Around The Horn vol.1,33

Alerts

10:32 PM (9 hours ago)
A Rough Day in West Palm Beach, (Sat, Feb 7th)

from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green
Not a good day for some in Florida, specifically West Palm Beach, to find out something like this: ...(more)...

Feb 6, 2009 (22 hours ago)
Time to patch your HP printers, (Fri, Feb 6th)

from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green
HP have released a security bulletin for certain LaserJet printers. They require firmware updates ...(more)...

Feb 6, 2009 (20 hours ago)
Other patches and updates du jour..., (Fri, Feb 6th)

from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green
AREVA e-terrahabitat SCADA systems vulnerabilities, US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#337569 HP OpenVi ...(more)...

Security News

Feb 6, 2009 (17 hours ago)
Cybercrime, Online Threats, and the Recession

from McAfee Avert Labs by Jeff Green
As the recession continues and unemployment rises, we foresee the top cybercrime trend for 2009 as the continued exploitation of the financial crisis to scam people with fake financial transactions services, bogus investment firms, and fraudulent legal services.

Feb 6, 2009 (18 hours ago)
Fake Licenses on the Rise

from McAfee Avert Labs by Francois Paget
Since at least the year 2000, email scams have circulated around the net for the selling of International Driver Licenses. The authors explained that with their documents buyers could avoid having to pay traffic tickets as well as allowing them to establish new identities for hotel check-ins or bar entrance (if the buyers are underage). Lately these offers have put on weight.

Feb 6, 2009 (15 hours ago)
Geeks.com settles charges claiming its security was crap

from The Register - Security
A decade in the stockade
Geeks.com, a large online seller of computer hardware and software, has agreed to allow federal regulators to monitor its website security for 10 years to settle charges it violated federal laws requiring it to adequately safeguard sensitive customer data.…

Feb 6, 2009 (21 hours ago)
Cisco Enterprise Wireless (Wi-Fi) Equipment DoS Vulnerability Discovered

from Darknet - The Darkside by Darknet
If your organisation is using any kind of Cisco Wi-Fi kit it may be time to get the latest patches for your kit. Although they state there is no proof that hackers have used this attack in the wild - in my experience if Cisco have discovered this now, someone else probably knew about it [...]

Feb 6, 2009 (12 hours ago)
Brief: Data-breach lawsuit follows $9 million heist

from SecurityFocus News
Data-breach lawsuit follows $9 million heist

Feb 6, 2009 (12 hours ago)
Brief: Alleged attacker flaunts details of phpBB hack

from SecurityFocus News
Alleged attacker flaunts details of phpBB hack

Feb 6, 2009 (14 hours ago)
Melih Abdulhayoglu: Don't Blame the Browser

from SecurityFocus News
Don't Blame the Browser

9:40 PM (10 hours ago)
Free Defense Against the Conficker Worm

from PC World Latest Technology News
OpenDNS will expand its free service to pre-emptively block the Conficker worm from phoning home starting Monday.

Feb 6, 2009 (16 hours ago)
Critical Flaw in RealPlayer, Firefox Fixes

from PC World Latest Technology News
Hacked movie files can target a new, unpatched security risk in RealPlayer. Also, be sure you've updated Firefox for critical security fixes.

Feb 6, 2009 (21 hours ago)
Geeks.com Operator Settles Data Breach Complaint

from PC World Latest Technology News
Geeks.com settles data breach complaint by the U.S. FTC.