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Security professionals weigh in on what may have caused the most recent high-profile personal account breach -- this one involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 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. Businesses are reporting a massive increase in serious hacking incidents, with network intrusions reported to have rocketed from one per cent in 2006 to 13 per cent in 2007. 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. A vulnerability in Citrix Presentation Server Client that can be exploited by attackers to compromise a PC was reported this week. Two security teams are at odds over which Windows component is responsible for a new lower-risk vulnerability that could lead to personal information being disclosed. New data indicates that 98 out of 100 computer users are running at least one unpatched program. For possibly the first time ever, Apple is recommending Mac OS X users deploy anti-virus solutions -- but it remains unclear exactly why. Finjan has warned internet users to be on their guard following an apparent compromised webpage on one of the sub-domains on the CBS.com portal.
EU vice president calls for co-operation and information exchange between
member states. Hyarchis has described the formal warning issued to it by ACMA over alleged SMS spam as a ‘slap in the face’ that sets a dangerous precedent for the entire web marketing industry.
The US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) is warning users and administrators to be on the lookout following the discovery of a malware outbreak being spread via USB keys.
The U.S. Department of Defense has banned USB drives and other removable media after a worm hit military networks. Security vendors highlight growing threat of internet-based malware. Security vendors have warned of an increase in cybercrime during the holiday season. The anonymity and universal access of cyberspace makes cybercrime attractive and easy. A recent update from antivirus firm AVG has caused havoc with some users by deleting a critical file in non-English versions of Windows XP after incorrectly detecting it as a virus. Adobe on Tuesday shipped a fix for its Reader and Acrobat products to eliminate critical flaws. Nine days after version 9.61 was released, the newest browser version patches a major security flaw in the "history search" page. The percentage of new web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs has increased by almost 50 per cent this month, according to the latest figures from security firm MessageLabs released today.