Europol to reveal cybercrime risk level

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• Europol to reveal cybercrime risk level
• Recalculating the telephony security equation
• What it's like to make the wrong job switch
• Europe's Internet registry introduces routing certification
• Microsoft, Googler tussle over bug timeline
• Finallyfast.com maker to refund thousands in spyware case
• Worm Planted in Fake Microsoft Security Update
• Implication of Next-Decade Computing
• Bank of America braces itself for fallout from WikiLeaks disclosures, report says
• Kneber botnet strikes again, targets gov't agencies
• Microsoft confirms new Windows zero-day bug
• Microsoft Warns of New Windows Vulnerability

Europol to reveal cybercrime risk level Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST European law enforcement agency Europol on Friday will present its assessment of the threat posed by cybercrime, along with its strategy to tackle it.

Recalculating the telephony security equation Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Among the threats that keep IT security managers up at night, attacks against phone systems have often ranked near the bottom. The last time we asked IT leaders about their telephony security plans, just 2% had experienced a security incident, and in almost all of these cases, the attack was internal misuse of phone systems for personal long-distance calls. Few had developed any sort of comprehensive security or risk analysis plan covering their voice systems.

What it's like to make the wrong job switch Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Some of you know the drill: You've been in the same job a long time and you start to feel bored, frustrated, complacent, or maybe a mix of those things. You get an offer from another company that promises you more money, more travel and more opportunity to make a mark on the security world.

Europe's Internet registry introduces routing certification Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST The organization that manages Internet addresses in Europe and the Middle East has started issuing certificates to network operators to prevent routing snafus such as the one that made Google's YouTube site inaccessible in 2008.

Microsoft, Googler tussle over bug timeline Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Microsoft and a Google security engineer are sparring over a bug the researcher reported to Microsoft last July.

Finallyfast.com maker to refund thousands in spyware case Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST The company whose late-night commercials promised to "make your computer run fast the way it's supposed to," will pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines and refunds to settle charges that it engaged in deceptive advertising.

Worm Planted in Fake Microsoft Security Update Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST It's Tuesday, time for more security patches from Microsoft right? Not quite. It seems the malware crowd is exploiting Microsoft's routine of releasing fixes on Tuesdays and sending out fake security emails bent on infecting their targets with a worm.

Implication of Next-Decade Computing Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST In wrapping up our look at what the next decade's converged computing and communications capabilities will look like, there are some fundamental issues that were important (in a different form) ten years ago that will continue to need to be addressed. And while we are not so bold as to indicate *how* they will be resolved, they are with us to stay.

Bank of America braces itself for fallout from WikiLeaks disclosures, report says Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST The Bank of America has created a team of internal and external experts to create a damage control plan to be put into place if WikiLeaks releases insider documents it's said to hold.

Kneber botnet strikes again, targets gov't agencies Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST A botnet fingered for stealing a treasure trove of information last year has struck again, harvesting sensitive documents from dozens of government agencies and contractors, according to security experts.

Microsoft confirms new Windows zero-day bug Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Microsoft today confirmed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows just hours after a hacking toolkit published an exploit for the bug.

Microsoft Warns of New Windows Vulnerability Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Happy New Year! Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday for 2011 is scheduled a week from today on the 11th of January, but there's no time like the present to kick things off for the year. Microsoft has released a security advisory for a flaw in the graphics rendering engine on some versions of Windows which could be exploited to compromise vulnerable systems.

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