Could new gov't leave Digital Economy Act in the balance

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• Could new gov't leave Digital Economy Act in the balance
• Chatty Skype worm tries to fox antivirus programs
• Botnet hijacks web servers for DDoS campaign
• MS Continues 'Feast or Famine' Patch Tuesday Cycle
• CSO Compass Award: Bruce Schneier
• Microsoft pushes 'bottom of the barrel' patches
• Guilty plea after botnet tested with DDoS on ISP
• Secure your network to beat copyright fines
• Senate confirms Alexander as chief of U.S. Cyber Command
• Visa fraud alert puts banks, payment processors on guard

Could new gov't leave Digital Economy Act in the balance Posted: 12 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Digital Economy Act could become an issue in the new Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government, which was announced last night.

Chatty Skype worm tries to fox antivirus programs Posted: 12 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT A new instant messaging (IM) worm has been spotted using a number of evolved techniques to beat installed security programs and catch even suspicious users off-guard.

Botnet hijacks web servers for DDoS campaign Posted: 12 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Researchers at Imperva have discovered an 'experimental' botnet that uses around 300 hijacked web servers to launch high-bandwidth DDoS attacks.

MS Continues 'Feast or Famine' Patch Tuesday Cycle Posted: 12 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft Patch Tuesday is here again. For May, Microsoft only has two new security bulletins, both rated as Critical by Microsoft. MS10-030 addresses a vulnerability affecting Outlook Express and Windows Mail, and MS10-031 resolves an issue with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) impacting Microsoft Office.

CSO Compass Award: Bruce Schneier Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT As an author of books on security, the influential Crypto-Gram newsletter and the blog Schneier on Security (www.schneier.com), as well as a frequent guest on TV and radio, Bruce Schneier has become something of a celebrity in the world of security: He may be the only CSO whose likeness is used to sell T-shirts. Still, the most rewarding aspect of his career, as he conveyed in this interview conducted by e-mail, is that he believes he is having an impact on people's thinking about security.

Microsoft pushes 'bottom of the barrel' patches Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft today patched two critical vulnerabilities in Office, the Visual Basic for Applications development tool and its Windows e-mail clients.

Guilty plea after botnet tested with DDoS on ISP Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT The second man charged in 2006 computer attacks on The Planet and T35 Hosting has agreed to plead guilty.

Secure your network to beat copyright fines Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT With the government cracking down on illegal filesharing, PC Advisor explains why securing your wireless network can help you avoid a £500 fine.

Senate confirms Alexander as chief of U.S. Cyber Command Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency, will also take charge of the U.S. military's recently created Cyber Command.

Visa fraud alert puts banks, payment processors on guard Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Visa has sent out an alert to banks and payment processors warning them to look out for a "large batch settlement fraud scheme" involving a merchant account in East Europe.

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