HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought

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• HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought
• Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave
• EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness
• Online banking fraud surges by 14 percent
• IE zero-day exploit code goes public
• Online banking fraud losses rise to nearly £60 million
• Tighter security coming for .org names
• Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk
• Biometrics: What, Where and Why
• Former TSA analyst charged with computer tampering
• European Parliament demands transparency in ACTA talks
• Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks
• Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher
• Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries
• Shutdown of Zeus botnet controller has researchers wondering

HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST HSBC said Thursday about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.

Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.

EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The EU Parliament has voted 663 to 13 against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.

Online banking fraud surges by 14 percent Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Online banking fraud surged by 14 percent in 2009, says the UK Cards Association.

IE zero-day exploit code goes public Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST An Israeli researcher has published exploit code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft had just disclosed on Tuesday.

Online banking fraud losses rise to nearly £60 million Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Online banking fraud losses increased by 14 percent to £59.7 million last year, according to the latest figures from The UK Cards Association.

Tighter security coming for .org names Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The Public Interest Registry will add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain in June -- a move that will protect millions of non-profit organizations and their donors from hacking attacks known as cache poisoning.

Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Pennsylvania's chief information security officer, Robert Maley, has been fired, apparently for talking publicly at the RSA security conference last week about a recent incident involving the Commonwealths online driving exam scheduling system.

Biometrics: What, Where and Why Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Biometrics encompasses a variety of methods for ensuring identity based on physical or behavioral traits. Conventional identifying traits include fingerprints, face topology, iris structure, hand geometry, vein structure, voice, signature and keystroke recognition. Emerging technologies analyze characteristics such as gait, odor, and ear shape. Rather than being used in isolation, biometrics systems are increasingly becoming multimodal, an approach that serves both to increase security and overcome failure-to-enroll problems.

Former TSA analyst charged with computer tampering Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST A U.S. Transport Security Administration analyst has been indicted with tampering with databases used by the TSA to identify possible terrorists who may be trying to fly in the U.S.

European Parliament demands transparency in ACTA talks Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The European Parliament demanded Wednesday that the European Commission open up secret negotiations about an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) to the public.

Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.

Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, F-Secure said today.

Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST IT professionals with certain IT certifications could make bank compared to counterparts, according to a study of 17,000 high-tech workers conducted by Dice Learning.

Shutdown of Zeus botnet controller has researchers wondering Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The sudden disappearance yesterday of a known command-and-control point for ZeuS botnets had security researchers appreciative — but wondering about the reason for the sudden takedown.

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