ISR News: Google’s Top 10 Malware Sites
Excerpts From IT Pro
Google identifies the ten domains responsible for compromising the most number of sites on the internet. In response to a recent surge in websites being infected with malware, Google has revealed the top ten most popular malware sites in the last couple of months.
ISR News: Credit Card Fraud Explodes
Excerpts From PC World
In 2008, 39 percent of victims saw such charges, more than twice the 15 percent from 2007, according to the study. Opening a new credit account in the victim’s name is still the most common use of a victim’s identity, involving about two-thirds of all ID theft cases. The data is based on the experiences of ID theft victims who contact the ITRC.
ISR News: 109K Pension Files Stolen
Excerpts From Finextra
A laptop containing the unencrypted personal details of 109,000 Pensions Trust members has been stolen from the offices of HR software and services provider NorthgateArinso. NorthgateArinso, which provides the Pension Trust’s computerised admin system, was using the laptop as a database for development, training and performance testing at its offices in Marlow in Buckinghamshire.
ISR News: Twitter Gets Phished Hard
Excerpts From CIO
Both Twitter and Facebook have been hit with phishing attacks in recent days. “The social networking attacks are becoming increasingly common,” said Jamie De Guerre, chief technology officer with antispam vendor Cloudmark. “Spammers are really moving to attack social networks because of the popularity of the social networks and also because they’re not as well defended as most e-mail platforms.”
ISR News: MasterCard’s New P2P Platform
Excerpts From Finextra
Senders initiate transfers to any domestic mobile phone number via SMS message, mobile Web browser or a downloadable MoneySend application. Upon initiation of the transfer, the sender approves the request by entering the MoneySend mobile PIN which only the accountholder knows. Pre-registered recipients then receive a text message confirmation of the transfer. Non registered users get an SMS informing them the payment is pending.
ISR News: Twitter Security Exploit Active
Excerpts From PC World
The “Twitter porn names” game, currently Twitter’s top-trending topic (things that are twittered the most), may be a fun distraction that gives you and your friends something to tweet about. But it also has a security hole — one that is no technical snafu. It could be simple human error, but it’s also possible that this security hole is an example of truly sneaky social engineering.
ISR News: LexisNexis Warns 32k of Breach
Excerpts From KansasCity.com
“I am writing to inform you that sensitive, personally identifiable information about you may have been viewed by a few individuals who should not have access to such information,” said the letter mailed Friday to people whose information is in LexisNexis databases.
ISR News: 225k Identities on Stolen Laptop
Excerpts From NewsOK.com
A laptop computer containing the personal information of about 225,000 Oklahomans was stolen from a city home last week. Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency officials said Wednesday that the names, Social Security numbers, tax identification numbers, birth dates and addresses of clients of the Section 8 Housing Voucher Program were on an employee’s laptop that was stolen in an April 22 burglary.
ISR News: Scalia’s Privacy Double Standards
Excerpts From ABAJournal.com
“When there are so few privacy protections for secondary use of personal information, that information can be used in many troubling ways,” he writes in an e-mail to the ABA Journal. “A class assignment that illustrates this point is not one of them. Indeed, the very fact that Justice Scalia found it objectionable and felt compelled to comment underscores the value and legitimacy of the exercise.”
ISR News: Cybercrime Targets Consumers
Excerpts From Broadband Finder
One expert has advised consumers and web users to be extra vigilant as tough economic times could lead to some people committing acts of cyber crime. A spokesman for Unisys, an international company which specialises in a host of information technology solutions, said even people who you may think are not capable of such deeds could be tempted as the recession continues.
