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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 288 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn diplomatic crisis looms french bugs discovered uk defence ministers office comments Discuss  
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23438618-details/Diplomatic+crisis+looms+as+French+bugs+'discovered+in+UK+Defence+Minister's+office'/article.dothisislondon.co.uk17.02.08A leading MP is to challenge the Government over claims that a Defence Minister was bugged by the French when he was responsible for the award of billions of pounds worth of contracts.Tory MP Patrick Mercer says senior security sources have told him that bugs were placed in the offices of Lord Drayson, the then-Defence Procuremen read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 163 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: web browsers face crisis security confidence comments Discuss  
Good enough for Donald Rumsfield. But not for youUser beware. Today's web browsers offer more security protections than ever, but according to security experts, they do little to protect people surfing the net from some the web's oldest and most crippling threats.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 130 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: dns vulnerability crisis brings dnssec forefront again comments Discuss  
Politics and technical conflicts prevent a systemic solution to DNS security. So patch your DNS servers now! Think of the children! - Before we go anywhere else with this, if you haven't yet patched your DNSservers against theDNS spoofing bug revealed earlier this month, you've made a big mistake.Drop everything, cancel your vacation and patch it now. The news and blogosphereare full of advisories, such as this onefrom M... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 55 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn financial crisis leaves bank branches open social engineering targeted attacks comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 03:01:29 -0500 (CDT)http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=165537By Kelly Jackson HigginsSenior EditorDark Reading OCTOBER 8, 2008Heightened concern over the growing financial crisis is making banks more vulnerable to targeted social engineering and spear-phishing attacks, researchers said this week.Penetration testers who work with bank clients say the fragile state of the banking community is making it easier for them to dupe under read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 54 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: phishers virus writers exploit global financial crisis comments Discuss  
Security experts and the federal government are warning that scam artists are leveraging public concern over the global financial crisis to steal sensitive financial data and spread malicious software. In an alert posted Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission urged Internet users to be on guard against e-mails that look as if they come from a financial institution that recently acquired a consumer's bank, savings and loan, or mortgage. "In fact, these messages may be from...Please click on the title to con read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 13 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: experts cybercrime destructive credit crisis comments Discuss  
Cyber-crime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in the coming years if international regulation is not improved, according to some of the world's top crime experts. Damage caused by cyber-crime is estimated at $100 billion annually, says Kilian Strauss, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. - FRANKFURT (Reuters) Cybercrime is likely to wreak asmuch havoc as the credit crisis in the comingyears if international regulation is not improved, some of the world's topcri read more »
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