Archive for 2010

Adobe Reader X with sandboxing now available

November 19, 2010 - The much awaited Adobe Reader X was made available today at http://get.adobe.com/reader for OS X and Windows platforms. Paul Ducklin wrote about the (continue reading...) Read more

April Route Hijack: Sifting through the confusion

November 19, 2010 - A lot has been written in recent days since we have posted the blog on the 18 minute traffic redirection issue earlier this week and the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission report came out discussing it. Unfortunately, some media (continue reading...) Read more

Is another company trying to register your domain?

November 19, 2010 - Have you received an email about an "urgent registration notice" for your company, claiming that someone else is about to grab your domain name unless you take action? It seems spams about the need (continue reading...) Read more

Poo arrested by Secret Service after Federal Reserve hack

November 19, 2010 - Correction: An earlier version of this article implied that the haul of credit cards came from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. That was incorrect. The authorities have said that (continue reading...) Read more

IRISSCON 2010

November 19, 2010 - Yesterday I gave a talk at IRISSCON 2010 about how naughty internet people can do horrible things to your brand, and some of the stranger ways things can go spectacularly wrong for your company. A big “well done” to (continue reading...) Read more

Naked Security wins at Computer Weekly’s blog awards

November 19, 2010 - So, last night, Graham Cluley and I headed down to the Computer Weekly IT Blog awards 2010, held at The Delfina in London. We (continue reading...) Read more

Are You Smarter Than John?

November 19, 2010 - How not to manage your passwords…John, and his unique approach to security is part of an F-Secure Internet Security (continue reading...) Read more

Stuxnet Splits the Atom

November 19, 2010 - One of my ESET colleagues (thanks, Nienke!) brought to my attention an article (sorry, it's in Dutch) that picks up on the blog by Eric Chien that I mentioned a few days ago, and suggests that "Stuxnet (continue reading...) Read more

Safari 5.0.3/4.1.3 fixes 27 vulnerabilities

November 18, 2010 - Apple has released an update to their Safari web browser for OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and Windows platforms. Only 2 of these flaws appear to have (continue reading...) Read more

SHA-1 cracked for $2. Or a load of rubbish?

November 18, 2010 - We're into the back end of November, so you were probably thinking that nothing would have time to oust Stuxnet as computer security hyperbole of the year. Seems you (continue reading...) Read more

Tom Conway Profiled on ExecutiveBiz

November 18, 2010 - I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Camille Tuuti of ExecutiveBiz to discuss my role as director of Federal Business Development at McAfee, as well as what we at McAfee see as emerging trends and threats. (continue reading...) Read more

Cybercrime, Hacktivism, Cyberterrorism Hot Topics at McAfee’s Focus10

November 18, 2010 - Yesterday I presented on Cybercrime, Hacktivism and Cyberterrorism with one of McAfee Labs’ most senior and well respected researchers, Francois Paget. This was a very different session in a number of ways. First, of all it was completely unrelated to (continue reading...) Read more

Malware Rises, Zeus Goes Mobile, Stuxnet Confuses in Recent Quarter

November 18, 2010 - Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the (continue reading...) Read more

New SAQs Released and Revised for PCI 2.0

November 18, 2010 - The PCI Council has posted the SAQs for PCI v2.0 on its website (click here to download them).I'm still looking at them, and I'll have more to say later. It is interesting that there are now (continue reading...) Read more

Let the (AV) buyer beware

November 18, 2010 - A blog piece in which we discuss one Web site selling subscriptions to information about non-existent security products and a number of others that use the names of legitimate AV products as lures of which the (continue reading...) Read more

New password from Facebook? Beware widely spread malware attack

November 18, 2010 - Malicious hackers have spammed out an attack that pretends to be an email from Facebook support saying that your password has been changed. The messages, which have a variety of subject lines including "Facebook Service. A new password is sent you", (continue reading...) Read more

Notable changes in PCI DSS 2.0 affecting Web application security

November 18, 2010 - “Clarification, additional guidance, and evolving requirements” – welcome to the new PCI standards! Hot off the press are the new PCI DSS and PA-DSS requirements which take effect January 1, 2011. (continue reading...) Read more

Four Ways Cybercriminals Profit from Botnets

November 18, 2010 - Posted on behalf of Martin Lee, Senior Software Engineer, Symantec Hosted Services   Recent reports have focused on several well-known botnets revealing millions of dollars in money trails associated with them. What many people may not realize is that botnets are (continue reading...) Read more

Need Fake ID? Checkout Facebook

November 18, 2010 - I thought I’d share this gem with you all. Whilst investigating something completely different I stumbled across this Facebook profile for I suppose this matter is dual testament to the success of the Facebook search feature & (continue reading...) Read more

Weekly Security News – November 18, 2010

November 18, 2010 - 1. McAfee CEO: Get ready for tidal wave of mobile attacksRead More  2. Drive-By Downloads Still Running WildRead More 3. Malware pushers lure victims (continue reading...) Read more

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