http://www.scmagazineuk.com/consumer-threats/topic/742/ Articles tagged with Consumer Threats from SC Magazine UK SC Magazine UK paul.fisher@haymarket.com no A new threat dubbed "Nine-Ball" has compromised up to 40,000 legitimate websites, which are, in turn, infecting users with an information-stealing Trojan, according to security vendor Websense. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/nine-ball-mass-injection-attack-compromised-40000-sites/article/138692/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:18:37 GMT A new threat dubbed "Nine-Ball" has compromised up to 40,000 legitimate websites, which are, in turn, infecting users with an information-stealing Trojan, according to security vendor Websense. SC Magazine UK The top two threat families on Microsoft's detection and removal list this month are online game password stealers (PWS). http://www.scmagazineuk.com/microsoft-says-password-stealers-pose-biggest-threat/article/127750/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:25:06 GMT The top two threat families on Microsoft's detection and removal list this month are online game password stealers (PWS). SC Magazine UK Social networking groups should do more to prevent underage users from accessing them, warns an IT security company. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/underage-children-are-regular-visitors-to-networking-sites/article/113517/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:41:12 GMT Social networking groups should do more to prevent underage users from accessing them, warns an IT security company. SC Magazine UK Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/sloppy-identity-verification-must-make-firms-liable-for-fraud/article/113493/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:35:11 GMT Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts. SC Magazine UK More than 75 percent of bank websites have at least one design flaw that could lead to the theft of customer information, according to a recent University of Michigan study. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/study-security-flaws-threaten-online-banking/article/113014/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:33:48 GMT More than 75 percent of bank websites have at least one design flaw that could lead to the theft of customer information, according to a recent University of Michigan study. SC Magazine UK A new trojan in the wild is infecting multimedia files on a victim's hard disk. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/new-trojan-in-the-wild-targeting-multimedia-files/article/112419/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:53:44 GMT A new trojan in the wild is infecting multimedia files on a victim's hard disk. SC Magazine UK A massive domain name server (DNS) design vulnerability that could permit cache poisoning - effectively allowing an attacker to direct users to the website of his choosing - is set to be fixed by an unprecedented synchronized series of multivendor patches. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/multiple-vendors-cooperate-to-issue-dns-design-flaw-fix/article/112180/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:43:01 GMT A massive domain name server (DNS) design vulnerability that could permit cache poisoning - effectively allowing an attacker to direct users to the website of his choosing - is set to be fixed by an unprecedented synchronized series of multivendor patches. SC Magazine UK Microsoft said on Monday that attackers are exploiting a zero-day ActiveX vulnerability in the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/microsoft-investigates-activex-public-exploits/article/112138/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:45:00 GMT Microsoft said on Monday that attackers are exploiting a zero-day ActiveX vulnerability in the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. SC Magazine UK Mozilla is trying to refute the notion that the buggier the software, the less secure it is. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/mozilla-set-to-develop-risk-model-for-software-development/article/112137/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:34:59 GMT Mozilla is trying to refute the notion that the buggier the software, the less secure it is. SC Magazine UK 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 http://www.scmagazineuk.com/steganography-developers-turn-their-attention-to-hiding-information-in-voip/article/112102/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT 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 SC Magazine UK