May 12, 2011

Principal Sponsor — Cybersecurity at the federal level: Locking down government

Cybersecurity at the federal level is a challenging problem, and many things will contribute to the overall solution set, but with the federal government budgeting $80 to $90 billion this year on IT, and several large-scale initiatives in place, such as the DNSSEC standard, many experts have cause for optimism.

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Adobe ships Flash Player update, ColdFusion hotfix

Adobe on Tuesday issued fixes for "critical" flaws in its Flash Player. Next week, it plans to release an out-of-band update for Reader and Acrobat.
 

Comcast hijacker gets four months in prison

A member of the Kryogeniks gang that took down Comcast's home page for several hours in 2008 was sentenced Monday to four months in prison, according to the U.S. attorney's office. James Robert Black Jr., 21, of Tumwater, Wash. and two other individuals accessed Comcast's account in May 2008 to change the site's DNS records so that users who intended to visit comcast.net were redirected to a site under the hackers' control. Comcast lost $128,578 as a result of the prank, which prevented customers from retrieving their email, voicemail and other services. — AM
 

Microsoft lists 4 of its record 14 patches as high priority

Microsoft's record-breaking month of patches includes fixes for 34 flaws across the software giant's product line.
 

First SMS trojan targeting Android phones detected

The first malicious program targeting smartphones running Google's Android operating system has been detected, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab. The SMS trojan, masquerading as a media player application, already has infected a number of mobile devices, Kaspersky said. Once installed on a user's phone, the trojan delivers text messages to premium rate numbers without the user's consent, resulting in money being transferred from a user's account to the cybercriminals. Right now, the trojan only affects Russian users and is not spreading in the Android Marketplace, but researchers expect to see more malware soon targeting Android phones. — AM
 

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Public-private awareness initiative developed

A survey gauging public awareness over the need for internet safety and security confirms the need for a new national messaging campaign, according to two nonprofits.
 

Zeus used to steal $890,000 from U.K. banking customers

A group of cybercriminals stole some $890,000 from the customers of an unnamed, large U.K. bank, according to researchers at security firm M86. Attackers last month distributed exploits via infected websites and malicious advertisements to compromise victims' browsers and install a new version of the data stealing-trojan Zeus onto their PCs. The botnet operators programmed the malware to wait for the bank balance of infected users to reach at least $1,000, after which they conducted fraudulent transactions that wired funds to the accounts of money mules. Researchers discovered 3,000 compromised accounts, including some belonging to businesses. — AM
 

Foxit Reader patched for "jailbreak" flaw

Foxit last week issued a patch for its free PDF reader to fix a vulnerability related to the recently released Apple jailbreak exploit. Foxit Reader 4.1.1.0805 fixes a flaw associated with the improper rendering of PDF documents that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, according to an advisory issued by the US-CERT. The flaw also affects the PDF reader built into Apple's mobile operating system iOS, which is being used to jailbreak the latest version of the iPhone. Apple also has said it is working on a fix. — AM
 

Cybersecurity mythbusting: Book smart vs. street smart, Part 2

What are highly intelligent, highly educated people doing that makes them nine times more vulnerable than a high school dropout to cybercrime?
 

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Principal Sponsor — Cybersecurity at the federal level: Locking down government

Cybersecurity at the federal level is a challenging problem, and many things will contribute to the overall solution set, but with the federal government budgeting $80 to $90 billion this year on IT, and several large-scale initiatives in place, such as the DNSSEC standard, many experts have cause for optimism.

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We've just wrapped our very successful third annual SC World Congress in New York. Now, we turn our attention to the inaugural SC Congress Canada, taking place Tuesday and Wednesday in Toronto. Register for SC Congress Canada and get essential solutions that every IT professional needs to counter current and future threats. Find products and services to help protect your organization from hackers, disgruntled employees and other security risks.

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SC Webcast: Securing, controlling and auditing critical databases

June 21, 2011
SC eConference: Auditing and compliance

July 28, 2011
SC eConference: Securing the cloud

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

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