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As Americans go to the polls to elect their 44th President, the security industry is facing a possible end to spam linked to the candidates. Internet stakeholders hail UK's "blended approach" to online crime reduction Researchers at Fortinet have discovered what they believe to be the first malicious widget to appear on the popular social networking website Facebook. Adobe has updated its Reader and Acrobat products to shore up a major vulnerability that already is being exploited in the wild. As the Mozilla community marched toward a supposed world record of downloads of Firefox 3, researchers from TippingPoint announced a critical vulnerability affecting the day-old browser. Analyst firm IDC has recognised MessageLabs as the leader in the hosted messaging security market, according to the analyst firm's 2007 Worldwide Messaging Security Report. Authorities believe the recent arrest of a Ukrainian man in Turkey on identity theft charges could lead police to the brains behind the TJX data breach. Hackers may be able to manipulate error page. The trail of bogus anti-virus software and the money it brings in leads to a software company in Russia, according to security researchers. IT managers are facing a tough time ahead as the economic crisis leads to the consolidation of several major banks and their respective IT systems. Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds. Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business, says Deloitte's Mark Steinhoff. Fifty-six people have been arrested in connection with an undercover FBI operation that posed as an online forum for trading stolen credit card numbers. Hackers are setting up fake blogs after being tipped off about the latest hot topics from Google Trends. Emails embedded with fake Britney Spears and Paris Hilton Google search links are part of a new spam botnet that leads users to malware hosted by the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN). Legislation has been introduced in the US Senate aimed at reducing intellectual property theft around the world. Researchers at Marshal, an internet security firm, are tracking a new spam campaign in which recipients receive messages inviting them to join MySpace – but a click on the link leads them to a bogus page containing malware disguised as an Adobe update. Gartner analysts from around the world are arriving in Australia in preparation for next month’s Gartner Security Summit in Sydney.
A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware. An screen name once connected to animated TV dad Homer Simpson is being used to spread malware.