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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Most Internet Users Vulnerable To Cyber Crime
Security vendor Webroot Software Inc. conducted a new survey to find out how many Internet users prepared their computers for the upcoming online holiday shopping season and how many of them are really vulnerable to the attacks.
The findings are at least surprising: 70 percent of the respondents had no concern when it comes to financial transactions and obviously didn’t install any protection utilities. Moreover, 1 in 7 persons admitted he was victim of online fraud or identity theft, no matter how the attack was conducted. In addition, no less than 40 percent of the respondents are not protected by an anti-spyware solution.
Softpedia, November 20, 2007 23:08 GMT+01
Hackers jack Monster.com, infect job hunters - Attack shows links to Russian Business Network; site takes pages offline
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Hackers jack Monster.com, infect job hunters - Attack shows links to Russian Business Network; site takes pages offline
Monster.com took a portion of its Web site offline Monday as researchers reported that it had been compromised by an IFrame attack and was being used to infect visitors with a multi-exploit attack kit. According to Internet records, the Russian Business Network (RBN) hacker network may be involved.
Parts of the Monster Company Boulevard, which lets job hunters search for positions by company, were unavailable Monday; by evening, the entire section was dark. Most major American companies are represented on the site — Google Inc.’s cache of the page that shows only those firms that begin with the letter B, for example, included Banana Republic, Bank of America, Black & Decker, Boeing, Broadcom and Budget Car Rental.
ComputerWorld, November 20, 2007 23:07 GMT+01
Hacked Websites Attempts to Steal eBay User Credentials
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Hacked Websites’ Attempts to Steal eBay User Credentials
This is something new and as far as I can see, it is pretty dangerous for all of us. It seems like two websites were infected with some sort of infections which can cause pretty serious damage, if combined. The malicious code’s first goal is stealing users’ eBay login credentials but there’s no statistic concerning some potential affected visitors.
PC World reported that the matter was first reported by the folks at Aladdin Knowledge Systems who discovered the two infected pages and contacted their owners. The two website administrators could not be reached so the threat may be still there. Although I have the URLs of the two pages, I’m not going to mention them, just to keep you on the safe side and avoid potential problems.
Softpedia, November 20, 2007 23:06 GMT+01
Cisco hacking suspect convicted in Sweden
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Cisco hacking suspect convicted in Sweden
A Swedish teenager who is suspected of hacking into the computer network of Cisco Systems Inc. in the U.S. was convicted Monday of intruding on the networks of three Swedish universities.
Overturning an acquittal by a lower court, the Svea Court of Appeal gave the 19-year-old man a conditional sentence and ordered him to pay 160,000 kronor (US$25,000; euro17,000) in damages to the universities.
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 20, 2007 22:58 GMT+01
Backdoor suspected in encryption standard
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Backdoor suspected in encryption standard
In his column for Wired magazine, cryptography guru Bruce Schneier has pointed out a potential backdoor in a new U.S. standard for random number generators. One of the four random number generators published by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in its "Special Publication 800-90" (PDF file) – Dual_EC_DRBG – differs noticeably from the rest.
At the Crypto 2007 conference, Nils Ferguson and Dan Shumow described a generator vulnerability (PDF file) which, according to Schneier, should be classified as a potential "backdoor": The algorithm used in Dual_EC_DRBG is based on elliptic curves described by a series of constants. Although these constants are listed in the appendix to the NIST document, there is no description of their origin.
Heise Security, November 20, 2007 22:42 GMT+01
Half delete email without reading
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Half delete email without reading
Office workers in the UK are deleting over half of email they receive in their inboxes, according to a new survey.
The poll of 100 UK business mangers, sponsored by Waterford Technologies, showed that 55 per cent of those surveyed deleted between 10 and 50 emails a day without bothering to read them.
Newsletters made up the largest group of unread messages, with 40 per cent saying they deleted them without a look. The next most deleted email was spam, followed by irrelevant emails they were copied in on from co-workers, the survey found.
itpro, November 20, 2007 22:39 GMT+01
‘Discs with 15m bank details lost’
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007‘Discs with 15m bank details lost’
Confidential details of 15 million child benefit recipients are on computer discs lost by HM Revenue and Customs, the BBC understands. The chairman of the organisation, Paul Gray, has resigned.
Revenue and Customs says it does not believe the records - names, addresses, date of birth and bank accounts - have fallen into the wrong hands.
BBC, November 20, 2007 22:30 GMT+01
Domain Name System still at risk
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Domain Name System still at risk
The Domain Name System (DNS) is still growing strongly, indicating the internet’s expansion in terms of infrastructure, users, traffic and applications..
But the annual survey of domain name servers on the public internet by Infoblox suggests that the global DNS is as vulnerable as ever.
DNS servers map domain names to their specific IP address, directing internet inquiries to the appropriate location.
ITNews, November 20, 2007 22:30 GMT+01
‘Tax Boss Quits After Records Vanish’
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007‘Tax Boss Quits After Records Vanish’
Sky sources say details relating to seven and a half million child benefit claimants have gone missing from tax offices. The chairman of HM Revenue and Customs Paul Gray has resigned.
Sky sources say that the claimants’ details were contained on two CDs which were lost in the internal post.
The Metropolitan Police is understood to have been involved in investigating missing discs containing personal data, including the names, National Insurance and bank details of millions of child benefit recipients.
sky.com, November 20, 2007 22:27 GMT+01
A lot to be thankful for in identity management
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007A lot to be thankful for in identity management
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my U.S. readers, and there is a lot to be thankful for this year both for you, the consumers of identity applications and services as well as for the vendors of that software.
The biggest vendors kept getting bigger this year – both through acquisition as well as by creating new services. At the same time, though, new vendors either were starting up or moving into the identity space for the first time. Just in the past couple of weeks, the number of identity-related announcements came along at a rapid pace.
Network World, November 20, 2007 22:22 GMT+01
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