1. Global Payments Breach Now Dates Back to Jan. 2011
   The data breach at Atlanta-based credit and debit card processor Global Payments just keeps getting bigger. Earlier this month, I reported that Visa and MasterCard were alerting banks that the breach extended back to June 2011. Now it appears the breach jeopardized cards processed by Global as far back as January 2011. The latest disclosure, [...]
2. Atlassian warns of critical security flaw
   Confluence customers urged to upgrade: Atlassian has warned of a critical security flaw in its Confluence product.
3. Anonymous turns its DDoS cannons on India
   Takes out government, court and political party sites: Hacktivist collective Anonymous has turned its attention to India, taking down the web sites of the Supreme Court, the countrys two major political parties and several government sites in retaliation for a court injunction which led to the blocking of several video sharing and bit torrent sites.
4. Governments may hit social networks with cyber attacks
   Arab Spring alerted governments to power of Facebook, Twitter et al: Social networking operators like Facebook and Twitter need to consider themselves much more vulnerable to attacks not because they are more vulnerable or more attractive to criminals than previously, but because states are now actors in security threats.
5. Mac-based Flashback click fraud campaign was a bust
   The hackers in charge of the Flashback botnet managed to generate $14,000 from their click fraud campaign, but have not been paid, Symantec said today.
6. Seeing ads on Wikipedia? Then you’re infected
   Click fraudsters are milking you for cash: Surfers who see ads when they visit Wikipedia are likely infected with malware, the online encyclopedia warns.
7. Android hackers hone skills in Russia
   The malware business growing around Google Android — now the leading smartphone operating system — is still in its infancy. Today, many of the apps built to steal money from Android users originate from Russia and China, so criminal gangs there have become cyber-trailblazers.
8. Council fined 70k after burglars nick vulnerable kids’ files
   Second data law breach in two years: The UK’s privacy watchdog has fined the London Borough of Barnet 70k ($111k) after the local authority lost extremely sensitive information about young children for the second time in two years.
9. Malicious fake Android AV apps pushed onto users
10. Anonymous attacks Indian websites
11. Cybercriminals honing Android malware skills in Russia
12. Java and Flash vulnerabilities being exploited by cyber spies
13. Hackers behind Flashback click fraud campaign haven’t been paid
14. Texas fights identity theft
15. Microsoft Holds Security Development Conference
16. Twitter Joins Google, Apple, Microsoft, Others in ‘Do Not Track Effort’
17. Feds Considering Allowing DVD-Encryption Cracking
18. Wrong Way Krugman flies again, and again
19. Its Tinkerers v. Hollywood, As Copyright Office Mulls New Jailbreaking Rules
20. Paymetric Deploys Secure Mobile Payments
21. Agnitum: PC Security Test shows Antivirus Products Being Left Behind
22. Infoglide And BusinessForensics Partner For Fraud, Risk Management Solutions
23. Agiliance Automates Security Assessment Of Gov Cloud Services
24. Comcast Suspends Data Cap Temporarily, Will Test New Overage Fees
25. Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Users Hit By Zeus Debit Card Scam
26. New Research From Fidelis Security Systems And IANS Shows Heightened Need For Advanced Threat Defense
27. To Warrant or Not To Warrant? ACLU and Police Clash Over Mobile Phone Location Data
28. Fake Google Chrome Installer Steals Banking Details
29. How The Social Security Administration Making Online Access To Earnings Secure For Consumers
30. Arxan Introduces End-to-End Protection Of Java And Native Apps
31. RSA Helps Accelerate Adoption Of Encryption Key Management Interoperability With KMIP-Enabled Solution
32. Android hackers honing skills in Russia
33. Flashback botmasters earned less than $15K
34. Microsoft Proposes Personal Honeypots to Fend Off Hackers
35. Anti-Anonymous hacker takes credit for The Pirate Bay DDoS
36. Anonymous hater claims responsibility for Pirate Bay DDoS attack
37. Indian Supreme Court orders Pirate Bay, Pastebin blocks, gets DDoSed

1. Facebook Takes Aim at Cross-Browser LilyJade Worm
   Facebook is attempting to dismantle a new social networking worm that spreads via an application built to run seamlessly as a plugin across multiple browsers and operating systems. In an odd twist, the author of the program is doing little to hide his identity, and claims that his “users” actually gain a security benefit from installing his software.

   As issue is a program that the author calls “LilyJade,” a browser plugin that uses Crossrider, an emerging programming framework designed to simplify the process of writing plugins that will run seamlessly across multiple browsers and operating systems, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox. The plugin spreads by posting a link to a video on a user’s Facebook wall, and friends who follow the link are told they need to accept the installation of the plugin in order to view the video. Users who accept the terms of service for LilyJade will have their accounts modified to periodically post links that help pimp the p

2. UK man to spend year in the clink for Facebook account hack
   21-year-old admitted breaking into US victim’s profile: A British man has been jailed for a year after hacking into the Facebook account of a US citizen.
3. Off-the-shelf forensics tool slurps iPhone data via iCloud
   Cops don’t need your actual phone any more: ElcomSoft has updated its mobile forensics software to include the ability to retrieve online backups from Apple iCloud storage.
4. Hong Kong CERT wants bigger team to tackle cyber threats
   Region’s multinationals a big target for hackers: Hong Kongs Computer Emergency Response Team (HKCERT) has called for more resources to help it step up attempts to proactively monitor and deal with attacks on organisations in the special administrative region (SAR) of China.
5. AWS CISO needs permission to visit his data centres
   He doesn’t mind and you shouldn’t either because they’re not that interesting: Amazon Web Services’ General Manager and Chief Information Security Officer Stephen E. Schmidt is not allowed to make unannounced visits to the company’s data centres.
6. Vixie warns: DNS Changer blackouts inevitable
   Father of BIND fears ISP crisis in July: Ridding the world of the DNS Changer is proving a long, slow process that wont be accomplished by July 9, when the court orders granted to the FBI expire and infected users suffer their inevitable blackout.
7. Utah CTO takes fall for data breach
   The executive director of Utah’s Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach two months ago that exposed the Social Security numbers of about 280,000 Medicaid recipients.
8. Privacy advocates fear CISPA
   Privacy advocates are riled up after the recent passing of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act by the House, which occurred despite opposition from privacy advocates, lawmakers and the White House. Insider (registration required)
9. Google unleashes Chrome 19, flattens 20 bugs
   Hot fuzz spawns QuickTime patch: Google released a major update to its Chrome browser on Tuesday that tackles 20 security vulnerabilities, eight of which are classified as high-risk bugs.
10. HP, CSC and EMC open cybersecurity research centre in Berlin
11. A marathon of holiday spam
12. SEALs, Spies, Security, Celebrity: Suits And Spooks Anti-Conference Comes To Los Angeles
13. Information Services Group Joins Cloud Security Alliance
14. Comodo And TeleSign Partner To Deliver Intelligent Authentication
15. Private: some search engines make money by not tracking users
16. Justice Dept. Defends Publics Constitutional Right to Record Cops
17. IT head fired, ombudsman hired in wake of Utah breach
18. Pros of managing security in cloud make it attractive
19. Money! That’s what Flashback’s creators want (but they can’t get it)
20. PCI releases help for retailers using mobile to take sales
21. Digital Defense Identifies Vulnerability On Epicor Software Interface
22. Newly Published ControlScan White Paper Educates Small Merchants On Top Five Data Security Best Practices
23. Google Patches 20 Chrome 19 Security Vulnerabilities, Adds Tab Synching
24. Dead Man Walking Tricks Airport into Giving Him Top Security Job
25. Attackers Hit Human Rights, Foreign Policy Web Sites With Drive-by Exploits
26. Zeus Malware Seeks Facebook Users’ Debit Card Data
27. Android malware using real apps as disguise ‘wrappers’
28. What Tech Issues Loom Large for Election 2012?
29. Massive DDoS attack keeps The Pirate Bay offline for over a day
30. Ads on Wikipedia can point to malware infection
31. Banking Trojan masquerading as Chrome installer

1. ‘Catastrophic’ Avira antivirus update bricks Windows PCs
   rundll32.exe? cmd.exe? You clearly don’t need those: Security software biz Avira has apologised after its antivirus suites went haywire and disabled customers’ Windows machines.
2. Stuxnet cyberwar, says US Army Cyber Command officer
   AusCERT: What is cyberwar anyway?: While cyber^* operations are becoming an increasing focus of both government and private research, legal frameworks are failing to keep pace, the US Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark has told the AusCERT security conference in Queensland.
3. Scammers exploit wannabe demon-slayers hyped by Diablo III
   Go straight to hell: Cybercrooks latched onto the release of Diablo III on Monday with a run of scams themed around the widely anticipated video game.
4. Bitcoin bank Bitcoinica still titsup after hack attack
   More than $90k in tokens snatched: Bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica remains offline following a hack against its systems last week that resulted in the theft of digital currency valued at approximately $90,000 (56k).
5. Top three security concerns for CSOs and CIOs
6. Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages
7. New Zeus malware scam promises rebates, security
8. Banned PlayStation Hacker Sees Hope of Return in Jailbreaking Deliberations
9. McAfee, Intel collaborate on protecting energy infrastructure
10. Apple security update fixes QuickTime vulnerabilities
11. Apple Protects OS X 10.5 Leopard From Flashback Malware
12. Apple Security Updates Targets Mac OS X Leopard, Flashback Trojan
13. California Woman Gets 5-Year Prison Term in Phishing Conviction
14. ACLU Warns State Dept. Against Firing Worker Who Criticized Government
15. Cloud Storage Security Isn’t as Solid as Vendors Want You to Believe
16. Exploits greeting users at foreign policy, human rights sites
17. California Tops Cybercrimes
18. Apple ships Flashback removal tool for OS X 10.5 Leopard
19. Tymoshenko appeal to be heard during Ukraines Euro 2012 as boycott threatened
20. Hackers break into bitcoin exchange site Bitcoinica, steal $90,000 in bitcoins
21. “Patriotic hacktivist” The Jester unmaskedor maybe it’s a big troll
22. Application Security, Inc. Pledges $1 Million Of Database Security Software To Help Enterprises Battle Data Breaches
23. McAfee and Intel Announce Critical Infrastructure Protection

