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Encryption protecting most mobile phones cracked

Angela Moscoritolo January 04, 2010

Computer security researchers say they have cracked the encryption algorithm used to protect most cell phone communications, potentially allowing attackers to listen in on the calls of billions of individuals.

Mac Trojan targets game sites to infect users

Dan Kaplan June 22, 2009

Virus researchers have spotted a new variant of a Mac trojan that attempts to change a victim computer's DNS settings.

URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links

Chuck Miller June 17, 2009

The Cligs URL shortening site was hacked during the weekend to cause 2.2 million links to redirect to the same site.

New Symbian mobile malware in the wild

Angela Moscaritolo February 23, 2009

A new worm targeting mobile devices running Nokia's Symbian OS is spreading in China in a unique way: through malicious links contained in text messages.

Apple advises Mac users to install anti-virus software

Dan Kaplan December 03, 2008

Apple, whose market share is growing among computer users, is now recommending that consumers consider applying anti-virus protection to their machines.

As businesses weigh adoption, new iPhone plugs 13 flaws

Dan Kaplan July 14, 2008

The second version of the iPhone, released Friday, includes faster internet, GPS functionality and an application store — as well as 13 security fixes.

Sun and Apple offer security updates

Dan Kaplan July 11, 2008

Sun Microsystems has issued fixes for a number of vulnerabilities in its Java offerings, while six flaws in Apple TV were patched.

Steganography developers turn their attention to hiding information in VoIP

Richard Thurston July 04, 2008

The abundance of voice over IP equipment has led researchers to develop a range of techniques which, instead of hiding information in standard data traffic, will allow individuals to instead hide information in VoIP streams

Indian Government withdraws threat over BlackBerry services

Richard Thurston July 04, 2008

The threat which could have led to the country's BlackBerry services being suspended appears to have lifted after the Government backed down on its own demands for access to users' data

PCI standard widened to include unattended point-of-sale terminals

Richard Thurston July 02, 2008

Terminals such as those found in vending machines and on fuel pumps are to be included in additional guidelines to be written by the PCI Security Standards Council, producing extra demands on retailers

Google scores key win with security and applications deal

Richard Thurston July 01, 2008

Taylor Woodrow, one of the UK's largest construction companies, is to give all its staff access to Google Apps, backed by the internet giant's security products

Poynter review: HMRC has radically reduced security risks

Richard Thurston June 26, 2008

PwC chairman Kieran Poynter, the man tasked to investigate what happened in the catastrophic HMRC data breach, has revealed that significant progress has been made since the disastrous information leakage last October

Geordies unify physical and IT security

Richard Thurston June 25, 2008

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is tieing together its building and computing access systems to vastly simplify its operations

Dutch academics hack Oyster card

Richard Thurston June 24, 2008

Security lecturers from a leading Netherlands university travelled to London last week to crack the Oyster smart card, clone it and get a free day's travel, while they pursue an open source alternative

ESET launches anti-malware for Windows Mobile

Richard Thurston June 20, 2008

The security company has released a free beta version of a software product which aims to prevent malware from infecting Windows Mobile devices

Trend Micro takes security into the cloud

Richard Thurston June 19, 2008

The software vendor has unveiled its new approach to internet security, which means transferring the workload off individual PCs and into the internet

RIM: BlackBerry service won't be shut down despite ultimatum

Richard Thurston June 18, 2008

The manufacturer of the BlackBerry devices is standing firm against Indian Government demands for access to users' data and it is convinced threats to shut down the service in the country won't come to fruition

Securing businesses is "extremely challenging", claim UK bosses

Richard Thurston June 10, 2008

British businesses are finding that protecting their organisations from hackers, social networking threats and browser vulnerabilities is an increasing struggle, according to research

Second tier vendors to challenge McAfee, Symantec on endpoint security

Richard Thurston June 05, 2008

AVG, BitDefender, Kaspersky and Sophos are making inroads into the market share of the endpoint industry leaders, largely on the grounds of using less processing power, a leading analyst argued today

Trend Micro releases major upgrade to SME software

Richard Thurston June 03, 2008

The security vendor has released version 5.0 of its WorryFree range, while adding a new product to try to secure online retailers in the fight against credit card thieves

Indian Government issues ultimatum to RIM over BlackBerry monitoring

Richard Thurston June 02, 2008

India's Department of Telecom has threatened a total shutdown of the country's BlackBerry services if the device's manufacturer RIM does not give it access to users' emails, according to local reports

Motorola RAZR found vulnerable to JPEG attack

Richard Thurston May 29, 2008

Hackers could run malicious code on the RAZR device by sending a corrupt image by MMS, according to an advisory from TippingPoint

Alcatel-Lucent to secure mobile workers with always-on datacard

Richard Thurston May 22, 2008

The company is to bring to market next month a GPS and 3G enabled datacard which should give IT administrators 24/7 visibility of users' mobile devices

Symantec acquires Altiris

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 29, 2007

Symantec will acquire enterprise management software provider Altiris, the two companies announced today.

Apple fixes AirPort flaw

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 26, 2007

Apple has patched a flaw in AirPort Extreme that was first revealed last November.

Social Security numbers of 1.3 million Chicago voters distributed to candidates

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 25, 2007

The Social Security numbers (SSNs) of 1.3 million Chicago voters were compromised when they were distributed to city aldermen and ward committeemen this month.

