Info Security News

University worker accused of extorting student file sharers

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:53:52 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10449583-261.html

By Greg Sandoval
Media Maverick
CNET News
February 8, 2010

If you thought the Recording Industry Association of America was hard on
illegal file sharing, consider Dorin Dehelean.

Dehelean, an Internet security analyst, was in charge of tracking
illegal file sharing at the University of Georgia until he tried to
shake down the student downloaders he caught.

Last week, police arrested the...

Open Security Foundation - State of the Union 2010

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:52:13 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://blog.osvdb.org/2010/02/06/open-security-foundation-state-of-the-union-2010

By jkouns

The Open Security Foundation (OSF) has grown from a humble beginning in
2004 to an internationally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit public
organization. Through the work of a small team of dedicated information
security enthusiasts, the Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) and
DataLossDB projects have provided organizations of all sizes with the...

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., slams bank for $378,000 online theft

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:50:31 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9153598/Poughkeepsie_N.Y._slams_bank_for_378_000_online_theft?taxonomyId=17

By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
February 8, 2010

The theft of $378,000 from the town of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is prompting
questions about the responsibility of banks to protect customer accounts
from online criminals.

In a statement last week, a Poughkeepsie town official revealed that
thieves had broken into the town's TD...

ShmooCon | Your iPhone's Dirty Little Security Secret

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:48:39 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://www.csoonline.com/article/533163/ShmooCon_Your_iPhone_s_Dirty_Little_Security_Secret

By Bill Brenner
Senior Editor
CSO
February 06, 2010

WASHINGTON D.C. -- We've heard much about how our PCs and laptops can be
compromised through malware and insecure wireless access points and
often comfort ourselves with the knowledge that our smart phones are
safe from such things.

But the smarter these phones become, the more susceptible they...

Sweden Probing Cisco, NASA Hacks

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:56 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/sweden-probing-cisco-nasa-hacks/

By David Kravets
Threat Level
Wired.com
February 8, 2010

Swedish investigators are probing a hacker U.S. authorities accuse of
unlawfully intruding into Cisco Systems, NASA.s Ames Research Center and
NASA's Advanced Supercomputing Division, the authorities said Monday.

Philip Gabriel Pettersson, known in the hacking world as "Stakkato,"
allegedly seized...

Oracle issues emergency security patch for WebLogic

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:45:11 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/08/oracle_weblogic_update/

By Dan Goodin
The Register
8th February 2010

Oracle issued an emergency patch for its WebLogic Server almost two
weeks after a white-hat hacker disclosed a vulnerability that allows
criminals to remotely execute commands on the webserver with no
authentication necessary.

The vulnerability in the Node Manager component of Oracle WebLogic
Server can be exploited by carrying out...

Indian pleads guilty in international online brokerage hacking scheme

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:18 GMT

Posted by InfoSec News on Feb 08

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/Indian-pleads-guilty-international-online-brokerage-hacking-scheme/articleshow/5544566.cms

The Times of India
7 February 2010

CHICAGO: An Indian man has pleaded guilty to participating in an international
fraud scheme to hack online brokerage accounts in the US and use them to
manipulate stock prices to reap thousands of dollars in illegal profits
and faces up to 7 years in prison...

BlackBerry has spyware risk too, researcher says

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:46:23 GMT