1. Multiple Human Rights, Foreign Policy Sites Hacked
   A rash of recent and ongoing targeted attacks involving compromises at high-profile Web sites should serve as a sobering reminder of the need to be vigilant about applying browser updates. A broad index of prominent sites belonging to foreign policy and human rights groups have been hacked and quietly serving spyware to visitors by exploiting [...]
2. Apple scrubs old Leopards of Flashback Trojan infections
   Security airdrop saves legacy fanbois from nasties: Apple has released patches that defend users of its older Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system against security threats.
3. Adobe backs down, patches critical Photoshop CS5 hole
   Paid upgrade fix row leaves a nasty taste: Adobe backed down on Friday and promised to release a fix for earlier versions of its Photoshop software after previously insisting users who wanted to safeguard themselves from a critical security vulnerability had to pay for an upgrade.
4. Hackers steal PS56,000 in bitcoins from exchange site Bitcoinica
5. Popular Surveillance Cameras Open to Hackers, Researcher Says
6. Self-adapting computer network that actively defends itself against hackers
7. Congress considering biodefense measure
8. McAfee and Intel protect the critical infrastructure together
9. SMB Confidence In Cloud Security Grows, Surveys Say
10. Americans Rate Cyber-Security as Hot Issue in Presidential Election: Survey
11. How to harden your smartphone against stalkersAndroid edition
12. LulzSec member pleads not guilty to charges he hacked Stratfor website
13. Alleged LulzSec hacker Hammond pleads innocent
14. Leopard users get Flashback removal, Flash disabler tools, too
15. Mac OS X Security to be Vetted by Kaspersky Labs
16. Apple reportedly asked Kaspersky Lab to analyze OS X
17. Public vs. private cyberattack responsibility debate heats up
18. Amnesty International Hackers Learned From Flashback
19. Android users targeted by premium-rate SMS malware
20. Beazley Brings State Of The Art Data Breach Protection For Small Firm
21. Vaultive Introduces Enterprise-Class Cloud Data Encryption Solution For Hosted Exchange
22. ForeScout And Fiberlink Team On Fully Integrated NAC And MDM Solution

1. Global Payments Breach Fueled Prepaid Card Fraud
   Debit card accounts stolen in a recent hacker break-in at card processor Global Payments have been showing up in fraud incidents at retailers in Las Vegas and elsewhere, according to officials from one bank impacted by the fraud.

   At the beginning of March 2012, Danbury, Conn. based Union Savings Bank began seeing an unusual pattern of fraud on a dozen or so debit cards it had issued, noting that most of the cards had recently been used at a cafe at a nearby private school. When the bank determined that the school was a customer of Global Payments, it contacted Visa to alert the card association of a possible breach at the Atlanta-based processor, according to Doug Fuller, Union Savings Bank’s chief risk officer.

2. Russian start-up claims BitTorrent-killer
   Pirate Pay names Microsoft as investor: A group of Russian developers is touting a technology they say can kill off BitTorrent-based P2P file sharing and says they have attracted investment from Microsoft.
3. Amnesty International UK site flung Gh0st RAT at surfers after hack
   Do-gooders done for: Amnesty International UK’s website was hacked early this week in an assault ultimately geared towards planting malware onto the PCs of visiting surfers.
4. Is your BYOD policy out-of-date?
5. Adobe backs down, will patch old software for free
6. Adobe u-turn promises free security patches for Creative Suite
7. Wargaming a fight against hackers
8. Avaya Secures Mobile Collaboration And Bring Your Own Device For Enterprises
9. WatchGuard Goes Virtual With Security
10. Abine Launches PrivacyWatch Alert System To Help Facebook Users Protect Their Personal Information
11. Infrax Systems (IFXY) Launches Smart Grid’s SPIDer
12. Adobe backs down, will secure last generation of apps
13. Hands-on with five antivirus apps for the Mac
14. HP loses hundreds of thousands of CA social services recordson microfiche
15. U.S. Senator Takes Wrong Turn on DOJ’s GPS Tracking Requests
16. Week in Apple: updates, updates, updates galore!
17. iPhone, iPad Popularity Could Threaten Enterprise Security: Zscaler
18. Amnesty International’s UK website compromised to infect visitors with cyberspying malware
19. Court protects Google-NSA contacts
20. Bitcoins worth $87,000 plundered in brazen server breach
21. Dutch Party Barred From Helping People Skirt Pirate Bay Web Blockade
22. IC3 annual report shows 3.4 percent rise in fraud loss
23. Pentagon Sharing More Cyber-Security Intelligence With Industries
24. My own private Internet: .secure TLD floated as bad-guy-free zone
25. Amnesty International malware attack: when bad things happen on good sites
26. FBI warns travelers of pop-up attacks
    attacks

27. Military Formalizes Defense Contractor Cybersecurity Program
28. Court Upholds Google-NSA Relationship Secrecy
29. Senator Questions DOJ on GPS Tracking Requests to Carriers
30. More Americans Worried about Cybarmegeddon Than Terrorism, Study Finds
31. HP Moves HP Cloud Services To Public Beta
32. Kindsight Security Labs Releases Q1 2012 Malware Report
33. Trend Micro Plug-In Makes It Easy For Companies Using Apache CloudStack To Encrypt And Protect Their Cloud Data
34. Intel Taps TeleSign For Identity Protection
35. Symantec Fosters Secure Mobile Productivity With Enterprise Mobility Enhancements
36. Busted Camcording Piracy Group Sought Street Cred
37. FBI Surreptitiously Returns Seized Server
38. UNC Charlotte: 350,000 SSNs exposed in decade-long data breach
39. Anti-DotCon: .Secure Proposed as the Internets Safe Spot
40. A once-secret island prison in Nigeria, now twice abandoned, offers warning of power abuses
41. How Travelers Can Protect Themselves From Hotel Wi-Fi Drive-By Attacks
42. DOD Announces Expansion Of Defense Industrial Base Voluntary Cybersecurity Information Sharing Activities
43. 9 Tips To Block Hotel Wi-Fi Malware

1. FBI: Updates Over Public Net Access = Bad Idea
   The Federal Bureau of Investigation is advising travelers to avoid updating software while using hotel or other public Internet connections, warning that malicious actors are targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while they are establishing an Internet connection in their hotel rooms. From the FBI’s advisory: “Recently, there have been instances of travelers laptops being [...]
2. Megaupload files motion to delay civil suit
   Megaupload filed a motion in federal court on Thursday asking to delay a civil suit filed against the file-sharing site while it prepares a defense for its criminal case.
3. UNC Charlotte: 350,000 SSNs exposed in decade-long breach
   Two issues exposed financial data and Social Security numbers for 350,000 people, although it is thought the information has not been abused, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte said.
4. Third teen TeamPoison hack suspect quizzed by cyber-cops
   Lad cuffed in anti-terror hotline attack probe: British cyber-cops have arrested a third suspected member of the infamous TeaMp0isoN hacker crew.
5. Multinationals in China fear IP theft by local staff
   Firms need to be proactive and strategic in response: Multinationals based in China are increasingly worried about their local workforce pilfering valuable intellectual property but many are failing to act in a timely and proactive manner to combat information security threats, according to a panel of security experts.
6. California moves to stop employers demanding Facebook passwords
   The California assembly passed a bill on Thursday that prevents employers from demanding job applicants’ passwords for accounts on Facebook or other social networking sites.
7. Secret agent who infiltrated underwear bomb plot was British, sources say
8. New York City agency pushes plan to prevent cyberattacks on elevators, boilers
9. U.S. seeking to build international unity around cyberdefense for industrial control systems
10. Another alleged TeamPoison hacker arrested
11. Unrepentant Hippie and World Networker Randy Bush Enters Nets Hall of Fame
12. FixMeStick: USB device for removing malware
13. Severity of software security risks rising
14. Cybersecurity model may benefit a new cloud-based network
15. Russia reveals foiled plot against 2014 Olympics as torch lit for 2012 games
16. Travelers laptops infected through fake software updates in foreign hotel rooms
17. Obama attacks Romney for being backwards on equality
18. Few Companies Fight Patriot Act Gag Orders, FBI Admits
19. FBI Warns of Malicious Hotspots, Evil Hotel Internet
20. California, Congress Move to Keep Facebook Passwords Private from Employers
21. SC Congress Canada: Threat intel can mitigate attacks
22. FBI Warns of Malware Attacks Through Hotel Internet Services
23. Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Growth in Wireless Computing Increase Healthcare Concerns Over Data Loss
24. 3LM Expands Android Operating System Support; Introduces Security And Management For Apple’s iOS Platform
25. PCI Council Introduces New Certification & Training Program
26. Twitter Tries to Quash Subpoena for Occupy Protester`s Data
27. Coolest jobs in tech: from the pits of Le Mans to the dugouts of Fenway Park
28. Welcome to Ars Technica, version 7.0
29. Police Bust Disciplined Multi-Million-Dollar Carding Ring
30. CSOs warned of serious cyber-espionage attack
31. UK teen arrested in hack probe
32. HijackThis review
33. Pentagon CIO Talks Security, Mobility, Shared Services
34. More Canadians own smartphones but BlackBerry slipping: J.D. Power
35. Symplified Introduces Identity As A Service Platform For Cloud Service Providers
36. GFI Labs Observes Cybercriminals Targeting Users Of Major Social Networking Sites In April
37. South African fashion models reconcile after Twitter battle over race
38. U.S. drone strike kills 8 Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen amid CIA mole reports
39. Police arrest alleged ‘TeamPoison’ hacker in Newcastle

