The SC Magazine Newswire - March 16, 2010

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Cyberespionage: Myth versus reality

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LifeLock settles with FTC over ID theft product claims

LifeLock will pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the Tempe, Ariz.-based company made false claims that its product could prevent identity theft.

TSA insider indicted on tampering charges

A former U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee was indicted Wednesday for planting malicious code on a government server, which contained data about suspected terrorists that was used to screen airport workers, federal authorities said. Douglas James Duchak, 46, of Colorado Springs, Colo. was a data analyst at the TSA from 2004 to 2009. He carried out the scheme, which caused at least $5,000 in damages, after learning his employment would be terminated. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $500,000. — AM

TJX money launderer sentenced to four years

While hacker Albert Gonzalez awaits his sentencing date, scheduled for later this month, one of his co-conspirators in the TJX, BJ's Wholesale Club and Sports Authority hacks was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston to 46 months in prison and fined $75,000. Prosecutors said Humza Zaman, formerly a programmer at Barclays bank, laundered $600,000 to $800,000 in identity theft proceeds for Gonzalez. Zaman received a 10 percent cut for his work. — AM

Apple issues Safari 4.0.5 to fix 16 vulnerabilities

Apple has pushed out the latest version of Safari -- its first update to the web browser since November -- to close 16 holes.

SC eBook- Mobile security: On the go

In this latest eBook from SC Magazine, Managing Editor Greg Masters takes a broad look at the mobile market and speaks with a number of experts in the field and a number of vendors servicing the explosive market to examine the challenges and trends taking place in this fast-moving sector.

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Koobface control hubs skyrocket this week

The number of command-and-control (C&C) servers sending commands to Koobface-infected computers doubled in a recent 48-hour period, according to Kaspersky Lab. On Monday, the number of C&C servers was at 71, down from 107 on Feb. 25, but quickly rose to 142 by Wednesday. Stefan Tanase, Kaspersky's senior anti-virus researcher, said the gang behind Koobface is "prepared with dozens of new servers" when too many are shut down. The Koobface worm typically spreads through social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, and there have been hundreds of variants since it first appeared in 2008. — DK

Troyak shutdown signals short-lived win against Zeus

The takedown of a rogue internet service provider known as "AS Troyak," which was linked to the prolific Zeus botnet, caused a massive but brief drop in the number of active Zeus command-and-control servers this week before attackers reconnected their criminal operations.

Pennsylvania CISO out of a job following RSA Conference appearance

Bob Maley, the former CISO of Pennsylvania, may have been fired because of remarks he made about a recent breach affecting the state.

Twitter to vet links with goal of curbing phishing attacks

Twitter on Tuesday launched a new service designed to curb phishing links delivered in the microblogging site's direct messages and email notifications.

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SC Events Calendar

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SC Webcast: Securing, controlling and auditing critical databases

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SC eConference: Auditing and compliance

July 28, 2011
SC eConference: Securing the cloud

Aug. 25, 2011
SC eSymposium: Social networking - Threats and solutions

Call for Papers — SC World Congress New York & SC Congress Canada

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