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A U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored project has not only discovered that the quality of open-source software code has improved significantly over the past two years, it has debunked a widely held assumption that longer function strings within source code are associated with an increased number of code defects. The recent natural disasters in China and Myanmar have led to scams to steal money intended for donations. Thirty-eight people, including a host of U.S. residents and foreign nationals, have been charged in connection to two international phishing operations that preyed on unsuspecting bank customers, investigators announced Monday. Patching is dead and costly, according to John Stewart, chief security officer at Cisco Systems, who presented a keynote address at the AusCERT conference on the Gold Coast, today. Symantec has launched an online fraud consulting service aimed at stemming web-based crime.
A new industry alliance promises to pave the way for more secure software. Is SAFECode what we've been waiting for? Delegates at this year’s AusCERT’s Information Security Conference in the Gold Coast will have access to individual keypads in a move to improve audience interaction. Kaspersky’s senior virus analyst has warned of ‘unpleasant news’ from the world of mobile malware in its latest quarterly security trend report. Personal data at another college has been exposed, allowing potential hackers to gain access to student information. The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order that settles charges an online clothing retailer failed to properly secure its customers' personal information. Internet-related criminal activities resulted in nearly US$240 million in reported losses in the US, according to the 2007 Internet Crime Report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the FBI. Credit card thieves are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in small retailers' point-of-sale check-out systems, according to a new report. The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum, which looked at the advantages and security risks of Web 2.0 technology use in the enterprise, debuted today in New York. Researchers today demonstrated new hacking tools that allow easy and fast cloning of RFID chips, including those used in new UK biometric passports The battle between Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton extended to cyberspace when a prankster over the weekend exploited a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the website of the Illinois senator to redirect traffic to Clinton's homepage. Members of the so-called Rock Phish gang of Russian cybercriminals have launched a new style of attack in which they seek sensitive data not only through phishing but also by installing malware. The cybercriminal's stable diet of trojans and botnets is taking a back seat in the multi-million dollar cybercrime industry as blackmail, extortion, terrorism and even murder become prominent in the organised crime syndicates of the digital age. The University of Miami disclosed on Friday that one of its storage vendors lost a number of back-up tapes containing the personal information of more than two million patients. Remote employees visit sex websites two and a half times as often as their office-based colleagues and are more likely to push their surfing habits into the realm of the illegal, according to a latest study. Up to a fifth of UK PC users are willing to turn over their passwords in exchange for a chocolate bar, according to a recent survey..