According to an email and Internet content security provider, stock “pump ‘n dump” spam has dropped significantly. Stock spam now represents 5% of all spam compared to 50% in February. “At the beginning of the year, “pump ‘n dump” spam was very popular, peaking at 50 per cent of all spam in February,” said Bradley Anstis, Director of Product Management, Marshal.
Pump ‘n dump spam is a form of financial fraud that involves artifi… read more »
June 25th, 2007 in
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The New York Times is reporting on preparations in the works by the US government to prep for a ‘cyberwar’. Precautionary measures are being taken to guard against concerted attacks by politically-minded (or well-paid) hackers looking to cause havoc. Though they outline scenarios where mass damage is the desired outcome (such as remotely opening a dam’s gates to flood cities), most expect such conflicts to be more subtle.
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The recent MPACK-aided trojan attack is a sign that future mass-attacks may become increasingly localised, according to security researchers. The MPACK delivery device for malware was used to propagate trojan attacks this month, mostly affecting users in Italy. Dave Cole, director of Symantec Security Response, told SCMagazine.com today that MPACK-related attacks are unique both for their use of existing websites and regional nature.
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Apple has released two security fixes — one to patch an IPv6 vulnerability in its Mac OS X and the other to correct a more serious flaw in its Apple TV service. Both holes could permit remote attacks, although the Apple TV buffer overflow vulnerability could be exploited to execute arbitrary code or launch a DoS condition.
The French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) rated the vulnerability in Apple TV, a network device that permits user… read more »
A man suspected of creating and spreading a mobile phone virus has been arrested by police in Spain, according to reports. The 28-year-old was arrested in Valencia following a seven month investigation by the Spanish authorities. The man is accused of writing and distributing over 20 different versions of the Cabir and Commwarrior worms, which attempt to infect mobile phones running the Symbian operating system.
As many as 115,000 mobile phones m… read more »
Security researchers have found PHP exploit code embedded in a GIF on a major image-hosting site. The exploit code slipped through the site’s defences with the aid of a legitimate image at the beginning of the file, according to a blog post on the Sans Institute’s Internet Storm Center. “It is a clever way to pass exploit code to others without it setting off alarms or attracting attention, all [the] while bypassing network secu… read more »
A website advertising sexually explicit videos starring Paris Hilton — as well as personal mementos lost by the imprisoned heiress — exposed the credit card numbers and personal information of 750 subscribers earlier this month, according to an online report. According to the report on The Smoking Gun, the website was tipped off by a reader that a subscriber list on parisexposed.com could be easily accessed by changing a few numbers in the si… read more »
More than 1500 Pentagon computers have been taken offline after a hacking attack. A spokesperson for the US defense department said the system is likely to recover soon and be back online following the attack on Wednesday. “We obviously have redundant systems in place,” said Defense Secretary, Robert Gates. “There will be some administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences.”
Gates said the Pentagon computers were shut down once a … read more »
A cyber terrorism attack on the UK infrastructure will happen in the next five years, according to the Digital Security Services Manager at BP. The British energy giant will develop technology to protect the organisation and the national infrastructure against a cyber terrorism attack over the next few years, said Rob Martin at the opening of Symantec’s Security Operations Centre (SOC) yesterday.
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ranksters have hijacked a Czech breakfast television program, inserting footage of a nuclear explosion into an otherwise innocuous weather broadcast. A collective of artists called Ztohoven has claimed credit for hacking a live camera feed that was broadcasting images from scenic East Bohemia. Instead of bucolic images, Sunday viewers of Czech Television’s Panorama program were treated to footage of a mushroom cloud ballooning over the coun… read more »
June 20th, 2007 in
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