Archives 2009
December 2009
- RockYou hack compromises 32 million passwords
- Ten 2010 IT Security Predictions
- Report: Russian gang linked to big Citibank hack
- Restaurants sue vendors after point-of-sale hack
- FBI: Rogue antivirus scammers have made $150M
- Hot security predictions for 2010
- The 2009 data breach hall of shame
- Botnet continues massive H1N1 malware campaign
- McAfee uncovers riskiest domains
- Top five security trends of the next decade
November 2009
- Web application security is growing problem for enterprises
- Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks?
- Web application security efforts fall short, report shows
- Flash flaw puts most sites, users at risk, say researchers
- Botnets: 4 Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them
- 3 Basic Steps to Avoid Joining a Botnet
- Web application security is growing problem for enterprises
- Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks?
- Shadowserver to take over as Mega-D botnet herder
- Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam
- Security Vulnerabilities of Web Applications
- Web-application errors pose danger to enterprises
- Cenzic Web Application Security Trends Report Shows Increase in Hacker Attacks on Web Sites Exploiting Faults in Popular Web Browsers and Software
- How a Botnet Gets Its Name
- Eight indicted for $9 million hack
- Web Application Vulnerabilities Rise, Customers Still Ignore Them
- Durham Police website hacked by SQL injection
- FBI warns of $100M cyber-threat to small business
- Botnet authors crash WordPress sites with buggy code
October 2009
- Facebook spammer's $711M fine won't stop problem, analysts say
- After one year, Conficker infects 7M computers
- The Guardian: Up to half a million users may have been compromised
- The Magic Triangle of IT Security
- CalOptima says data on 68,000 members may be compromised
- Botnets contributing more than ever to click fraud
- Hijacked Web sites attack visitors
- Bahama botnet said to steal traffic from Google
- Opinion: Why application-layer defenses belong in the applications
- Exposing Bad Actor Sites That Support Cybercrime
- How dangerous could a hacked robot possibly be?
- Cyber criminals find new ways to attack
- After a few months' rest, SQL Web attack spreads anew
- Hacker leaks thousands of Hotmail passwords, says site
- Integrating WAFs And Vulnerability Scanners
- FBI Director Nearly Hooked in Phishing Scam, Swears Off Online Banking
- With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper
- Large online payroll service hacked
- Express Scripts: 700,000 notified after extortion
- Texas governor blames Web campaign flop on hackers
September 2009
- Drudge, other sites flooded with malicious ads
- Russian cybergangs make the Web a dangerous place
- Web server attacks, poor app patching make for nasty mix
- Phony Web sites
- 7 Reasons Websites Are No Longer Safe
- Five indicted in long-running cybercrime operation
- Opinion: No more excuses for SQL injection attacks
August 2009
- Cloud Security: Time to Smoke Another One?
- Revised Bill Still Gives Obama Unprecedented Cyber-security Powers
- Stolen Credit Card Data Goes for Cheap on Cyber-Black Market
- The Art of Creating Strong Passwords
- 57,000 Websites Compromised in Mass Attack, ScanSafe Reports
- Opinion: Botnets must die
- Could Google be tricked into talking to botnets?
- Is Your PC Bot-Infested? Here's How to Tell
- Cybercrooks increasingly target small business accounts
- SQL injection attacks led to Heartland, Hannaford breaches
- Radisson Hotels: Data breach affected 'limited' number of sites, guests
- Symantec identifies 'Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer'
- Managed security services all the rage
- Cyber-attacks on Georgia Show Need for International Cooperation, Report States
- Yelling ‘WebApp Firewall’ in a Crowded Data Center
- Patching Security Holes Lags as Vulnerabilities Increase
- Miami man indicted for massive credit hack
- Georgia cyberattacks linked to Russian organized crime
- Twitter used to manage botnet, says security expert
- Attacks on U.S., Korea Web sites leave a winding trail
- Social Networking and cyber attacks - is this our future?
- Web Application Vulnerabilities
- Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes
- Cyxymu DDoS denies Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal service
- Web Application Firewall Implementation Strategies
July 2009
- Cloud-based security services should start private
- The Business of Botnets
- Report says U.S. government ill-equipped in cybersecurity
- Network Solutions warns merchants after hack
- Network Solutions breach exposes nearly 600,000
- Web Application Security 101: Protecting the Enterprise against Hackers
- CEOs underestimate security risks, survey finds
- E-commerce Fraud: The Latest Criminal Schemes
- Amateurs to Blame for DDoS Attacks
- Probe into cyberattacks stretches around the globe
- Analysis: Was North Korea behind the DDOS attack?
- Stopping cyber attacks: When are we going to learn?
