from three or more security breaches last year.
3/9/7
Stock
spam leads to trade freeze on 35 firms
Hackers Operated Penny-Stock 'Pump-and-Dump' Scheme, SEC Alleges
3/8/7
Thieves
raid online accounts in penny stock scam
Unidentified thieves hacked into dozens of accounts at seven leading
online
brokerage firms, sold the customers' assets and used the money to
buy penny
stocks the thieves had previously purchased in an attempt to run up
their
prices, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleges in a complaint
filed
Tuesday.
3/8/7
eBay
goes hacker hunting in Romania
More than two months after breaching eBay's employee servers, a hacker
who
calls himself Vladuz remains at large, despite the best efforts of
the
online auctioneer's security team and officials with law enforcement
agencies in the US and eastern Europe.
3/8/7
US
hacker gets a year in the slammer
A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit computer fraud and
identity
theft has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment by a Florida court.
3/7/7
Bagle
worm still swarming over the internet
Security vendor still finding an average of 625 new variants of the
mass-mailing worm per day
3/7/7
'Hero
Gye-Baek' Computer Mystery Solved, Hacker Jailed
Last June the phrase "Hero Gye-baek" was the most popular
topic searched for
on several Korean Internet portals. But who was Hero Gye-baek?
3/7/7
Rogue
Romanian Hacker May Be Running Amok on EBay
The eBay villagers are whispering that he can creep through eBay's
internal
databases and suck the lifeblood of customer accounts - log-ins and
passwords - right out of their pulsing, 222 million-plus customer
heart.
3/6/7
Hackers
keep a step ahead of technology
The four men charged in the debit-card scam that befell Stop &
Shop
customers in Rhode Island last month took advantage of the supermarket
chain's inability to keep up with rapidly changing sales technology
-- a
fault shared by other U.S. companies, said industry observers.
3/5/7
NOAA
Cracked By Russian Pill Hackers
A section of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website
has
been stuffed with a few dozen pages containing promotions for a muscle
relaxant.
3/5/7
Hacker
steals crucial data from French Prez candidate
A cyber crook has stolen sensitive data from Jean-Marie Le Pen, a
far-right
contender for president of France. The breach may kill his chances
of being
able to run for the office.
3/5/7
Wal-Mart
fires technician who recorded phone calls
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said today it fired a systems technician for
intercepting text messages of people who were not Wal-Mart employees
and for
recording telephone conversations with a New York Times reporter without
authorization.
3/5/7
Password
Problems Top Driver for Help Desk Calls
In a report based on nearly 2 million call logs from more than 20
large,
multinational companies, SupportSoft, Inc.says password-related problems
are
the leading driver of calls to an enterprises' IT help desk.
3/5/7
Top
three computer threats are newcomers
According to the latest data from ESET's ThreatSence.Net, the top
three
threats to computer users in February were all new to the top ten.
3/5/7
Companies
warned about 'March Madness' fallout
This month's NCAA men's college basketball tournament will translate
into
security risks and network slowdowns for businesses, a San Diego company
warned.
3/5/7
Intel
'hacker' conviction quashed
A former Intel contractor has seen his conviction for hacking into
the
company's systems expunged, after a battle lasting more than a decade.
3/4/7
Virus
Attacks Blog Sites
International online security experts warned early this week that
a variant
of Storm Worm, the Trojan horse that surfaced in January, is targeting
blogs
and bulletin boards.