1. Norwegian teens arrested over SOCA DDoS attack
   Also accused of pwning online newspaper, financial services group: Norwegian police have charged two teenagers suspected of taking part in denial of service attacks against the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency and other targets.
2. Anonymous takes the Kremlin offline in Putin protest
   Hacktivist group reacts as former president sweeps back to power: Hacktivist group Anonymous has been up to its old tricks again, this time briefly taking out the web site of the Russian president as a show of support for the growing opposition to newly re-crowned leader Vladimr Putin.
3. PHP devs lob second patch at super-critical CGI bug
   If at first you don’t succeed, compile, compile again: The developers of PHP have released updates to thwart fresh attacks against systems that use the scripting language to dynamically generate web pages.
4. Fake mobile AV apps offered on Google Play
5. Big data analytics defining new malware strategy
6. Twitter Breached, 50k Accounts Posted to Internet
7. U.S.-Israel project with Motorola leads to security-hardened industrial control system
8. Apple patches Safari, blocks outdated Flash Player
9. Twitter Denial of Alleged Site Hack Leaves More Questions Than Answers
10. FBI Fears Bitcoins Popularity with Criminals
11. TCS Introduces Military Cyber Grade Security For Enterprises
12. SC Congress Canada: What scares the living IT out of you?
13. Telus profit tops estimates on mobile growth
14. Illinois Barred From Enforcing Police Eavesdropping Law
15. Twitter Denies Theft of Valid Account Credentials in Reputed Password Dump
16. Elections official apologizes for privacy breach
17. Search Results Protected by First Amendment, Google-funded Analysis Says
18. Eight Of Top Ten Highest Risk Vulnerabilities On SMB Networks Related To Weak Or Blank Passwords
19. F.T.C. and White House Push for Online Privacy Laws
20. Feds warn of booby-trapped hotel Wi-Fi connections
21. Cloud Security Alliance Announces Open Certification Framework For Cloud Providers
22. Email Service Provider Phishing Spikes, F500 And Gov Agencies With DNSChanger Latest
23. Nominum Launches First Comprehensive Mobile Security Solution That Protects Both The Network And The End User
24. New York High Court OKs Child-Porn Web Surfing
25. U.S. lawmakers dismayed over leaks in CIA-infiltrated al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot
26. New Panda Cloud Office Protection 6.0
27. S&C Enhances Security Of Smart Grid Controls With McAfee Solution
28. Free fraud protection scam delivers financial malware
29. Security of industrial control systems questioned at DHS conference
30. Police-themed ransomware starts targeting US and Canadian users
31. SC Congress Canada: Policies can combat mobile worries
32. Symantec Discusses Cloud, Mobile Security Plans at Vision 2012
33. RIM BlackBerrys get Department of Defense approval
34. Activist hackers temporarily block Putins website; opposition supporters detained near Kremlin
35. FixMeStick Launches USB Device For Removing Computer Viruses
36. McAfee Introduces Network Security Platform
37. eIQnetworks Unveils IT Security Solution To Strike Back Against Cyber Attacks
38. ForeScout And Fiberlink Launch First Integrated NAC And MDM Solution
39. SC Congress Canada: “Social engineer back” employees
40. Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 carrying 46 people goes missing on demonstration flight in Indonesia
41. Flashback Shows Need For Better Botnet Measurements
42. Employers atwitter about social media

1. Adobe, Microsoft Push Critical Security Fixes
   Adobe and Microsoft today each issued updates to address critical security flaws in their software. Adobe’s patch plugs at least five holes in its Shockwave Player, while Microsoft has released a bundle of seven updates to correct 23 vulnerabilities in Windows and other products. Microsoft’s May patch batch includes fixes for vulnerabilities that could be [...]
2. Leaked Twitter accounts ‘mostly banned spammers’
   Tweet site downplays dump of 55,000 passwords: Twitter has downplayed the significance of a data dump that leaked the login details of 55,000 twits.
3. Scandal ad slingers cough up $100k in ‘Facebook clickjack’ case
   Marketing biz ‘earning $1.2m a month’ settles out of court: A marketing firm accused of running campaigns via a web of unscrupulous affiliates who flooded Facebook with spam has agreed to clean up its network. The business’s owners settled a lawsuit brought against them and have denied any wrongdoing.
4. Jetting off abroad? Pack protection … for your Wi-Fi
   Feds warn of malware attacks on hotel net surfers: A US government agency is warning travellers to be wary of malware that installs itself via pop-up browser windows on hotel internet connections.
5. Twitter resists subpoena to release user’s data without warrant
   Twitter is contesting a court order requiring it to turn over private data on a user charged with disorderly conduct during the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York last year.
6. Microsoft makes good with a 23-fix Patch Tuesday
   Busy Wednesday for BOFH: It’ll be all hands to the pumps in IT departments around the globe as Microsoft has issued this month’s round of patches. There are 23 flaws to be fixed.
7. Twitter says many leaked passwords inaccurate, duplicates
   Many of the Twitter logins and passwords leaked on the web this week are either inaccurate or belong to accounts already suspended for spamming, the company said late Tuesday.
8. Cisco offers API to fight call fraud
   Cisco this week at Interop 2012 released an API for its branch routers designed to enable third-party developers to write applications to enhance the security of phone calls over the router network.
9. Java drive-by generator used in recent attack
10. Cybercrime in Canada skyrocketing, security firm says
11. DHS: Gas pipeline industry under significant ongoing cyberattack
12. BeyondTrust acquires eEye in union of security vendors
13. Android Trojan copies PC drive-by malware attack
14. Phishing impersonating email service providers spikes
15. Yucca Mountain as a data depository
16. Microsoft Fixes Critical Flaws with Patch Tuesday Updates
17. A look back at some of RIMs biggest marketing missteps
18. Pirates Beware: DVD Anti-Piracy Warning Now Twice as Fierce
19. Twitter Hits Back at Court, Prosecutors Over Occupy Order
20. RIM appoints chief marketing officer, chief operating officer
21. Microsoft hands out more Duqu fixes despite prior patch
22. Microsoft Patch Tuesday Swats 23 Security Bugs, Including Duqu Exploit
23. Publishing charge hits Quebecor broadcast unit TVA
24. South Africa to adopt Aussie iCode this year
25. iOS 5 Gadgets: Fun Toys That Can Mess With Enterprise Security
26. Chinas ruling Communist Party considering delaying five-year congress
27. FTC Slaps MySpace For Privacy Breaches
28. Principal Accused of Spying on Students, Parents with Fake Facebook Account
29. U.S. and China working together to prevent cyberattacks
30. Myspace settles with FTC over sharing user data with advertisers
31. CloudFlare And OpenDNS Join Forces To Help Internet Users Affected By DNSChanger Malware
32. Espionage case involving alleged navy spy adjourned until June in Halifax
33. Ransomware demands payment for alleged copyright infringement
34. iOS 5.1.1 patches URL spoofing flaw, two other security vulnerabilities
35. AT&T ready to board the shared data plan train

1. At the Crossroads of eThieves and Cyberspies
   Lost in the annals of campy commercials from the 1980s is a series of ads that featured improbable scenes between two young people (usually of the opposite sex) who somehow caused the inadvertent collision of peanut butter and chocolate. After the mishap, one would complain, “Hey you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!,” and the other would retort, “You got your peanut butter in my chocolate!” The youngsters then sample the product of their happy accident and are amazed to find someone has already combined the two flavors into a sweet and salty treat that is commercially available.

