Facebook, Washington Accuse Marketing Firm of Clickjacking

Facebook and the state of Washington are suing an ad network they accuse of encouraging people to spread spam through clickjacking schemes and other tactics. The company at the center of the allegations, Adscend Media, denies the charges and said it will fight them vigorously. According to the...

FTC Criticizes ICANN Plan to Expand Domain Names

The Federal Trade Commission FTC is taking aim at a plan by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN to increase the number of domains on the Web. On Dec. 16, the FTC sent a letter to ICANN claiming that expanding the number of generic top-level domains gTLDs would open users...

From Sony's DRM Rootkit to CarrierIQ: Why Commercial Rootkits Make Us So Mad

The half life of the CarrierIQ “rootkit” scandal proved to be a little more than a week. That’s about how long it took for Trevor Eckhart, a young, Connecticut-based Android developer to begin raising questions about some stealth software he discovered running on Android phones by HTC and...

Key House Hearing on SOPA Bill Set For Today

All eyes will be on Capitol Hill this morning when the House Judiciary Committee holds a key hearing on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, which has drawn wide opposition from a variety of groups and companies for its broad language supposedly designed to prevent copyright infringement. Th...

How the Google-Motorola Deal May Affect Android Security

By B.K. DeLong With this morning’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Google has made the move to bring in a solid hardware component for their Android mobility platform and fired another shot across the bow of Apple. But one big questions remains: What does this acquisition mean for those trying ...

One Third of Drug-Related Searches Lead to Illicit Pharmacy Sites

Researchers at the University of Cambridge will present evidence of what they say is wide spread manipulation of search results that direct unwitting Web surfers to dodgy and illicit online pharmacy sites. The research, which will be presented at the 20th USENIX Security Symposium in San Francisc...

Coalfire Systems Assessment: Merchant Link’s TransactionShield and TransactionVault Reduce Merchant’s PCI Scope

Merchants spend a lot of time and money developing IT controls programs to protect consumer credit card data. Through our work with thousands of retailers, weve learned that one of the best ways to contain costs and reduce risk is to keep cardholder data out of as many systems and business...

Phishing, Social Networking Attacks on the Rise

The last year or so has seen a series of high-profile targeted attacks against corporate and government networks, including the Aurora attack on Google and others, the intrusion at RSA and the recent attack on the Sony PlayStation Network. But a new report from Microsoft shows that attackers...

After the Walkman

For a company that almost single-handedly created the consumer electronics industry with blockbusters like the Walkman, Sony has had its share of strategic and public relations face plants in the last decade, with IT security being just one flash point. From its infamous digital rights management...

Inside a Google Data Center

Google is well-known for its worldwide network of data centers, in which it holds not just the company’s own data, but the sensitive information of its corporate and consumer customers. In this video, Google gives a rare behind-the-scenes look at the physical and data security measures that the...

Forget Epsilon, Fear the Angry Bird

No doubt you read about the huge email security breach Epsilon announced earlier this month. You may have received letters from companies that use Epsilon services about the possible loss of your email information. A lot of people are justifiably concerned that spear phishing and other nefarious...

Image of the Day: SpamIt, Glavmed Models

Today’s image of the day comes from Brian Krebs’s blog, KrebsonSecurity. The image illustrates how Glavmed and other alleged players in the global spam game operate, and is part of a larger exposition of the Spamit operation that was reportedly shut down sometime last year as detailed by Krebs on...

Two men charged for Hacking into AT&T Website !

Two men were arrested on Tuesday and are facing charges of fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization, following an investigation that started with last year's much publicized harvesting of e-mails and AT&T authentication IDs of 114,000 early-adopters of Apple's iPad. Accordi...

Windows 8 to run on smartphone chips !

In his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show CES in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft's desktop operating system, will be able to run on much smaller mobile devices like phones. He revealed that Windows 8 will support...

With Autos At CES, Are Vehicle Hacks Far Behind?

Sometimes news events just come together in a way that opens a window – even if its a kind of cloudy window – onto the future. So it was this week, as stories about a coming generation of wired automobiles collided with some thought-provoking reports on the vulnerability of said cars to tradition...

Mobile Device Users More Susceptible to Phishing Scams

Mobile devices are making us dumber – at least when it comes to security, according to research conducted by security firm Trusteer. Research published by the company found that smartphone and computer tablet users are three times more susceptible to email phishing scams than traditional PC and...

UK's Cyber Cops Take Down 1800 Bogus Websites !

Detectives from London's Metropolitan Police Service's cyber crime unit have in the past year shut down 1,800 bogus websites, which were either fraudulent or advertising counterfeit goods, ranging from tickets to Premier League soccer games to Ugg boots and jewelry from Tiffany & Co. The...

Researchers Expose Security Flaw in Internet-Ready HDTVs

Researchers at Mocana, a security technology firm in San Francisco, recently demonstrated the ease with which they could hack into a popular Internet-ready HDTV model. They exploited a vulnerability in the software that displays websites on the TV, allowing them to control the information sent to...

Users Credit Card Information Stolen by Hackers from CitySights NY Website !

Most of us believe that by making online purchases through a secure website, with reputable companies, our credit card information is safe, right. That is not entirely true, as users of the popular website, CitySights NY recently discovered. You see, while the site itself may be secure, the...

Microsoft to Support ARM Chips in Upcoming Windows Version

Microsoft Corp., feeling pressure from popular products like Apple Inc.'s iPad, is developing a new operating system that marks a departure from the company's traditional reliance on Intel Corp.'s chip technology. This information comes from sources familiar with Microsoft's plans. Next month,...