IRS, Kansas City officials search for lost computer tapes

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 24, 2007

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Kansas City officials are searching for lost agency computer tapes that may have been missing for as long as two months.

Sophos picks up Endforce, adds NAC to endpoint products

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 11, 2007

Anti-virus vendor Sophos strengthened its hand in the endpoint-security market today through its acquisition of Endforce.

Five predictions for instant messaging security in 2007

Ericka Chickowski January 09, 2007

Organizations will face a number of factors in 2007 that will force them to address their instant messaging (IM) security and compliance practices, predicted messaging security firm Akonix last week.

Singapore man could face 180 years in prison for illegal web access, also charged with fake bomb threat

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 09, 2007

A Singaporean hacker has been charged with posting a fake July 2005 bomb threat on a technology website and 60 counts of illegally accessing a wireless network.

Exploit released for Windows Mobile flaw

Ericka Chickowski January 02, 2007

A leading mobile security researcher last week unveiled a new proof-of-concept exploit targeting an unpatched Windows Mobile vulnerability that has been publicly disclosed for over six months.

Report: Identities of baseball stars stolen by dumpster diver

Dan Kaplan December 21, 2006

The identities of as many as 90 Major League Baseball players were discovered at the home of a "dumpster diver" in Illinois, according to published reports today.

Avert Labs snags PoC mobile spyware

Frank Washkuch Jr. December 11, 2006

Researchers from McAfee Avert Labs claim to have discovered proof of concept (PoC) spyware for mobile devices.

Study: Almost half of firms late in patching laptops

Dan Kaplan November 21, 2006

Organizations, already knee-deep protecting the data in laptops are patching critical vulnerabilities in the mobile devices too slowly, a new study has suggested.

Infonetics Research: SMEs buying into NAC

Ericka Chickowski November 16, 2006

A new report released today by Infonetics Research found that half of large organizations in North America have already deployed some sort of Network Access Control (NAC) solution, and the market could be poised to bring an additional 10 percent of these enterprises on board next year.

Human error, zero-day targeted attacks make up latest SANS Top 20

Dan Kaplan November 15, 2006

Few would dispute the powerful link between social engineering and the success of a cyberattack in today's financially-driven threat landscape. So now, for the first time, the SANS Institute has named human error to its twice-annual Top 20 Internet Security Attack Targets list, a line-up that, until now, was reserved solely for technology.

Broadcom wireless drivers vulnerable to attack, says Metasploit creator

Dan Kaplan November 13, 2006

Just when you thought that spilling a hot cup of latte was all you had to worry about while surfing the web at your local Starbucks - or any public place for that matter - think again: Nearby attackers can now exploit the wireless drivers used in many popular laptops to assume control of your machine, and there is little you can do to stop them.

Singapore teen charged with stealing wireless internet access

Frank Washkuch Jr. November 13, 2006

A teenager in Singapore has been charged with the rare crime of accessing the web via someone else's wireless connection.

PC with personal information of 1.4 million Colorado residents stolen

Ericka Chickowski November 06, 2006

A Denver company today offered $10,000 for information leading to the recovery of a stolen PC containing a government database with the personal information of 1.4 million Colorado citizens.

Another VA breach affects 1,600 veterans from New York system

Dan Kaplan November 02, 2006

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is again warning veterans their identity may be at risk following the theft of an unencrypted laptop from the agency's New York Harbor Healthcare System.

Enterprises beware: IM attacks break record, again

Dan Kaplan October 31, 2006

The prevalence of instant messenger (IM) attacks has reached record numbers for the second consecutive month, an IM security firm announced this week.

Researchers cite risks in swipe-free credit cards

Dan Kaplan October 26, 2006

Swipe-free credit cards are gaining in popularity, but there are significant information security risks associated with the cards' radio frequency identifier (RFID) technology, a group of Massachusetts researchers have determined in findings released this week.

Trojan using SMS messages to relay information, says McAfee

Frank Washkuch Jr. October 16, 2006

A backdoor trojan is using short message service (SMS) text messages to relay stolen information back to malicious users, according to one anti-virus vendor's research wing.

House committee: Data loss occurs at every agency

Ericka Chickowski October 13, 2006

While the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data breach has garnered the most media attention, a government report revealed today that data loss occurs in all large agencies and many officials aren't even sure what is lost when it happens.

Cisco: Remote workers still engage in risky behavior

Ericka Chickowski October 10, 2006

Results from a global study released by Cisco revealed this week that even though most remote workers are aware of security issues they still put their employers in harms way with risky behavior.

Secunia warns of 'highly critical' Skype flaw

Dan Kaplan October 04, 2006

Updating to the latest version of Skype for Mac OS X solves a "highly critical" vulnerability that could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code, vulnerability monitoring firm Secunia said Monday in an advisory.

Poll says few firms encrypt data on mobile devices

Ericka Chickowski September 28, 2006

Results for a new survey released today found that even though the majority of IT organizations store large amounts of sensitive customer information on their mobile devices, less than a quarter of them have implemented anything beyond basic encryption on these devices.

Laptop with personal info of 55,000 GE workers stolen

Frank Washkuch Jr. September 27, 2006

A laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 50,000 General Electric (GE) employees was stolen from a locked hotel room earlier this month.

From Interop: Survey shows 40 percent of organizations experienced a breach last year

Ericka Chickowski September 20, 2006

A survey conducted today at Interop New York 2006 found that 40 percent of those polled worked for organizations that experienced at least one security breach within the past 12 months.