   It may be that the Internet security industry is long overdue for its own “Reese’s moment.” Many security experts who got their start analyzing malware and tracking traditional cybercrime recently have transitioned to investigating malware and attacks associated with so-called advanced persistent threat (APT) incidents. The former centers on the theft of financial data that can be used to quickly extrac

2. Zombie PCs exploit hookup site in 4Square-for-malware scam
   Ill-used ‘adult’ dating site riddled with infection: Security researchers have discovered a strain of malware that uses the geolocation service offered by an adult dating website as an easy way to determine the location of infected machines.
3. CERT warns of targeted phishing attacks against gas pipeline firms
   The United States Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued a warning about an active “spear phishing” campaign targeting companies in the natural gas pipeline sector.
4. China in US cybersecurity link-up
5. Cyber attackers target US natural gas pipeline companies
6. CERT warns of targeted gas pipeline firm ‘spear phishing’ attacks
7. Cybercriminals are exploiting users of social networking sites
8. The trouble with Frances free-thinking first ladies: Unmarried status may pose diplomatic dilemmas
9. Seized Hip-Hop Site Lashes Out At Feds, RIAA
10. Homeland Security Concedes Airport Body Scanner Vulnerabilities
11. Attackers target unpatched PHP bug allowing malicious code execution
12. Major software flaws in iPhones, iPads fixed in update
13. OS X plain text password flaw has been around for 3 months and counting
14. Natural gas pipeline companies under siege, DHS arm warns
15. Exiled Americans Challenge to No-Fly List Gets Day in Court
16. OS X Lion Update Exposes Clear-Text Passwords
17. Fixmo Expands No-Charge Mobile Security Offerings for Government Agencies To Include Secure Browser And App Security
18. Four Out Of Five New Malware Samples Are Trojans, According To PandaLabs Q1 Report
19. Ixia To Acquire Network Visibility Company, Anue Systems, For $145M
20. New Version Of CORE Impact Professional Vulnerability Assessment Tool Released
21. TrustSphere Security Intelligence Counters Social Attacks Against Organizations And Executives
22. FBI Wants Google, Facebook to Provide Wiretap Backdoor: Report
23. Small-Business Security: Five Tips to Help Protect Against Cyber-Threats
24. Ransomware increases in prevalence as cyber-criminal tactic

1. Critical Flash Update Fixes Zero-day Flaw
   Adobe Systems Inc. today issued a security update to its Flash Player software. The company stressed that the update fixes a critical vulnerability that malicious actors have been using in targeted attacks.
2. Microsoft to Botmasters: Abandon Your Inboxes
   If the miscreants behind the ZeuS botnets that Microsoft sought to destroy with a civil lawsuit last month didn’t already know that the software giant also wished to unmask them, they almost certainly do now. Google, and perhaps other email providers, recently began notifying the alleged botmasters that Microsoft was requesting their personal details.
3. Apple logging passwords in plain text
   Lion debug feature breaks security: A post to Cryptome is pointing the finger at Apple for logging plain-text passwords of users of legacy Filevault under Lion 10.7.3.
4. Cybercrims dump email for irresistible Twitter, Facebook spam
   Thanks for the fake Viagra link, mum: Cybercrooks have quit pouring barrels of spam into email inboxes in favour of hassling marks on social networks as an easier way to make money.
5. Intel and McAfee unveil plans for unified security future
   After 18 months, the results are in: Intel and MacAfee have been talking about the fruits of their merger and their plans for a cloud to computer security network that will be built into new systems.
6. Less than half of Facebook, Google users understand sites’ privacy policies
   Most users of Facebook and Google had fundamental gaps in understanding, even after reading privacy policies, about how the websites handled their information and how other Web users could discover it, according to a study released by the digital branding firm Siegel+Gale.
7. Lockheed bags $454m to tool up Pentagon’s Cyber Crime Center
   Counterterrorism and anti-cybercrime unit buffed: Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth up to $454m to help the Pentagon with its Cyber Crime Center.
8. AudienceView ticketing takes on industry giants
9. Minting the Digital Currency of the Future
10. Number, diversity of targeted cyberattacks increased in 2011
11. IBM: Role of Chief Security Officer is Evolving
12. Everyone Has Been Hacked. Now What?
13. Adobe Patches Flash Player Bug as Hackers Attack IE for Windows
14. Sanctions, Legal Fees Piling Up For Man Claiming Facebook Ownership
15. Flash flaw being used to deliver email based attacks
16. Hackers Attempt to Blackmail Belgian Credit Provider
17. Emergency Flash update fixes security bug being used to hijack PCs
18. FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging
19. NotCompatible Android Trojan: What You Need to Know
20. SOCA website still down after mystery cyber attack
21. Neo-Nazi militia founder suspected of killing family in Arizona murder-suicide
22. 6 Findings That Prove Mobile Malware’s Mettle
23. Businesses leaving door open to privacy breaches, survey finds
24. Cubas little capitalists are ready to rumba
25. Global Payments Breach: Fresh Questions On Timing

1. Guest Post: Top Free Twitter Unfollow Tools
   Whether you are an individual blogger or a company trying to market itself, Twitter is undoubtedly one of the best tools to help you promote your business, product or service. It is widely known as the topmost social media marketing instrument that has been able to make profit for a large number of businesses. However, [...]
2. Suppressed data on mutant H5N1 human-killer virus PUBLISHED
   Information wants to be free: Strains of bird flu that could spread among humans have been created in the lab – and now full details on just how this was done have been published openly, raising fears that the research could be used by terrorists to craft a deadly bio-weapon plague.
3. Chinese passports to get chipped
   Great wall of biometrics for international travellers: China has updated the technology it uses to secure its passports, with chip-equipped documents to be issued from March 15th.
4. MSFT kicks Chinese partner over security leak
   Hangzhou DPTech stripped of partner status: Six weeks after Microsoft was accused of leaking attack code for a security flaw, Redmond has pointed the finger at a Chinese firewall company and revoked its partner status.
5. Mobile experts disagree on who should protect privacy
   Users of mobile apps need more information about the ways those apps use their personal information, a group of experts agreed Thursday, but they didn’t agree on who is most responsible for protecting user privacy.
6. Botnet army flicks ‘off’ switch at UK crime agency website
   Suspiciously close to Soca’s shutdown of stolen-data shops: The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency’s website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack that started last night and is still going on.
7. “Literally” the day he was arrested, hacker “Sabu” helped the FBI
8. 1,000+ WordPress compromised through automatic update feature
9. Microsoft to fix 23 bugs May Patch Tuesday
10. New hacking group hits government websites, leaks stolen data
11. NASA says no sensitive information breached in Unknowns hack
12. Canadian journalists on al-Qaeda mailing list: U.S. counterterrorism centre report
13. RIM investors grow frustrated as BlackBerry 10 release date still unclear
14. Feds Seized Hip-Hop Site for a Year, Waiting For Proof of Infringement
15. MI6 Codebreaker Attended U.S. Security Conference Before His Death
16. Has Walmart opened itself up to “Denial of inventory” attacks?
17. ‘Smishing’ Attacks Are on the Rise
18. Android malware spreads via website-injection campaigns
19. Facebook Users by the Million Ignore Privacy Controls: Consumer Reports
20. Alleged “mastermind” of #Antisec added to indictment for Stratfor hack
21. Chinese firewall maker booted from Microsoft sharing program
22. Microsoft May Patch Tuesday Addresses Windows, Office Flaws
23. Study Finds Concerns on Readiness for Cyberattacks
24. The difficulties in sizing up botnets
25. Android Malware Spreading for First Time Via Hacked Sites
26. Microsoft Drops Chinese Firm From Vulnerability-Sharing Group
27. Slowing time as a way to counter cyberattacks
28. For the first time, hacked websites deliver Android malware
29. How to land a cybersecurity job
30. Hackers blackmail Belgian bank Elantis over unencrypted customer data
31. McAfee, Imation Partner on Encrypted USB Devices
32. SOCA website still down after suspected DDoS cyber attack
33. Recent health data breaches highlight risk of inside jobs

1. ManageFlitter                               

Formerly called ManageTwitter, this is one of the best tools for unfollowing unwanted Twitter followers. Even though this application may take a few minutes to load but it works quite well to help you unfollow lots of users quickly. With the help of this tool, you will be able to see the list of people you are following and separate out the ones who are not following you back. In this list, you can easily check the ones you wish to unfollow by clicking on the unfollow button next to their name. This is the only app that will allow you to unfollow the users who are inactive and haven’t been active on Twitter in a while or are too lazy to even post a picture on their profile.

2. Refollow

Another great user-friendly application for unfollowing people on twitter is Refollow. It is a great tool for unfollowing people who aren’t following you back in bulk. It is quite simple and safe to use as well as help save a lot of time. Though it has been designed to perform one single task, but it does that task perfectly.

3. Twitter Karma

Besides helping you unfollow Twitter users, Twitter Karma can be used to follow all users who follow you. It is a great program that can be used for following and unfollowing users within seconds.

4. TweetSpinner

This one is a lot more than just a single tool for unfollowing twitter users who aren’t following you back. It is an extremely advance tool which you can use for directing messages, followers, scheduling tweets and designs. Therefore, it is a good choice for people who are looking for an all-inclusive twitter management tool.

5. JustUnfollow

This tool is also quite simple to use and very efficient to help you unfollow Twitter users. Just like most other apps, JustUnfollow presents the list of users you are following and points out the ones that aren’t following you. So you can choose the ones you wish to unfollow within seconds. However, the program immediately makes the user to disappear as soon as you click on unfollow and it becomes a bit difficult to follow which users you have unfollowed.

You can try these tools for unfollowing unwanted followers on twitter and decide for yourself which one suits your requirements the best.

About the author: Margaret is a blogger by profession. She loves writing on the environment and technology and is fond of books. She recently wrote an article on Quartz Countertops. These days she is busy in writing an article on venom gt.

1. OpenX Promises Fix for Rogue Ads Bug
   Hackers are actively exploiting a dangerous security vulnerability in OpenX — an online ad-serving solution for Web sites — to run booby-trapped ads that serve malware and browser exploits across countless Web sites that depend on the solution.

   Security experts have been warning for months about mysterious attacks on OpenX installations in which the site owners discovered new rogue administrator accounts. That access allows miscreants to load tainted ads on sites that rely on the software. The bad ads usually try to foist malware on visitors, or frighten them into paying for bogus security software.

   OpenX is only now just starting to acknowledge the attacks, as more users are coming forward with unanswered questions about the mysteriously added accounts.

