Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download it   22 Apr 2008 15:18 GMT
Microsoft on Tuesday released its Security Intelligence Report and found that the number of vulnerability disclosures fell 15 percent in the second half of 2007. Malware detections increased 66.7 percent. Specifically, Microsoft found 129.5 million pieces of unwanted software on user systems between July 1 and Dec....
Source: ZDNet

Study finds that 14 percent of U.S. consumers "borrow" free Wi-Fi   22 Apr 2008 14:15 GMT
A new study from Accenture reveals that 12 percent of U.S. and U.K. respondents admit to using someone else's Wi-Fi connection. Accenture says that piggybacking is more common in the United States, with one in seven people--14 percent-- admitting to borrowing someone else's signal. And, not surprisingly, the practice is...
Source: ZDNet

VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable RFID chips; Would you buy?   22 Apr 2008 13:06 GMT
VeriChip said Tuesday it will begin pitching its implantable RFID chips directly to consumers in a move that aims to link doctors directly to personal health records. VeriChip said it will launch a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign in South Florida on April 28. The general idea appears...
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Microsoft: We took out Storm botnet   22 Apr 2008 13:00 GMT
Microsoft is taking credit for crushing the Storm botnet, saying the malware search-and-destroy tool it distributes to Windows users has disinfected so many bots in recent months that the hackers gave up.

Source: Computerworld

Hannaford to spend 'millions' on IT security upgrades after breach   22 Apr 2008 13:00 GMT
Officials at Hannaford Bros. said the grocer plans to install new intrusion-prevention systems and encryption-enabled checkout devices following the recent theft of up to 4.2 million payment card numbers from its network.

Source: Computerworld

China continues to face severe botnet problem   22 Apr 2008 13:00 GMT
China continued to face a growing threat from botnets during 2007, according to China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft data show Web attacks on the rise   22 Apr 2008 09:22 GMT
Web-based attacks are up and malicious e-mail's down, according to some of the most comprehensive malware data around -- that compiled from findings of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, now running on approximately 450 million PCs.

Source: Computerworld

Sports Network hit by drive-by Chinese hack   21 Apr 2008 20:06 GMT
Poor SportsNetwork, a privately owned Hatboro, PA sports site. Chinese hackers brought the site down possibly thinking it was owned by CNN, which is targeted for attacks. The poor folks at SportsNetwork (right) have the following posted after a denial of service drive by attack (Techmeme):...
Source: ZDNet

Obama site hacked; Redirected to Hillary Clinton   21 Apr 2008 19:35 GMT
With a day to go before a critical Pennsylvania Democratic primary, Barack Obama's team has been busy patching security holes. According to Netcraft, a hacker exploited security flaws in Obama's site to redirect traffic to Hillary Clinton's site. Anyone that visited Obama's community blogs section of the...
Source: ZDNet

RSA finds new malware enhanced phishing technique   21 Apr 2008 16:21 GMT
RSA said Monday that it discovered a new phishing technique that uses elements of a malware attack to swipe personal information. The discovery illustrates a series of attacks from the Rock Phish group, which is a gang reportedly based in Russia that has been targeting financial institutions...
Source: ZDNet