Techie seeks job by using malware, blackmail
A 26-year-old Hungarian citizen is being detained in the US for infecting the computers of hotel giant Marriott and attempting gain a job by blackmail.
Stories by Liam Tung
Beware of Android scaremongers
Smartphone malware may be rising, but users should be more wary of "charlatan" security vendors, says Google's open source program manager Chris DiBona.
Dutch to build A$1m espionage early warning system
The Netherlands Government is spending €800,000 (A$1.1 million) to build a "Cyber Attack Detector" (CAD) that will "instantly" warn government and business when there are signs of fraud espionage occurring on their networks.
Google, guns, and existential computing
"Existential computing", where a device vanishes at the end of every web session, could be the answer to data hungry government officials armed with warrants and guns, according to Google's chief technology advocate, Michael Jones.
Google takes out Q3 vulnerability pole position
Google replaced Microsoft in the three months to September as the vendor with the most vulnerabilities in its software, according to security vendor Trend Micro.
Cyberwar: the offensive on citizens’ rights
Cyberwar cynic Marcus Ranum, chief security officer of Tenable Security, reckons the notion of cyberwar is really a war on citizens' rights.
Big Blue enters mobile device management market
IBM has launched its Hosted Mobile Device Security Management Service aimed at enterprise trying to tackle mobile risks and the "bring your own device" trend.
Australia crawls towards its answer to identity fraud
The Australian Government's electronic answer to the nation's $1 billion identity theft problem -- the Document Verification Service (DVS) -- has processed 200,000 verifications, according to the Attorney General's Department (AGD).
Commbank CIO slams ‘idiotic’ regulations
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CIO Michael Harte is sick of spending more money protecting assets from trusted staff than hackers.
Researcher finds iOS flaw to bypass App Store code signing
Security researcher Charlie Miller has discovered a flaw in iOS 4.3 which allows an attacker to run unsigned code on an iPhone or iPad, breaking the vetting system Apple uses to keep malware off the platform.
Adidas websites down after "sophisticated cyberattack"
Adidas has taken down numerous of its websites after suffering a "sophisticated, criminal cyberattack".
Mozilla revokes 22 "compromised" SSL certificates
Mozilla has revoked its trust for a Malaysian certificate authority that issued 22 Secure Sockets Layer certificates with 'weak keys', potentially making them available to spoof a legitimate website.
Six year-old Poison Ivy hits Windows blacklist
Microsoft on October 25 added the Poison Ivy remote access tool (RAT) to its automated malicious software removal tool for Windows machines, reflecting heightened concerns over a malware kit that has been around since 2005.
Ukrainian bank Trojan masters cop four years in UK jail
Two Ukrainian nationals who had used a banking Trojan to siphon funds from an unknown number of UK targets were on Monday sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment.
Hackers rejig Linux Trojan for Macs
Malware writers have repackaged an old Linux backdoor known as Tsunami to target Mac OS X systems, researchers at Slovakian antivirus firm ESET have discovered.