2. UK’s new drivers now in safe hands … of laser-wielding robots
   Credit-card chip biz promises 80m non-forgeable licences: Secure token biz Gemalto has landed the contract to print the next 80 million identity documents for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), including next-gen driving licences to be deployed next year.
3. London Olympics ‘not immune’ to cyber attack
   Blighty puts together crack team to guard against intrusion: Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London Olympics will not be immune to cyber attack.
4. Hackers blackmail Belgian bank with threats to publish customer data
   Hackers claimed to have breached the systems of the Belgian credit provider Elantis and threatened to publish confidential customer information if the bank does not pay $197,000 before Friday.
5. GCHQ’s spy death riddle shines light on UK hacker war
   Was Gareth Williams spotted at Blackhat or Defcon?: British intelligence agent Dr Gareth Williams last mission before he was unlawfully killed was to infiltrate and report on US hacker meetings, evidence given at his inquest this week has indicated.
6. Scotland Yard officers cuff ex-cop in latest police bung probe
   27th arrest in Op Elveden inquiry courtesy of tip-off from News Corp: A retired special ops detective has been arrested by officers investigating allegations of illegal payments to police in relation to an ongoing inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal that has swamped Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper business.
7. Hampshire council throws BYOD party, hires extra security
   Just in case a mobe gets lost – with your info on it: Hampshire county council is to begin rolling out a bring your own device (BYOD) scheme later this year.
8. NHS trust goes 100% over IT budget in patient records rollout cockup
   A 1m here, a 1m there … it adds up after a while: North Bristol NHS trust has confirmed it has overspent on its IT budget by almost 100 per cent in recent months as a consequence of the rollout of its Cerner electronic patient record (EPR) system.
9. Kaspersky: Apple security is like Microsoft’s in 2002
   Get ready for the era of the sick Mac: Apple customers are more at risk from malware now because of their misconception that their iDevices and Macs are secure and because of Apple’s poor attitude to security, according to experts.
10. Britains organized crime agency website knocked out by hackers
11. Android drive-by download malware served by hacked websites
12. UK crime agency site taken down
13. Drive-by download Android malware delivered on hacked websites
14. Oxford University hit hard by Mac Flashback infections
15. Microsoft Investigates Reports of Skype IP Address Leaks
16. Android users targeted for the first time in drive-by download attacks
17. An Intentional Mistake: The Anatomy of Googles Wi-Fi Sniffing Debacle
18. News Corp board stands behind Rupert Mordoch after damning UK report
19. Skype Left Location-Tracking Vuln Unfixed for More Than a Year, Researchers Say
20. Lieberman Software Enhances Self-Service Password Reset Capabilities For The Windows Enterprise
21. Attackers Add Ransomware to Bank Fraud Malware: Security Researchers
22. Metaforic Announces Protection For Android Financial Application
23. Mac Malware Targeting Unpatched Office Running on OS X
24. Global Payments working to again validate its PCI compliance
25. Oculis Labs Announces PrivateEye Enterprise 4.0 To Proactively Protect Computer Display Data
26. Avira Survey Finds Computer Users Don’t Feel Safe On Social Media Site
27. Former CIA Director Hayden To Keynote New Mobile Security Event In Washington
28. ESET Goes Google Play With ESET Mobile Security For Android Smartphones And Tablets
29. U.S. Appeals Court Clears Torture Memo Author
30. MI6 Codebreaker Found Dead in Bag Was Likely Killed, Coroner Says
31. Mozilla Criticizes CISPA for Having Broad, Alarming Reach
32. Microsoft Detects New Malware Attacking Mac OS X
33. Avira Free Antivirus review
34. Google Street View Controversy Continues to Roil
35. Iraqs media freedom deteriorating: NGO
36. Bits Blog: Malware for Macs Lucrative, Security Researchers Say

1. Global Payments Breach Window Expands
   A hacker break-in at credit and debit card processor Global Payments Inc. dates back to at least early June 2011, Visa and MasterCard warned in updated alerts sent to card-issuing banks in the past week. The disclosures offer the first additional details about the scope of the breach since Global Payments acknowledged the incident on March 30, 2012.
2. Skype slurping software threatens IP exposure
   It’s a P2P problem says Redmond subsidiary: Code posted online that can skim the last known IP address of users is being checked out by Skype as a possible security flaw.
3. Iran admits expanded cyberattacks, claims it’s identified hackers
   The Iranian government acknowledged today that authorities have found evidence of recent cyberattacks against several agencies, according to reports by state-sponsored media outlets.
4. Google Street View Wi-Fi data slurper named
   Unmasked ‘rogue engineer’ worked on wardriving app: The ‘Engineer Doe’, who designed Google’s Street View Wi-Fi software to collect personal data, has been named by an American newspaper.
5. Iran admits to cyberattacks in several government agencies
6. Joint attack by banking Trojan and ransomware
7. Fake PayPal payment notification leads to malware
8. Microsoft detects malware targeting Mac OS X Office vulnerability
9. Microsoft detects new malware targeting Apple computers
10. Free, integrated antivirus and firewall solution
11. Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng could be exiled to save face
12. One third of Firefox users vulnerable to known flaws, IE and Chrome continue to gain
13. Peter Foster: Burying carbon storage
14. Googles Engineer Doe Known For Wi-Fi Hacking Tool
15. Mac Flashback Attackers Made $10,000 a Day: Symantec
16. Enterasys Rolls Out Mobile Identity And Access Manager
17. Pindrop Security Closes $1 Million Seed Round
18. Cymtec Introduces Sentry 4.0 With Context-Aware Network Visibility, Control And Reporting
19. Vormetric Boosts Encryption Speed With Intel On-Chip Support
20. Symantec: Flashback malware netted upwards of $10,000 a day
21. ICANN to inform domain name applicants of data breaches
22. Ransom malware merged with bank Trojan in new attack
23. Google’s Street View ‘Engineer Doe’ Identified
24. Mac Flashback Malware Bags Big Bucks
25. Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm Free AV Plus Firewall 2013
26. NetScout Simplifies Network Forensics With The Automated Reconstruction And Visual Replay Of Network Activities
27. Lookout Adds New Anti-Malware Features To Protection
28. Wurldtech Provides Testing Accreditation For Siemens CERT Lab
29. Symantec: Flashback botnet could generate up to $10k per day in ad clicks
30. Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1 review
31. As malicious attacks surged, Mac trojan authors gained through clicks: Symantec
32. Firefox “security” add-on exposes users’ Web browsing history
33. ‘Hyperspeed signalling’ could prevent cyber attacks, claim researchers
34. Oracle lists workarounds following zero-day disclosure
35. Paraben Device Seizure v4.6
36. NIKSUN NetDetector Alpine
37. Cyber Security Technologies Mac Marshal Field Edition
38. Cellebrite UFED Ultimate

1. Service Automates Boobytrapping of Hacked Sites
   Hardly a week goes by without news of some widespread compromise in which thousands of Web sites that share a common vulnerability are hacked and seeded with malware. Media coverage of these mass hacks usually centers on the security flaw the allowed the intrusions, but one aspect of these crimes that’s seldom examined is the method by which attackers automate the booby-trapping and maintenance of their hijacked sites.

   Regular readers of this blog may be unsurprised to learn that this is another aspect of the cybercriminal economy that can be outsourced to third-party services. Often known as “iFramers,” such services can simplify the task of managing large numbers of hacked sites that are used to drive traffic to a handful of sites that serve up malware and browser exploits.

2. Terror group builds secure VoIP over GPRS network: report
   Secret comms network eludes Indian spooks: Terror group builds secure VoIP over GPRS network: report Secret comms network eludes spooks Terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba has developed its own VoIP network that connects its members over GPRS networks, according to the Times of India.
3. RuggedCom will block industrial control backdoor
   Races to fix years-old vulnerability: A year after it was first discovered, a backdoor in industrial networking kit from Canadian RuggedCom is to be fixed sometime soon.
4. Privacy group calls for hearings on Google StreetView snooping
   U.S. lawmakers should reopen an investigation into the snooping on Wi-Fi networks by Google’s Street View cars because of information in a U.S. Federal Communications Commission report that suggests several people at Google knew of the spying, a privacy group said Monday.
5. Cargo Firm’s Social Network Speeds Up Problem Resolution
   By using Tibbr, this Hong Kong-based logistics company is able to share short messages to resolve exceptions, reschedule deliveries and keep customers happier. Insider (registration required)
6. Google posts FCC report about Street View
   Google has made public a report of the Federal Communications Commission’s probe into the payload data its Street View cars had been collecting from unprotected Wi-Fi networks, reports the Los Angeles Times.
7. Flashback botnet is a cash cow
8. Targeted Attacks Increased, Became More Diverse in 2011
9. Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback malware attack
10. Flashback ‘hijacked’ web searches
11. Religious and ideological sites carry more malware than porn sites
12. Flashback malware netted upwards of $10,000 a day, says Symantec
13. Securing smartphones and tablets against banking fraud
14. DDoS attackers turning to simple ‘booter’ scripts, Prolexic warns
15. Sourcefire Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
16. Blackbird International Corporation Announces Its Acquisition of Insight ID
17. Spam is down, but malware is as hot as ever, Symantec finds
18. Release of exploit code puts Oracle Database users at risk of attack
19. Congress Should Grill the FCC Over Redacted Google Wi-Fi Snooping Report
20. Akamai Releases Fourth Quarter 2011 ‘State Of The Internet’ Report
21. Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure
22. British ISPs Ordered to Block Pirate Bay
23. Conficker paves the way for other malware
24. Symantec Releases Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 17
25. Down but not out: Conficker camouflages new Windows infections
26. Religious Sites Carry More Malware Than Porn Sites, Security Firm Reports
27. Botnet shutdowns cause big 2011 spam drop, Symantec finds
28. Symantec: Attacks Rose While Vulnerabilities Fell in 2011
29. Botnet shutdowns cause big spam drop, Symantec finds
30. ICANN to notify domain applicants of data breaches
31. Google Staff Knew Street View Cars Were Collecting Private Data: FCC
32. 8 Reasons Conficker Malware Won’t Die
33. Popular Android apps leak private information
34. Iran identifies “hidden agenda” behind oil terminal cyberattack

