Banks fending off brazen hacker raids on business accounts

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• Banks fending off brazen hacker raids on business accounts
• Lookout Mobile Security plans expansion outside the US
• IT must prepare for Hadoop security issues
• Researcher plants rogue app in Apple's App Store
• Microsoft patches critical Windows 7 bug, downplays exploit threat
• Microsoft patch snuffs out major worm potential
• DARPA gets serious with Internet security, schmoozes the dark side
• How your signature can propel your security career
• Brazilian hackers use DNS poisoning to infect users with banking Trojan

Banks fending off brazen hacker raids on business accounts Posted: 08 Nov 2011 09:05 PM PST Banks are having to fend off ever more attacks from hackers who break into computers of their business customers and try to make fraudulent funds transfers electronically for large amounts. If you doubt how bad this hacker scourge has become, ask Jorge Solis, senior vice president of security at First Midwest Bank.

Lookout Mobile Security plans expansion outside the US Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:55 AM PST After winning over U.S. operators with its security software for Android phones, Lookout Mobile Security is turning to Europe to find new networks ready to install or promote its software on the phones they distribute.

IT must prepare for Hadoop security issues Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:04 AM PST Corporate IT executives need to pay attention to numerous potential security issues before using Hadoop to aggregate data from multiple, disparate sources, analysts and IT executives said at the Hadoop World conference here this week.

Researcher plants rogue app in Apple's App Store Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:46 AM PST Apple's App Store can be stocked with malware-infected apps by exploiting a bug in iOS, a noted security researcher said Monday.

Microsoft patches critical Windows 7 bug, downplays exploit threat Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:52 PM PST Microsoft today delivered four security updates that patched four vulnerabilities in Windows, most of them affecting the newer editions of Vista and Windows 7.

Microsoft patch snuffs out major worm potential Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:30 PM PST Microsoft issued its four expected patches as part of its regular release cycle, including a fix for a potentially serious worm.

DARPA gets serious with Internet security, schmoozes the dark side Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:17 PM PST The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had a big hand in creating the Internet and now its wants to get serious about protecting it.

How your signature can propel your security career Posted: 07 Nov 2011 09:38 PM PST The hood pegged open, showing off a masterpiece of an engine, a small crowd gathered as the sense of anticipation built in the air. People smiled, tapped the person next to them and pointed. Few words were spoken, as if no one wanted to miss what was about to happen.

Brazilian hackers use DNS poisoning to infect users with banking Trojan Posted: 08 Nov 2011 08:50 AM PST Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab warn that cybercriminals hacked into the DNS (Domain Name System) servers of several Brazilian ISPs and used them to redirect users to websites that distributed malware.

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