Best Practices/Alerts and Warnings

Subjects

Latest 10 virus alerts by Sophos

1. 7 February W32/Autorun-BND
2. 7 February Troj/Agent-QHC
3. 7 February Troj/Agent-QHB
4. 7 February Troj/DwnLdr-IUL
5. 7 February Troj/Mdrop-DFQ
6. 7 February Troj/Agent-QHA
7. 7 February Mal/JavaHeL-K
8. 7 February Mal/JavaHeL-J
9. 7 February Troj/ExpJS-BO
10. 7 February Mal/GameTHF-A

News Feeds

• 2011-01-29 Former Kaspersky employee responsible for leaked source code
• 2011-01-28 Amazon.com security flaw accepts passwords that are close but not exact
• 2011-01-28 How Egypt cut off the Internet
• 2011-01-19 The New York Times, E.U. closes emissions trading system after threats
• 2011-01-19 OnPoint, New dirt on the Stuxnet worm and Cyber war
• 2011-01-19 Cnet News, Researchers turn USB cable into attack tool
• 2011-01-12 DW-World.de, France wants to put Internet regulation on the G8 agenda
• 2011-01-12 Global Voices, Iran:blocking activity, email interception, and renewed pressure on the Green Movement
• 2011-01-12 ComputerWorldUK, Security:Best practice or ancient ritual?
• 2011-01-12 The Register, Attacks on IE drive-by bug go wild
• 2011-01-12 Balancing Act, Going from shortage to abundance-strategies to target Africa's broadband consumers
• 2011-01-11 TechRepublic, Should the U.S. draft cybersecurity experts?
• 2011-01-11 ComputerWorldUK, London Olympics will be ready for cyber attacks says CIO
• 2011-01-09 The Standard, Police site defacing shows cyber crime is rising
• 2011-01-08 ReadWrite, Researcher develops password hacking software for Wi-Fi networks using amazon web services
• 2011-01-07 Cisco, Netflow for Incident Response
• 2011-01-06 Network World, The impact of IPv4-address exhaustion on the security of the IPv4-only Internet
• 2010-09-17 The Economic Times, Cybercrime is wold's most dangerous threat
• 2010-09-15 Sunbelt blog, Large collection of stolen logins go public
• 2010-09-14 NetworkWorld, No IPv6 plan? You're behind schedule
• 2010-09-14 Wired, Privacy tool for Iranian activists disabled after security holes exposed
• 2010-09-14 The Register, Microsoft closes hole used to attack industrial plants
• 2010-09-14 The Register, UK plans increased spending on cyber-security
• 2010-09-13 DarkReading, Accepting the inevitability of attack
• 2010-09-13 The Register, Adobe exploit bears fingerprints of hack on Google
• 2010-09-12 The New York Times, H.P. is said to be near deal for security software maker
• 2010-09-09 San Diego Supercomputer Center, Mapping new paths for a stressed-out internet
• 2010-09-06 Computerworld UK, Intelligence worker jailed for trying to sell top secret MI5 files
• 2010-09-06 Help Net Security, Every week 57,000 fake web addresses try to infect users
• 2010-09-05 Tao Security, Preparing for a future cyber war
• 2010-09-05 Mail Online, Stolen and sold:Private details of thousands of World Cup fans
• 2010-09-04 ARN, Germany to launch antibotnet program for consumers
• 2010-09-01 Silicon.com, How to secure consumer gadgets in the workplace
• 2010-08-11 The Wall Street Journal, What they know
• 2010-08-04 Icamtuf's blog, Cookies v. the people
• 2010-08-04 The Register, Scotland Yard cuffs six in megaquid phish ring probe
• 2010-08-04 SiliconIndia, Govt. gathers programmers to hack hostile nations systems
• 2010-08-03 threatpost, Mobile devices drawing more attackers' attention
• 2010-08-02 The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft quashed effort to boost online privacy
• 2010-07-29 Earth Times, Internet users will trade privacy for content
• 2010-07-29 cnet news, Can your mobile calls be intercepted? This tool can tell
• 2010-07-29 ZDNet, Blackberry encryption 'too secure':National security vs consumer privacy
• 2010-07-27 The Register, Citigroup says its iPhone app puts customers at risk
• 2010-07-26 Krebs on Security, Services let malware purveyors check their web reputation
• 2010-07-26 Dark Reading, Killed by code: The FDA and implantable devices security
• 2010-07-21 Computerworld, Microsoft issues tool to repel Windows shortcut attacks
• 2010-07-21 Jeremiah Grossman, I know who your name, where you work, and live
• 2010-07-21 SecureList, Mass defacements: the tools and tricks
• 2010-07-20 Google Online Security, Rebooting responsible disclosure: a focus on protecting end users
• 2010-07-19 IT Security, Profiling and categorizing cybercriminals
• 2010-07-19 Cisco, Malware validation techniques
• 2010-07-18 Zenit, Vatican targeted in cyber attack on google
• 2010-07-17 Haaretz, Turkish hackers steal personal details of tens of thousands of Israelis
• 2010-07-17 Voanews, 15 countries outline principles on cyber security
• 2010-07-17 ComputerWorld, New virus industrial secrets
• 2010-07-16 Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft security advisory
• 2010-07-14 White House, Progress report on Cybersecurity
• 2010-07-07 Softpedia, Many corrupt Ukrainian bank workers assist cyber criminals
• 2010-07-06 ZDNet, YouTube comment parsing error exploited
• 2010-07-05 infosec, The death of internet anonymity
• 2010-07-02 The H Security, Please scan softly-your router could crash
• 2010-07-01 IT World, 15 must-listen podcasts for security pros
• 2010-07-01 Tech Eye, Microsoft admits 10,000 XP machines attacked within three weeks
• 2010-06-30 Secure Channel, Apple Security: Vulnerability Inevitability
• 2010-06-23 eSecurity Planet, Botnets will dominate cyberattacks through 2013: Gartner
• 2010-06-22 The Register, Cyber cops want stronger domain rules

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