- The week in security: Aussie banks targeted as mobiles drive privacy fears
- Bank trojan targets users of Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
- Australian Information Security Association issues blunt warning as National Cyber Security Awareness Week begins
- Why don't risk management programs work?
- Yahoo Japan says 22 million user IDs may have been stolen
News about Malware and Vulnerabilities
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Oracle renumbers Java patch updates, confuses users even more
Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already."
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Microsoft rushes IE8 zero-day fix into next week's Patch Tuesday
Microsoft today said it will issue 10 security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch 34 vulnerabilities, including the zero-day bug that has been used by cyber criminals to poison "watering hole" websites in attacks aimed at U.S. government workers.
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Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch
Microsoft has confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8, the company's most popular browser.
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Printers, routers used as bots in DDoS attacks
Printers, routers, IP cameras, sensors and other Internet-connected devices are increasingly used to launch large distributed denial of service attacks, security firm Prolexic warned in a report this week.
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Google pays record $31K bounty for Chrome bugs
Google this month paid a security researcher $31,336 for reporting a trio of bugs in Chrome.
Features about Malware and Vulnerabilities
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Bank security weaknesses led to cyber looting of $45M from ATMs
Alberto Yusi Lajud Pena, found dead in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago, was the leader of the New York cell of an international gang of cyber thieves that authorities allege stole a staggering $45 million from ATM machines around the world.
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Security Manager's Journal: Spam makes a comeback
Out of the blue, phishing attacks previously caught in the spam filter are getting through to employee inboxes.
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How to talk security so people will listen (and comply!)
Sure you want users to comply with security edicts, but would you phish your own employees or share your company's hack history? At least some CIOs say yes. Insider (registration required)
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Security Manager's Journal: Security has to extend to your customers
When a security manager's company sells software, he can't ignore the potential vulnerability of those products.
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