There are upsides to reporting cybercrime, authorities say

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• There are upsides to reporting cybercrime, authorities say
• 111 arrested in massive ID theft bust
• Legal reform needed to govern data, experts said
• GAO report: DHS data mining needs privacy oversight
• Obama looks to avoid more Wikileaks-type incidents
• Storm brewing
• Security upgrades needed with growing cyberwar threats
• Cybercrime getting easier to commit, federal agents say
• Facebook's URL scanner is vulnerable to cloaking attacks
• Security roundup: Steve Jobs, Apple and IT security; DDoS attacks against VoIP; a hot week for SIEM

There are upsides to reporting cybercrime, authorities say Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT Not only might companies have ethical, civic and legal obligations to alert authorities to cyberthreats, businesses may find that the authorities can be helpful, law enforcement agents and prosecutors said on Friday.

111 arrested in massive ID theft bust Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:38 AM PDT Prosecutors call it the biggest identity theft bust in U.S. history. On Friday, 111 bank tellers, retail workers, waiters and alleged criminals were charged with running a credit-card-stealing organization that stole more than US$13 million in less than a year-and-a-half.

Legal reform needed to govern data, experts said Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:14 AM PDT Legal experts and law enforcement agents say new and updated laws are required to protect user privacy while allowing law enforcement to catch cybercriminals.

GAO report: DHS data mining needs privacy oversight Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT Data-mining programs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are not fully reviewed by the agency for their effectiveness and, in some cases, for their compliance with privacy protection mandates, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Obama looks to avoid more Wikileaks-type incidents Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:53 PM PDT President Obama Friday issued an executive order that aims to reform rules for the sharing and securing data by federal agencies.

Storm brewing Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:31 PM PDT This summer I embarked on my annual vacation with my wife and daughter. As usual, we spent a day packing the ever-present SUV with what looked like three months' worth of supplies and headed to a favorite island of ours for a week of relaxation.

Security upgrades needed with growing cyberwar threats Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:05 PM PDT Countries need to take steps to upgrade critical infrastructure for protection from attacks by cybercombatants or rival countries conducting cyberwarfare, security experts said at a panel discussion this week.

Cybercrime getting easier to commit, federal agents say Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:44 PM PDT Committing cybercrime these days is as easy as building a fantasy football team, FBI and Secret Service agents said on Friday.

Facebook's URL scanner is vulnerable to cloaking attacks Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:39 PM PDT Members of a hacking think-tank called Blackhat Academy claim that Facebook's URL scanning systems can be tricked into thinking malicious pages are clean by using simple content cloaking techniques.

Security roundup: Steve Jobs, Apple and IT security; DDoS attacks against VoIP; a hot week for SIEM Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:32 PM PDT This week the respectful thoughts of many turned to Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder of Apple, who passed away at the age of 56. When it comes to security, Apple computers were remarkable for the kinds of troubles they largely didn't have in comparison to Microsoft-based computers with their high rate of enterprise adoption that the Apple Macintosh never achieved. Microsoft operating systems and applications over time have been relentlessly targeted by attackers if only because Microsoft products constituted a large field of malware opportunity due to their huge market acceptance, plus the number of vulnerabilities discovered in them month after month.

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