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A US federal grand jury has failed to return an indictment against the student accused of hacking into Sarah Palin's webmail account. Whether you've been hacked or suspect an employee of wrongdoing, knowing how to preserve evidence is crucial. Derek Parkinson reports. The black-market price for stolen credit and debit card details has dropped to as little as US$1.50, according to a newspaper investigation. TJX Companies, the parent firm of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, was hit with a flurry of lawsuits this week resulting from hackers breaching company servers. A web-hosting firm that apparently sent out more than 75 percent of worldwide spam has been knocked offline. A pharmacy benefits management firm is offering a US$1 million reward for information leading to the conviction of its extortionists. The Public Key Infrastructure solves many security problems, but also introduces risks that require careful management. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a formal warning to The Ad Company Pty Ltd for alleged breaches of the Spam Act 2003.
The Australian Taxation Office lost an unencrypted CD containing thousands of personal details – and waited three weeks to inform those affected of the loss. The FBI has released more details of how it shut down the Dark Matter online crime forum.
The stakes were high when scores of researchers and investigators met Thursday for the twice-annual International Botnet Task Force meeting. Security professionals weigh in on what may have caused the most recent high-profile personal account breach -- this one involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Russian government has been cleared of any direct involvement in cyber attacks on Georgia. Businesses not only need to be focused on their intranets but they also need to be vigilant to their outsourced data flow. A laptop containing "strategic" GOP data was stolen from the Kansas City field office for Sen. John McCain -- but the machine lacked encryption. Damon Patrick Toey has become the first person to be brought to justice in the hacking of TJX, which is one of the biggest cases of its kind. A 27-year-old British man has been jailed indefinitely for acting as an online librarian for a child pornography win.
WetStone's LiveDiscover is an interesting proposition. It is designed as a first step in locating target systems in large networks. A study has shown that Skype users in China are being spied upon, despite denials from the company that this is the case. The UK government is investigating how a digital camera containing terrorist images apparently taken by MI6 was sold on eBay.