1. Critical Java Patch Plugs 88 Security Holes
   A critical software update for Java includes at least 88 separate security fixes for the powerful and widely-installed program. Given that Java flaws are heavily targeted by malware and cybercrooks, it’s a good idea to either patch this program quickly or remove it from your system entirely.
2. Welsh NHS fined 70k for patient psych file leak blunder
   Email address typo leads to ICO spank first: The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has slapped its first fine on the NHS after a mental health patient’s file was leaked in an email gaffe.
3. Google designed Street View Wi-Fi slurp FIVE YEARS AGO
   Wheels fall off ‘one rogue engineer’ claim: Google knew its Street View cars were slurping personal data from private Wi-Fi routers for three years before the story broke in April 2010.
4. Freed Facebook hack Brit vents fury at $200k cleanup claim
   Mangham longs for security job after sentence halved on appeal: A UK man jailed for hacking into Facebook has vowed to rebuild his life and his reputation after winning an appeal against his sentence.
5. FAQ: What you need to know about CISPA
   The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) despite opposition from privacy advocates, lawmakers and the White House, which threatened to veto the bill if it lands on the president’s desk in its current form.
6. Windows Phone 7 ‘not fit for big biz … unlike Android, iOS’
   Enterprise sec expert bigs up Microsoft rivals: B-Sides Window Phone 7 is not yet fit for enterprise deployments, according to an application security expert.
7. CISPA passes House of Representatives vote
   Cojones test for Obama approaches: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been passed by the US House of Representatives, despite the threat of a possible veto by the president.
8. Privacy advocates vow to continue CISPA fight
   The battle over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is certain to heat up over the next few weeks, as the U.S. Senate begins debate on its versions of the controversial cybersecurity legislation.
9. Elgamal, Marlinspike join dream team tackling SSL screw-ups
   Security superheroes turn e-commerce Avengers: Infosec 2012 A non-profit organisation has brought together a team of experts to tackle SSL governance and implementation issues and promote best practice.
10. Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide
11. Information Commissioner takes tougher line on data breaches
12. Flashback bots search Twitter for controllers, hit Snow Leopard hardest
13. Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback infection
14. FTC Taps Ex-DOJ Lawyer for Google Antitrust Probe
15. Geotags in a photo of breasts brought down CabinCr3w hacker
16. Zerg Rush Google Easter Egg starts epic battle to save your search results
17. Justice Department Clears Google In Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal
18. Beware of IPv6 security goblins, IETF warns
19. Avast Offers Free Security for Mac OS X
20. Teen Sues Over Facebook Bullying
21. ISSA-LA Offers Free Registration Program For NonProfits
22. Gigamon Partners With ForeScout
23. Mac Flashback flaw re-used by new malware campaign
24. Flashback flaw re-used by new Mac malware campaign
25. CISPA Passes House: What’s Next?
26. CISPA approved in House despite online freedom objections
27. VMware Code Leak Highlights Security Concerns Around Virtualization
28. The hard drives most likely to expose your data aren’t your own
29. Taliban website hacked for third time this year
30. After Flashback, Apple Walled Gardens Won’t Help
31. Mobile malware increasingly delivered via social networks
32. U.S. Congress grappling with divisive cyber-security bill
33. HITRUST establishes incident response center for healthcare Industry
34. CISPA Cyber-Threat Bill Passes House Despite Worries Over Privacy

1. Microsoft squashes Hotmail password hijack bug
   Hackers offer to crack accounts for 12: Microsoft has smacked down a Hotmail bug that allowed hackers to lock users out of their own accounts.
2. Ghost of HTML5 future: Web browser botnets
   With great power comes great responsibility … to not pwn the interweb: B-Sides HTML5 will allow web designers to pull off tricks that were previously only possible with Adobe Flash or convoluted JavaScript. But the technology, already widely supported by web browsers, creates plenty of opportunities for causing mischief.
3. Patriotic hackers face off in South China Sea
   Dispute over islands claimed by China and Philippines goes online: The Philippine government has appealed in vain for patriotic hackers in the country to be the bigger man and not retaliate against China for a series of suspected attacks on university and government web sites, as the stand-off between the two countries over a set of disputed islands continues.
4. House passes CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill, despite privacy concerns
   The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a cyberthreat information-sharing bill that critics say will give U.S. government agencies access to the private communications of millions of Internet users
5. Embedded data, not breasts, brought down hacker
   FBI tracks down Higinio Ochoa using geo-tagged photos
6. Most of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS websites are insecure, group says
   Ninety percent of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS-enabled websites are vulnerable to known types of SSL attack, according to a report by the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), a nonprofit organization that tries to solve Internet security, privacy and reliability problems.
7. Doh! Sage Pay forgets to renew SSL certificate
   Second screw-up in 2 days: Customers logging into “secure and efficient payment service” Sage Pay this morning were served up an error message saying that the site could not be trusted, and didn’t have a valid security certificate.
8. Global cop squad busts 36 credit card data-selling sites
   SOCA, Feds and others shut down fraud-in-a-trolley scammers: An international team of cops has taken down 36 websites that were being used to shift vast quantities of stolen credit card and bank account data.
9. Infosec and B-Sides: Security biz exhibitions face off in London
   Contrasting picture of infosecurity tech: Show diary Infosec and B-Sides both came to London this week to display the contrasting faces of the information security industry.
10. Most of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS websites are insecure, Trustworthy Internet Movement says
11. Report: Some cloud providers have “dirty disks”
12. VMware Breach: Time To Assume Hypervisor Code Open?
13. Russia cybercrime market doubles in 2011, says report
14. Facebook, antivirus providers in Internet security campaign
15. Microsoft patches major Hotmail 0-day flaw after apparently widespread exploitation
16. FP Letters to the Editor: Clawbacks may make marginal tax rate 100%
17. CMHC: A good start
18. Cybersecurity “hotline” to link Washington and Moscow
19. CISPA passes House despite opposition
20. House Passes Cybersecurity Measure CISPA
21. Researcher confused over handling of Oracle database bug
22. CISPA advances in House, as EFF decries bill’s revisions
23. 90% of popular SSL sites vulnerable to exploits, researchers find
24. Dome9 Security Introduces One-Click Cloud Server Secure Access
25. Shape Security Closes $6 Million Series A Funding Round
26. Firefox and Opera unveil new security, privacy features
27. Security firm claims Mac security is “10 years behind” Microsoft
28. Trustworthy Internet Movement Picks SSL Implementation And Governance As First Initiative
29. Privacy Rights Groups Voice Opposition To CISPA
30. UK, US seize 36 domains tied to financial fraud
31. Feds Seize 36 Criminal Carding Sites
32. Nissan says hackers stole user IDs, hashed passwords
33. Facebook offers anti-virus code
34. Former Liberian president Charles Taylor convicted of war crimes
35. BUSINESS: Business Day Live | April 26, 2012
36. Regulatory compliance alone not protecting practices against data breaches
37. 7,000 patients notified that their personal and medical data were on a clinic computer database accessed by overseas hacker
38. Printed documents containing protected patient information stolen from chief of psychiatry’s car
39. Documents with 721 patients’ names, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers and diagnoses found in a former AF member’s home

