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eVirtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's Avert Labs says in a... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi The software, dubbed "Perspectives", is available for download for free. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets [27 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS) as a "multi-factor problem" in light of the discovery of a fundamental flaw... [14 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi The thousands of UK ePassports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt... [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - three times faster than in 2007. Security from A to Z [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to scan the iPhone for viruses. Security from A to Z [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years, according to analysts at Gartner. [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email and phone records under the draft Communications Data Bill. [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. The technological measures were announced by the government on the... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in an email for example, to a specially crafted web page that could exploit the security hole to allow remote code execution. [08 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security checks - will become compulsory... [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of state for security and counter-terrorism, said that terrorists were increasingly... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi A US judge's order for Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News D is for DDoS W is for Wi-fi In other words, the next security threat that hits your organisation could be a keylogger, Trojan and 'bot' rolled into one. The first component will trigger off "a chain of other components that seek to stealthily... [02 Jul 2008]
