Application securitySpam poses as CNN story about Israel-Hamas conflictAngela MoscaritoloJanuary 9, 2009News stories claiming to emanate from CNN again are being used to infect users with malware.
Risk Assessments/ManagementCongressman seeks discussion on House cybersecurityDan KaplanJanuary 7, 2009One of the congressmen who admitted last year that his office computers were hacked wants to raise cybersecurity awareness on Capitol Hill.
Incident ResponseFake Beyonce, Victoria Beckham LinkedIn pages carry malwareAngela MoscaritoloJanuary 7, 2009The tactics used to spread the malware are similar, but the platform is new, said one threat researcher.
Incident ResponseVeriSign switches to new hash function to secure SSL certsAngela MoscaritoloJanuary 5, 2009The news comes after a serious weakness was revealed last week in the MD5 cryptographic hash function.
BreachPhishing scam hits TwitterAngela MoscaritoloJanuary 5, 2009Twitter users had their account credentials stolen in a massive, still ongoing phishing campaign.
Incident ResponseMD5 insecurity affects all internet usersAngela MoscaritoloDecember 30, 2008Certification Authorities that have not moved to a more secure cryptographic hash function than MD5 have come under fire in the security world.
Incident ResponseHackers find hole to create rogue digital certificatesAngela MoscaritoloDecember 30, 2008Research presented at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin demonstrated how an attacker could impersonate any website, including those secured by the HTTPS protocol.
Application securityNew worm claiming to be Christmas e-card makes roundsDan KaplanDecember 25, 2008A new email worm has replaced Storm in an attempt to trick end-users into opening malware-laden holiday e-cards.