Stories by Jeremy Kirk

Goverment mulls data breach notification law, but details are secret

Australia's government is keeping a tight hold on proposed data breach notification legislation that could become law before a federal election in September.

U.S. Department of Labor website infected with malware

A subdomain of a U.S. Department of Labor website appeared offline on Wednesday after an apparent hack that looks similar to a known China-based hacking campaign nicknamed DeepPanda.

Aging networking protocols abused in DDoS attacks

Aging networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Mozilla moves to stop spyware company from spoofing Firefox

Mozilla sent a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to a European company that created a piece of spyware masquerading itself as the Firefox browser.

D-Link firmware flaws could allow IP video stream spying

If you run a bank and use an IP video camera from D-Link, you may want to pay attention to this.

McAfee spots Adobe Reader PDF-tracking flaw

McAfee said it has found a vulnerability in Adobe Systems' Reader program that reveals when and where a PDF document is opened.

Spanish police say DDoS suspect used a van as a mobile office

The man suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on an antispam organization that caused intermittent Internet hiccups drove around Spain in a van he used as a mobile office, Spain's Interior Ministry said Sunday.

Microsoft prevails in Xbox patent rift with Motorola Mobility

A US judge has ruled that Motorola Mobility is entitled to substantially less royalties than it wanted from Microsoft for the company's use of wireless and video-encoding patents in its Xbox products.

Mt. Gox delays plan to support virtual currency litecoin

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has temporarily shelved plans to support a competing currency, litecoin, the company said Thursday.

FireEye finds Gh0stRAT cyberespionage campaigns continue

A well-known cyber-spying tool called Gh0st RAT is still being employed in stealthy malware attacks, according to a new report from security firm FireEye.

Australia charges man claiming to be LulzSec leader

Australia has charged a 24-year-old man who allegedly defaced a government website earlier this month and claims to be the leader of LulzSec, a rogue inactive hacking group.

Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links

Twitter users in the Netherlands are being targeted by a piece of malware that hijacks their accounts, according to security vendor Trusteer.

Largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, 'throttles' trading to tame price swings

The largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is in a continuing battle with miscreants trying to manipulate the price of the virtual currency.

Assange to Google's Schmidt: 'I don't use email'

Wikileaks' latest release is billed as a transcript of a "secret meeting," but it may more accurately be termed a promotion.

Russian malware mines bitcoins through botnet

A Russian porn site is delivering malware that uses the victims' computers to mine bitcoins, according to research from ThreatTrack Security.