Information Security Bulletin

PA Consulting Group And Home Office Date Loss

10 Sep 07:06

Jaqui Smith terminates PA Consulting's multi-million government contract following the loss of details of 84,000 prisoners.

Outsource and Get Hacked...

07 Apr 01:26

In a new report released by European information technology analysis group, Quocirca, organisations that admitted to being frequently hacked, all outsource at least some of their coding practice, with 90 per cent outsourcing more than 40 per cent!

Sophos' December 2007 Stats

09 Jan 12:18

IT security and control firm Sophos has reported the most prevalent malware threats and countries causing problems for computer users around the world during December 2007.

Kaspersky's December 2007 Stats

09 Jan 11:51

Kaspersky Lab has reported that the Trojan.Win33.Dialer.qn has been replaced at the top of the Online Scanner chart by yet another Trojan dialer. The Trojan.Win32.Dialer.yz now tops the chart.

SoftScan's December 2007 Stats

08 Jan 10:50

SoftScan has found that with spam levels reaching 97 per cent and viruses accounting for around 0.1 per cent, less than 3 per cent of all email scanned in December was legitimate. Despite several high profile arrests and successful court cases throughout the year, it seems as if the spammers still have the upper-hand over law enforcement at least.

Fly a Dreamliner From Your Laptop (a Real One)

07 Jan 01:02

According to a document issues by the Federal Aviation Authority the on-board computer system of the new Boing 787 Dreamliner passenger airplane may be susceptible to hacking from laptops used in flight.

Arbor: 2008 Predictions

02 Jan 04:49

Arbor Networks think that the iPhone will be a major target for cybercriminals in 2008. The forecast also highlights Chinese specific crime as a major issue for the New Year.

Websense: 2008 Predictions

02 Jan 04:39

Websense, Inc. has issued its annual security predictions for 2008 - with content-based threats topping the list.

German Government to Distribute Malware

02 Jan 04:25

Despite an initial freeze by the German government on plans to use stealth Trojan technology - which were revealed in the media in late August 2007 the German government has started hiring programmers to develop "white hat" malware capable of stealth hacking terrorist's PCs.

Messagelabs Intelligence: 2008 Predictions

02 Jan 01:28

MessageLabs have stuck out their necks with security predictions for 2008, forecasting a year of increased intelligence, outreach and attacks. As always, ISB is happy to provide free rope...

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