PayPal Drops Wikileaks, Denies DDoS Attack

Paypal confirmed on Monday that it “permanently restricted” the account used by Wikileaks, citing a violation of its Acceptable Use Policy. The action was just the latest by government and private sector organizations in response to the recent publication of leaked diplomatic cables from the U.S...

Hacker Infects 2,300 Computers; Court Hears Case of Youthful Curiosity

A hacker who infected over 2,300 computers with a virus capable of stealing banking details did not have serious criminal intentions, a court has heard. Today, lawyers for Anthony Scott Harrison argued that his "youthful curiosity" led him to hack into other people's computers to steal money...

Report Alleges Bredolab-Spamit Connections

Law enforcement crackdowns in recent weeks have targeted two major contributors to worldwide spam: Spamit.com and the Bredolab botnet. Now a new report suggests that the two cases may be related. A report on Krebsonsecurity.com claims that the recent arrest of a 27 year-old man, identified as Geo...

FBI Arrest Over 100, Uncovers Cyber Crime Ring

The FBI announced last week that it had busted a major international cyber crime network after arresting more than 90 suspected members of the ring in the US alone. The FBI said that the suspects worked as so-called mules for hackers, who were based in Eastern Europe and used malware to hack US...

Mozilla Stops Firefox Security Updates

Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week. Blogger Michael Horowitz reported on the problem last Sunday after he tried to update older editions of Firefox on several different machines. Read the full article...

FIFA Being Investigated for Stolen Passport Data

Reports are coming in that the Information Commissioner’s Office has started investigating FIFA, the world football governing body, over allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans’ – including their passport data – were accessed by one or more members of staff and then sold on the...

FBI Probes AT&T iPad Goatse Email Leak

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the leak of an estimated 114,000 Apple iPad user e-mail addresses including those of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ABC ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer and NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Google WiFi Privacy Probe Widens

Any penance Google could ultimately pay for violating privacy sentiments across the planet has become a bit more unpredictable. Canada became the latest nation to launch a formal investigation into Google’s practice of harvesting personal Wi-Fi data from open wireless networks all across the...

Beta Users Refute MS Click Fraud Claims

Beta customers named in two click fraud lawsuits Microsoft filed this week maintain their innocence, and both say they assisted the software company in investigating the source of the problem. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Windows 7 Hit by Display Driver Security Hole

A serious security vulnerability in Microsoft’s newest operating system could expose users to code execution and denial-of-service attacks, the company warned in an advisory issued late Tuesday. The vulnerability, which only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, was publicly discussed ahe...

Cisco Hardware Counterfeiters Caught By Feds

A joint investigation by federal agencies leads to the conviction of several individuals trading in counterfeit Cisco network hardware. Read the full article. eWEEK...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 983438

Microsoft has released security advisory 983438 to notify users of a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The advisory states that Microsoft is investigating public reports of exploitation of the vulnerability that may allow the...

As Many as 3,000 Vodafone Memory Cards Infected by Malware

The malware that was found on a pair of Vodafone memory cards installed in HTC Magic handsets recently has in fact affected an entire batch of 3,000 memory cards, the company said. Vodafone Spain said that the company’s investigation into the incident found that a much larger number of cards was...

419 Scams Expanded in 2009

People around the world continue to be duped by advance-fee frauds, with one Dutch private investigation company estimating the highest ever annual losses occurred in 2009. Read the full article. Computerworld...

Infiltrating the Pushdo Botnet

It’s very rare that we researchers get a chance to explore the inner workings of a botnet command and control server. Detailed insight into the botnet server or command component can give us valuable information about the motives of the botnet and possibly the bad guys behind it. But granting...

Attacks Continuing Against IE Flaw as Microsoft Preps Patch

Microsoft officials said on Sunday that they are continuing to investigate the attacks that are exploiting the unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer, but that the attacks right now are limited to specifically targeted activity against enterprise networks. The company said that it doesn’t look like...

Google Attackers Used Internet Explorer Zero Day

Several of the companies victimized in the attack that hit Google and dozens of other companies recently were compromised through the use of a new, unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer, experts say. The flaw was used in a sophisticated attack that included victims receiving targeted email...

Black Energy Tool Used in Citigroup Hack

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer-security breach targeting Citigroup Inc. that resulted in a theft of tens of millions of dollars by computer hackers who appear linked to a Russian cyber gang, according to government officials. Read the full article. Wall Street Journal...

Microsoft Acknowledges IE7 Flaw

Microsoft has acknowledged a new unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and said that the company is investigating methods for fixing the flaw. The company said that although there is public exploit code available for the vulnerability, it has not seen any evidence of ongoing attac...

HealthNet Data Breach Affects 1.5 Mil Customers

Health Net Inc. announced Wednesday that it is investigating a healthcare data security breach that resulted in the loss of patient data, affecting 1.5 million customers. The healthcare provider said the lost files, a mixture of medical data, Social Security numbers and other personally...