Fedora and Red Hat servers compromised
Paul W. Frields posted the following to the fedora-announce-list: Last week we discovered that some Fedora servers were illegally accessed. The intrusion into the servers was …
Malware of the week: AIM worm, spammer trojan and fake p2p apps
This week’s PandaLabs report looks at the Oscarbot.UG worm, the Spammer.AJF Trojan and a series of P2P applications used to distribute the adware Lop. Oscarbot.UG is a …
“New” Madonna video comes with a trojan horse
Sophos is warning music fans to be wary of opening unsolicited emails claiming to reveal the latest news about their favourite pop stars. The warning follows the discovery of …
CompTIA Security+ achieves 50,000-certified milestone
More than 50,000 information technology professionals around the world have now earned CompTIA Security+ certification, the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) …
UK National Gateway Security Survey 2008
The National Gateway Security Survey 2008 was carried out for value added distributor Wick Hill and sponsored by WatchGuard Technologies. The survey was conducted on a sample …
Spoof P2P applications distribute the Lop adware
Two spoof P2P application installers, BitRoll-5.0.0.0 and Torrent101-4.5.0.0, are being used to install the Lop adware on users’ systems. These programs are used to …
Threat Spy: tracking malware across the globe
ScanSafe launched Threat Spy, the first virtual map to show the increasingly dangerous Web threat landscape. Threat Spy displays malware as it is identified and blocked by …
Automated assessment solution for Requirement 1 of the PCI DSS
RedSeal Systems released RedSeal Security Risk Manager (SRM) 3.0 which enables users to automate their assessment of Requirement 1 within the Payment Card Industry’s …
New solution to combat piracy problems
V.i. Laboratories announced a new anti-piracy strategy that gives software makers multiple options to track, reduce and recover lost revenue due to piracy. CodeArmor …
APWG and IEEE partner for Electronic Crime Research Conference
Anti-Phishing Working Group and IEEE will join forces for the development of the APWG e-Crime Researchers Summit (eCRS), the world’s only peer-reviewed technical …
Internal network security threats online encyclopedia
Promisec has released an online encyclopedia of internal network security threats. The encyclopedia, which can be viewed by anyone for free, is continually updated with …
Confidential school records made available online
Recent media reports state that more than 100,000 student records were accidentally made available online. The security blunder by The Princeton Review, an educational …