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Luckycat hacking attacks by group based in China, says Trend Micro
Security vendor Trend Micro has been tracking a hacking campaign called Luckycat that has been linked to 90 attacks, including some aimed at Tibetan activists, and has tied it to a group based in China, the company said in a report published on Thursday.
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Hackers face two year jail terms under new EU proposals
Individuals convicted of a wide range of hacking offences in the EU will face a minimum of 2 years in prison anywhere in the 27-nation bloc under new proposals accepted by an influential European Parliament committee.
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Dell purchases security vendor SonicWall
Dell announced on Tuesday that it is planning to acquire SonicWall, a security vendor that specialises in firewalls, network security and antispam systems.
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Security experts debate over how to ensure secure software
Consumer desire for unnecessary features has encouraged the development of insecure and unreliable software products, said Tenable Network Security CSO Marcus Ranum, during a debate on Wednesday about software liability at the RSA security conference in San Francisco.
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Malware authors adopt domain generation algorithms to evade detection
Malware authors are increasingly adopting flexible domain generation algorithms (DGAs) in order to evade detection and prevent their botnets from being shut down by security researchers or law enforcement agencies.
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pcAnywhere exploit code published on Pastebin by security researcher
Exploit code targeting a newly identified vulnerability in Symantec's pcAnywhere computer remote control product has been published on the internet, exposing its users to possible attacks that disrupt the software's functionality.
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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.