1. Star Trek role-players’ privates sniffed by alien invader
   Cryptic Studios coughs to database hack: Gaming studio Cryptic, the company behind Star Trek Online, Champions Online and City of Heroes, has admitted that its players’ details were lifted in an unauthorised database access two years ago.
2. UK2.NET smashed offline by ’10-million-strong’ botnet
   Punters’ websites go titsup after DNS servers nobbled: British web hosting outfit UK2.NET was on the business end of a distributed denial-of-service attack last night that took down customers’ websites.
3. Graham: ICO will blow 3m on IT services
   Plus: ‘Web-snoop law can’t be honey-pot for anyone’: Infosec 2012 The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is looking to spend around 3m on its IT, with an invitation for tenders expected at the end of next month.
4. Facebook shares URL blacklists with security companies
   Creates AV marketplace with free AV software from five vendors: Facebook has formed a two-faceted relationship with five prominent players from the security industry.
5. White House threatens veto of CISPA bill
   The White House today threatened a veto of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) if the bill reaches President Obamas desk in its present form.
6. White House threatens veto of CISPA surveillance bill
   Obama lowers the boom on snoop law: The White House has said that the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), currently before the US House of Representatives, lacks enough privacy protections in its current form and will probably be vetoed if passed.
7. Privacy advocates slam Google Drive’s privacy policies
   Privacy advocates and cloud services users are concerned about Google’s terms of use for its new Drive storage services, saying Google can basically do what it wants with a customer’s data.
8. VMware confirms ESX source code had been stolen and published
   Penetration from Hardcore Charlie: VMware has confirmed that software posted online is part of the source code for its ESX hypervisor and has warned that more code could be released.
9. Dr. Web disputes Flashback Mac Trojan bot army estimates
   Much bigger than Symantec says: Efforts by Apple and anti-virus vendors to kill the vast botnet assembled by notorious Flashback Mac Trojan may be much less successful than previously thought.
10. Rupert Murdoch blames News of the World reporters for secretive phone-hacking culture
11. Nissan says hackers stole user IDs and hashed passwords
12. Dome9 Security Introduces Cloud Server Secure Access
13. Google Apps Platform Users Cite Data Security as Biggest Concern
14. Cyberattack disrupts Irans oil production system
15. File produced in litigation discovery erroneously contained registered voters’ full Social Security numbers
16. Facebook Teams Up With Microsoft, Symantec, Others on Antivirus Marketplace
17. 72 redacted names, e-mail addresses and passport numbers dumped on the Internet
18. Hacker accessed account names, handles, and encrypted passwords, at least some of which were decrypted
19. File produced in litigation discovery erroneously contained over 13 million registered voters’ full Social Security numbers
20. New Zealand zookeeper killed by sitting elephant
21. Instructor used unredacted patients’ x-rays as part of his course presentations without patient consent
22. VMWare Source Code Leak Follows Alleged Hack of Chinese Defense Contractor
23. CISPA veto recommended by White House, bill’s authors defend it
24. TSA Screeners Watched Suitcases of Drugs Pass Through Airport
25. Solera Networks Takes Security Out Of The Box
26. Lumension Endpoint Security Suite Integrates Cloud-Based Integrity Service
27. Metaforic Announces Protection For Android Applications
28. Thanks to weak passwords, Conficker worm still rampant
29. Storyboard Podcast: James Bamford on How the NSAs New Spy Center Might Know Everything
30. Cybersecurity Measure Heads For House Floor Despite Privacy Fears
31. Apple 10 Years Behind Microsoft in Security: Kaspersky
32. Facebook’s Newest Move To Tighten Security
33. VMware confirms source code leak, LulzSec-affiliated hacker claims credit
34. Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Account in Control System Code
35. European Online Fraud Increases 60%
36. ValidEdge Unveils Portable Malware Intelligence System
37. BT Assure Adds Intelligence And Innovation For The New Security Reality
38. SSH Communications Security Unveils SSH User Key Management Solution
39. Norton And Facebook Partner To Make Web Safer
40. InfoSec: Hackers hit record number of UK businesses
41. Infosec: Government urges companies to reveal cyberattacks
42. Microsoft: Conficker still the top corporate network threat
43. Mac Users Face Office Update Bugs, Flashback Variants
44. Trend Micro Announces Partnership With Facebook Offering Users Protection For Their Digital Life
45. Microsoft: Conficker Worm Continues to Plague Enterprises
46. House set to revise CISPA language to add more privacy protection
47. One in five Macs infected with Windows malware: Sophos
48. How to spot automated Web application attacks
49. Anti-Viral: Facebook Partners with Security Vendors to Stop Malware
50. UK’s data breach fines dissected

1. Skimtacular: All-in-One ATM Skimmer
   I spent the past week vacationing (mostly) in Southern California, traveling from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara and on to wine country in Santa Ynez. Along the way, I received some information from a law enforcement source in the area about a recent ATM skimmer attack that showcased a late-model all-in-one skimmer.
2. Iran cuts off oil plants hit by mystery data-destroying virus
   Lockdown as officials drill into malware riddle: Malware discovered at an Iranian oil terminal forced Iran to disconnect key oil facilities on Sunday.
3. Wannabe infosec kingpins: Forget tech, grab a clipboard
   Ditch the debugger, bone up on biz risk management: Budding chief information security officers (CISOs) would be better off boning up on business, communication, and risk management skills than getting bogged down in detailed discussions about technology, according to a panel of senior security professionals.
4. SSH firm aims to untangle crypto key hairball
   Fo’ SHHizzle: Infosec 2012 Secure Shell (SSH) certificate management a key internet protocol used for remote access and file transfer for nearly 20 years now can become quite a tangled issue if there isn’t a clear management policy in place, and SSH Communications Security, one of the security exhibitors at Infosec, claims it has a solution.
5. Cloudy crypto SSO firm: Passwords must go
   Ping Identity: Forget ‘insecure and annoying’ logins… and buy our kit: Infosec 2012 Cloudy crypto firm Ping Identity is pushing the benefits of using cloud-based technologies to reduce, and perhaps even eliminate, password headaches.
6. Google ups bug bounty to $20,000 per flaw
   Researchers offered major payday: Google is increasing the amount it is willing to pay to security researchers for bugs, with the most serious flaws now priced at up to $20,000.
7. How Secure Are Your Facebook Apps?
   How well do Facebook apps protect your privacy? Before you download something new and agree to share information, check out how Privacyscore rates its first.
8. Number-munching clouds are godsend for cybercrooks – experts
   Perfect platform for password forcing, DDoS attacks: Cloud computing providers came under fire today from security experts who blamed them for giving cyber-criminals the tools to launch attacks more easily, efficiently and anonymously than ever before.
9. CISPA concerns spread in Congress
   A growing number of lawmakers are expressing concern over the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act bill that’s scheduled for a vote later this week in the U.S. House of Representatives.
10. David Willetts: UK firms need to ‘fess up to security boobs
    Cloak-and-dagger approach leads to embarrassment later minister: UK Science and Universities Minister David Willetts told assembled IT bods in London that companies should ‘fess up to their security boobs.
11. Hackers now pick tools from script kiddies’ toybox report
    Automated attack weapons help blackhats spread the pain: Infosec 2012 Hackers are increasingly turning to automated software tools to launch attacks.
12. UK biz pays heavy price for skimping on security – PwC
    One in seven big firms penetrated by cybercrims: Infosec 2012 Hacking attacks against Blighty’s top firms hit a record high according to figures for 2011.
13. Rupert Murdoch: I never asked a U.K. prime minister for anything
14. IBM Announces New Threat Analytics To Help Organizations Better Identify Hidden Security Attacks
15. Healthcare’s Checklist Security Mentality Failing, Report Says
16. Who is threatening the security of your network?
17. Top enterprise security concerns and IT problems
18. Breaches of large organizations are at a record high
19. One in five Apple Macs harbour PC malware
20. Better cybersecurity for the healthcare industry
21. One in Five Macs Infected With Malware: Sophos
22. FP Letters to the Editor: Pension funds gamble didnt pay off
23. Courion Leverages NaviSite’s Enterprise Cloud To Deliver Identity And Access Management Software-As-A-Service
24. Russian cyber crime market more organized, lucrative
25. Dirty Disks Raise New Questions About Cloud Security
26. New Vormetric Release Uses Chips To Make Enterprise Encryption Invisible
27. 1 in 5 Mac Computers Harbors Malware, Claims Sophos
28. CORE Security Announces CORE Insight Enterprise 2.0
29. SureCloud Launches Unified Compliance Platform
30. Bocada Announces Physical And Virtual Data Protection Management In Single Solution
31. Arbor Announces New Version Of Peakflow SP
32. LANDesk Acquires Data Analytics Company
33. NetDNA And GlobalSign Bring Instant Provisioning To Web Security With EdgeSSLT Service
34. Google Ups Bounty for Security Flaws to $20,000
35. DNS Changer: FBI Updates Net Access Shutoff Plans
36. Macs harbor both Mac and Windows malware
37. Air Force Wins NSA’s 12th Annual Test Of Cyber Defense
38. Nissan Hacked; Employee Credentials Stolen
39. Macs more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, study finds
40. Healthcare industry group builds cybersecurity threat center
41. First portable malware intelligence system
42. Should FDA Assess Medical Device Defenses Against Hackers?
43. 2 Medicaid Data Breaches, 1 Weak Link: Employees
44. Update those Macs already! Yet another Flashback variant is out
45. One In Five Macs Harbors Malware, Sophos Research Reveals
46. McAfee Announces Next-Generation Situational And Risk-Aware SIEM
47. Macs harbouring dangerous malware: Security company
48. Iranian Oil Sites Go Offline Amid Cyberattack
49. New Mac Flashback Malware Variant Detected by Intego
50. UK businesses face weekly cyber attacks – report

