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Waledac malware branches out into Bitcoin stealing
A new version of the Waledac malware has been spotted on the Internet, but unlike previous variants, which were mainly used for spamming purposes, this one steals various login credentials and BitCoins, a type of virtual currency.
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Mozilla asking CAs to revoke SSL-spying certificates
Mozilla plans to ask all certificate authorities to review their subordinate CA certificates and revoke those that could be used by companies to inspect SSL-encrypted traffic for domain names they don't control.
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Nortel management may have known of hacker breach
The data breach into Nortel's data systems was known to company executives, including the CEO, for over a decade, but the company refused to take steps to prevent data loss.
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Nimbula Director adds VMware compatibility
Nimbula is hoping to better serve enterprises with version 2.0 of its operating system, which adds compatibility with VMware's hypervisor and other new features.
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Swagg Security claims Foxconn hack over poor working conditions
Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China.
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Hungarian hotel hacker sentenced to 30 months in prison
A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott by stealing confidential data from its computers and threatening to expose it was sentenced to 30 months in prison last week.
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VeriSign admits it was hacked in 2010 but managers not told
Internet giant VeriSign suffered a series of data breaches in 2010 and even now senior executives are not sure exactly what was compromised, the company has admitted in a filing made to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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MetaFlows launches SaaS intrusion detection agent
Network security monitoring startup MetaFlows launched a new Software-as-a-Service product that can be installed on low-cost hardware to monitor network traffic flow, detect possible intrusions and analyse event logs.
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Juniper and Palo Alto in next-gen firewall legal tussle
Juniper Networks says that Palo Alto Networks is infringing on its next-generation firewall technology, which was invented by Palo Alto's founders but for which Juniper holds the patents.
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Stonesoft researchers evade enterprise IPS network protection
Finnish security firm Stonesoft claims to have developed 163 new attack methods that can evade network intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) over multiple communication protocols including IPv4, IPv6, TCP and HTTP.
