IT managers should start familiarizing themselves with a new security tool — the paint brush — as Japanese researchers have come up with a paint that they say will block high-speed wireless signals, giving businesses a cheap option to protect their wireless networks.
chiguy writes “There’s been another break-in at Monster.com. It’s surprising that there are still unencrypted passwords stored in database despite the previous hack, as is the decision to not email users — presumably so that no one will make a fuss. From PC World: ‘Monster.com user IDs and passwords were stolen, along with names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, gender, ethnicity, and in some cases, users’ states of residence. The information does not include Social Security numbers, which Monster.com said it doesn’t collect, or resumes. Monster.com posted the warning about the breach on Friday morning and does not plan to send e-mails to users about the issue, said Nikki Richardson, a Monster.com spokeswoman. The SANS Internet Storm Center also posted a note about the break-in on Friday.'”
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alphadogg writes “The Downadup worm — also called Conflicker — has now infected an estimated 10 million PCs worldwide, and security experts say they expect to see a dangerous second-stage payload dropped soon. ‘It has the potential to infect about 30% of Windows systems online, a potential 300 to 350 million PCs,’ says Don Jackson, director of threat intelligence in the counter threat unit at SecureWorks. The worm, first identified in November and suspected to have originated in the Ukraine, is quickly ramping up, and while Downadup today is not malicious in the sense of destroying files — its main trick is to block users from accessing antivirus sites to obtain updates to protect against it — the worm is capable of downloading second-stage code for darker purposes.”
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Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide
New York Times – 19 hours ago By JOHN MARKOFF A new digital plague has hit the Internet, infecting millions of personal and business computers in what seems to be the first step of a multistage attack. Security industry counts down to Conficker activation Register Can of worms Financial Times Wall Street Journal – Telegraph.co.uk – IT World Canada Blogs – InternetNews.com all 80 news articles |
Security at the Australian Open was again under scrutiny on Friday when a male streaker interrupted a doubles match involving the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena.
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Security industry counts down to Conficker activation
Register – 3 hours ago By John Leyden • Get more from this author Security watchers are bracing themselves to respond to the activitation of the huge botnet created by the Conficker superworm. Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide New York Times Windows worm being spread through USB memory sticks Telegraph.co.uk IT World Canada Blogs – Current World News – InternetNews.com – WSBtv.com all 62 news articles Langue : Français |
CWmike writes “Pirated copies of Apple’s new iWork ’09 suite that are now available on file-sharing sites contain a Trojan horse that hijacks Macs and leaves them open to further attack, a security company said yesterday. The ‘iServices.a’ Trojan hitchhikes on iWork ’09’s installer, said Intego, which makes Mac security software. ‘The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer’s request of an administrator password,’ Intego said in a warning. Once installed, the Trojan “phones home” to a malicious server to notify the hacker that the Mac has been compromised, and to await instructions.”
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JCWDenton writes “Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists.”
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Ian Lamont writes “The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Security Archive are praising President Obama’s executive orders to make the federal government more open. Yesterday, Obama issued two memos and one executive order instructing government agencies to err on the side of making information public and not to look for reasons to legally withhold it. The moves are expected to make it easier for people to file Freedom of Information Act requests, and should also boost the amount of information that agencies place on their websites. The general counsel for the National Security Archive (an NGO that publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act) even predicts that agencies will use blogs to share information. Obama’s directives reverse a 2001 memo from former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft instructing federal agencies to generally withhold information from citizens filing FOIA requests.”
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