Security News

DHS e-mail snafu reveals info on thousands of security pros 04 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Bcc: and a little caution are your friends, as someone at Homeland Security learned the hard way yesterday. An incautious reply-all to a DHS daily news roundup exposed the e-mail addresses for 7,500 people, including some that may have been classified information. Dismay and a certain amount of goofiness ensued.

Source: Computerworld

Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California 04 Oct 2007 12:53 GMT
State IT staffers were able to fix the problem within a few hours, narrowly averting disaster, but the situation shed light on what observers are calling a shocking weakness in the state's IT infrastructure.

Source: Computerworld

Federal agencies face obstacles in implementing FISMA, says GAO 03 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Five years after the Federal Information Security Management Act became law, some U.S. government agencies are still having trouble meeting its requirements, according to the GAO.

Source: Computerworld

Malware boom puts pressure on second-tier AV labs 03 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
A jaw-dropping 185-percent increase in new malware variants over the second half of 2006 has increased the pressure on antivirus labs to find and contain the onslaught.

Source: Computerworld

Fraudsters jump to US to cash out on UK cards 03 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
A lack of particular technology in the States is making the U.S. an attractive target for fraudsters looking to convert U.K. credit and debit card details into cash.

Source: Computerworld

Feds bust alleged botmaster who attacked anti-scam site 03 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Gregory King, a 21-year-old Calif. man, is under arrest, charged with launching DDoS attacks against an online forum and Web site that work to root out Internet scams.

Source: Computerworld

Motivational speaker sentenced for child porn 03 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Motivational speaker Michael Fortino is sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison on a child pornography charge.

Source: Computerworld

Web's 'dark corners' are everywhere, group says 03 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Report says the bad guys are finding new ways to place their malicious software on our computers -- often by compromising Web sites that we trust.

Source: Computerworld

Lewd celebrity photos mask Trojan payload 02 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
A torrent of Trojan-infected e-mails last month used a familiar but effective lure to draw in the rubes: promises of naked photos of famous actresses.

Source: Computerworld

Web 2.0, social networking can endanger corporate security, analyst says 02 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
The intermingling of workers' private and corporate online lives is opening new threats to network security at work, according to Christian Christiansen, vice president for security products and services for IDC.