- Cyber attack hits South Korean Web sites
- Lessons for Your Website from US, S. Korean Attacks
- Online attack hits US government Web sites
- Well-honed Attacks Sneak Under the Radar
- Hackers exploit second DirectShow zero-day using thousands of hijacked sites
- We're serious about cybersecurity this time, says U.S. official
June 2009
- Mission Impossible? A Plan to Secure the Federal Cyberspace
- T-Mobile confirms stolen data is genuine
- SquirrelMail open source project's web server hacked
- Obama's Cybersecurity Push: What It Means for CIOs
- Security Manager's Journal: We've been blind to attacks on our Web sites
- Bruce Schneier on eBay fraud
- Heartland CEO says data breach was 'devastating'
- Man made $112,000 in bank account hacking scheme
- U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Creation of Cyber Command
- ISP hit by SQL attack to affect over 100,000 websites
- Web Application Firewalls: How to Evaluate, Purchase and Implement
- Thousands of Web sites stung by mass hacking attack
- Dasient helps Web sites avoid blacklists, malware
- Hackers Hit 40,000 Websites with Mass Compromise
- Batteries.com, insurance firm report data breaches
May 2009
- Webmaster Security Threats for 2009
- Obama's Cyber-Security Plan: Deja Vu All Over Again
- Obama Says He Will Name National Cybersecurity Adviser
- Review: Malware-fighting firewalls miss the mark
- U.S. Cyberattack Console Aims to Turn Grunts into Hackers
- How Much Does Google Know About You
- Two critical XSS bugs on Barclays bank website
- UCSB researchers hijack Torpig botnet
- Update: 160,000 accounts breached at UC Berkeley
- DNS attack downs Internet in parts of China
- In China, $700 puts a spammer in business
- Little-Known Botnets Can Pose Biggest Threat
- Swedish Hacker Indicted for Attacking Cisco, NASA
- Web site offline as police, FBI investigate $10M extortion bid
- 'Hacker' threatens to expose health data, demands $10M
- Audit finds 700 high-risk vulnerabilities in air traffic systems
- Survey: Software flaws account for breaches at 62% of companies
- Two brothers among indictees in $4M spam case
April 2009
- We don't want to run U.S. cybersecurity efforts, NSA chief says
- New cybersecurity bill for electric grid readied
- Internet threats rise by two-thirds in April
- Why Web Attacks Are Rising
- Password Stealers Sit on Popular Download Sites
- Botnet operators may be able to profit from Conficker update
- Five Ways To Survive a Data Breach Investigation
- Botnets: Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them
- Report: U.S. needs 'transparent' policies for carrying out cyberattacks
- Software: The eternal battlefield in the unending cyberwars
- The fog of (cyber) war
- Internet warfare: Are we focusing on the wrong things?
- The Kilo-Day threat and mundane security
- Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project
- FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
- One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day
- The FBI as an ethical hacker?
- Hackers break into Pentagon's fighter jet project
- Researcher wants hacker groups hounded mercilessly
March 2009
- Power grid is found susceptible to cyberattack
- Site Hacks, Fake Security Rakes in Serious Cash
- Conficker's next move a mystery to researchers
- Report links Russian intelligence to cyber attacks
- Businesses Lose More Than $1 Trillion in Intellectual Property Due to Data Theft and Cybercrime
- Expert: Hackers penetrating industrial control systems
- China becoming the world's malware factory
- Political cyberattacks to militarize the Web
- Beckstrom's resignation lifts lid on opposition to NSA's cybersecurity role
- What's behind the rash of university data breaches?
- NYPD faces ID theft risk after data stolen from pension fund
- Botnet ringleader gets four years in prison for stealing data from PCs
- Banks, credit unions begin to sue Heartland over data breach
February 2009
- Web site: More than 150 banks affected by Heartland data breach thus far
- Study: Hackers still driven by urge to vandalize Web sites
- Most Oracle database shops don't mandate use of security patches, survey says
- Study: Data breaches continue to get more costly for businesses
- SQL Injection Attacks Planting Malware on Web Sites Ranks #1
- SQL Injection Attacks Planting Malware on Web Sites
- Reported federal cyberattacks increasing
- Hackers steal thousands of Wyndham credit card numbers
- Fugitive hacker indicted for running VoIP scam
- Think like a hacker
- Opinion: Where is the government on cybersecurity?
January 2009
- With economic slump, concerns rise over data theft
- That's a Monster of a data breach
- Monster.com reports theft of user data
- What the Web knows about you
- Your digital fingerprints are left all over the Internet
- Heartland data breach sparks security concerns in payment industry
- Two big, bad botnets gone, but replacements step up
- Hackers deface NATO, U.S. Army Web sites
- CheckFree warns 5 million customers after hack
- Week of Security Predictions 2009 –Cisco’s “Top Trends to Expect in 2009”
- Week of Security Predictions 2009 - PandaLabs 2009 Security Predictions
- Data breaches rose sharply in 2008, study says