1. Russian cybercriminals earned $4.5 billion in 2011
   Russian-speaking hackers earned an estimated $4.5 billion globally using various online criminal tactics, Russian security analyst firm Group-IB said in a report published on Tuesday.
2. Bit9 wants to bin ‘broken’ antivirus, install whitelisting tech
   A question of trust: Infosec 2012 Bit9 is using the Infosec show as a launchpad for its move into Europe as part of its wider ambitions to displace traditional antivirus technologies from corporate desktops and data centres.
3. Brit upstart flogs cloudy SaaS to clipboard-waving bods
   Hit compliance standards for less: Infosec 2012 UK-based startup SureCloud is flogging a cloud-based auditingand compliance platform at mid-market businesses with high info-security standards.
4. Nissan, Under Armor report breaches of employee information
   Nissan Motor Co. and apparel maker Under Armor have disclosed recent data breaches involving the potential compromise of employee information.
5. Iran confirms cyberattacks against oil facilities
   Iran’s oil ministry today confirmed that it was the target of malware attacks over the weekend, adding to reports by state-run media that the country’s oil industry was hit by hackers.
6. Most IT, security pros see Anonymous as serious threat
   The majority of IT and security professionals believe that Anonymous and hacktivists are among the groups that are most likely to attack their organizations during the next six months, according to the results of a survey sponsored by security vendor Bit9.
7. Security bug stalls new dot-word TLD land grab AGAIN
   ICANN’s domain explosion backfires, fizzles out: Domain name overlord ICANN has been forced to delay its new top-level domain (TLD) expansion by another week as its techies attempt to analyse the fallout of an embarrassing security vulnerability.
8. Fake warning about Olympic-themed scams carries malware
9. Hackers hit Greek Finance Ministry site in tax grab protest
10. Russian cybercrime market doubles in size
11. Phishing and malware meet cheque fraud
12. Firms Can’t Agree On Real Size of Flashback Botnet
13. Breivik calls attack a minor barbarity
14. Mobile Carriers Lobby Against Cell Phone Location Privacy Bill
15. Drastic drop of Flashback-ridden Macs appears premature
16. Employees’, contractors’ and suppliers’ user IDs and hashed passwords accessed and downloaded from a database.
17. VC in Chinese tech firms drops by 84% in Q1 2012 versus Q1 2011
18. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Ruttes cabinet quits after rift with far-right
19. Stock-Picking Robot Marl is a Fraud, SEC Says
20. Receptionist’s computer stolen during office burglary contained spreadsheet with AIDS clients’ names, assigned staff person, client status (active, discharged, etc.), internal client identification numbers and dates of birth.
21. Users’ names, postal and email addresses, credit card information and/or login information that was on file as of June 2005 was accessed by unauthorized third parties
22. Programming error in Humannet exposed 300,000 patients’ information as well as others’ information
23. Laptop stolen from car contained patients’ information
24. DISA Selects HP To Enhance Assessment Of Networks For Vulnerabilities
25. VidSys And Activu Partner to Enhance Situational Awareness And Collaboration For Public Sector
26. Iran oil terminal network hit by mystery “worm”
27. National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Champion Crowned
28. Sophos Publishes ‘Dirty Dozen’ Report — India Takes The Spam Crown
29. FBI warning: Clean up before you surf the web
30. Anonymous the Biggest Security Worry in IT, Bit9 Survey Says
31. Iran cuts off Internet access to oil refineries following malware attack
32. Mac Flashback Malware Still Going Strong, Security Experts Say
33. 61% Of IT Security Professionals Are Concerned About Attacks From Anonymous And Hacktivists
34. Design-driven success
35. SpyEye botnet for sale at bottom price
36. Key Iranian oil terminal ‘hacked’
37. Anonymous Drives Security Fears, But Not Spending

1. Help Kickstart a Film on Cybercrime
   A deep sense of doubt and dread began to sink in halfway through our journey down a long, lonely desert highway from just outside Austin to coastal Texas. We were racing against the clock (we’d just scarfed down our third meal in a row at a roadside Subway shop), yet my minivan companions — a filmmaker from California and a husband-and-wife camera crew — seemed pleased with the footage we’d collected so far. I was far less sanguine about our prospects, and was almost certain that our carefully-laid plans to ambush a money mule on camera were about to unravel.
2. Ofcom probes Sky News over Canoe man email hacks
   Regulator must decide whether hacks were in public interest: Broadcaster Sky News is being investigated by Ofcom over its admission that it hacked into emails for a story in 2008.
3. Negotiations over Megaupload data to start this week
   Negotiations over how to preserve 28 petabytes of data from Megaupload are set to begin on Thursday, according to the file-sharing site’s attorney.
4. Weak passwords still subvert IT security
   A recent breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 280,000 people in Utah to hackers has once again highlighted the well-recognized, but often discounted, risks posed to organizations by weak and default passwords.
5. Plumbers of the interwebs vow to kill IP hijacking
   Task force to send ‘Rover’ out to wild web galaxy: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) aims to strengthen the basic protocols of the internet, with a way to stop route, or IP, hijacking. IETF experts say the proposed fix is simpler to implement than previous suggestions.
6. Why Google should be allowed to ‘harvest’ your Wi-Fi data
   The FCC cleared Google of wrongdoing in the so-called ‘WiSpy’ case. It was the right call, says columnist Mike Elgan, because Google did nothing wrong.
7. Lawmakers question FAA on privacy protections around drone use
   Two senior lawmakers are asking the Federal Aviation Administration to explain how the agency will ensure that privacy rights are protected when it issues drone licenses to government, law enforcement and private organizations.
8. Proof-of-concept Android Trojan uses motion sensor to determine tapped keys
   A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and IBM have designed a proof-of-concept Android Trojan app that can steal passwords and other sensitive information by using the smartphone’s motion sensors to determine what keys victims tap on their touchscreens when unlocking their phones or inputting credit card numbers during phone banking operations.
9. Anonymous crashes Formula One site over Bahrain protests
   Nervy petrolheads face three days of protests: Hackers claiming to be from Anonymous have taken down the official Formula One website as protests grow over this weekend’s controversial Grand Prix in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
10. Businesses fail to learn from 2011 data breaches
11. How to hack your own Wi-Fi network
12. SiteLock, CloudFlare Partner on Web Security
13. Former hackers protect NSW’s critical infrastructure
14. TV-based botnets? DDoS attacks on your fridge? More plausible than you think
15. Proposed increase in Internet surveillance powers threatens British ruling coalition
16. Chinese human rights website and host threatened by DDoS attacks
17. UN to increase Syria observers on condition that ceasefire holds
18. Week in Apple: Mac malware saga continues, Jobs interviews, and more
19. Mac Flashback Attack Started With Compromised WordPress Blogs
20. Flashback Malware Continues to Plague Macs
21. Hackers hit China scandal website
22. Flashback botnet not shrinking, huge numbers of Macs still infected
23. Flashback infections not waning after all; 650,000 Macs still hijacked
24. Tax auditor loses latest bid to keep her personal information out of unions hands
25. Former bank vice president stole family members’ and bank customers’ identity info for use in fraud scheme
26. Unencrypted thumb drive containing employees’ names, Social Security numbers and salary info lost in the mail by auditor
27. 127 people on board fatal Pakistan plane crash, no hope of survivors
28. 10 Things To Consider Before Purchasing Cyber Insurance
29. New Survey: 70% Of Orgs Don’t Take Data Protection Seriously
30. Computer stolen during office burglary contained patients’ SSN and dates of birth
31. Doctor forgot to de-identify 7,000 patients’ data before sending it out for financial analysis
32. FBI Uses Sledgehammer to Seize E-Mail Server in Search for Bomb Threat Evidence
33. Websense 2012 Threat Report: How Cybercriminals Are Infecting Networks And Stealing Data Undetected
34. Faronics Announces New Anti-Executable Product
35. Certes Networks Releases Virtual Security Appliance
36. NCP Engineering Debuts Universal VPN Client For Android 4.0
37. Highly compelling spam campaign delivers malware
38. Apple Mac Attack Began With Infected WordPress Sites
39. Fidelis Rolls Out Threat Intelligence Services
40. Mobile malware incidents on rise, says smartphone survey

1. Fake Instagram app slings SMS Trojan onto Android gear
   Russian site rather than irate Apple fanboi fingered: Virus lynchpins are distributing an Android Trojan under the guise of popular photo-sharing app Instagram.
2. Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse
   Malware writers have created fake Instagram websites to distribute Android Trojan horses, according to security researchers from antivirus firms Sophos and Trend Micro.
3. European Parliament agrees to send airline passenger data to U.S.
   The European Parliament approved a controversial data transfer agreement with the U.S. that has legislators sharply divided.
4. Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo Spring conference
   The cool new Internet ideas of yesteryear often create the headaches of today, and some startups at the Demo conference are starting to try to solve those problems.
5. FBI seizes Mixmaster servers
   Pittsburgh Uni threat investigation heating up: Non-profit Riseup claims the FBI has seized a Mixmaster server from a colo shared by Riseup Networks in New York City.
6. Berners-Lee: Demand your data from Internet companies
   Tim Berners-Lee has said that the problem with companies like Facebook and Google is not that they collect vast troves of data about their users, but that they don’t share with them what they learn from it.
7. 2,500 copycat hack attempts on abortion provider site report
   BPAS under siege following hacker’s arrest: Five weeks after a man was cuffed by police for swiping around 10,000 records of women who registered with British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), the site remains under sustained hack attempts, the BBC reports.
8. Business Lack Confidence in Data Security: Report
9. Mac Trojan Fallout: Apple Security Glory Days Gone?
10. F5 Networks Announces Results For Second Quarter Of Fiscal 2012
11. Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with JavaScript redirect malware
12. FBI Former Cybercrime Chief: Same Hunt, New Startup
13. Mac OS X invulnerability to malware is a myth, says security firm
14. Employee working in the Medicaid program inappropriately transferred personal information of 228,435 Medicaid beneficiaries to his personal email account
15. Infected WordPress blogs to blame for Mac Flashback Trojan
16. Spam campaign combines phishing, malware and survey scams
17. Safe Shepherd offers one-click way to scrub your personal data off most sites
18. Kaspersky says SabPub is an ‘Advanced Persistent Threat’
19. Compliance isn’t security, but companies still pretend it is, according to survey
20. Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with malware
21. Internet ad revenue hit $31.7 billion in 2011, topping previous record
22. Infected WordPress blogs blamed for Mac Flashback Trojan
23. LeaseWeb And StopBadware Unite To Combat Cybercrime
24. 2012 Faces of Fraud Survey: More Consumer Engagement Needed For Trust In Online Banking
25. HP: Fewer but More Dangerous Software Security Vulnerabilities
26. Afghanistan soldiers go viral with war photography
27. Investigation after cruise liner reportedly ignores pleas to rescue three men adrift at sea
28. Motorcycle Clubs Attorney Scoffs at FBI Assessment
29. WordPress sites served as launching pad for Flashback
30. Trojan designed to take screenshots of hotel payment apps
31. Sex assualt video forces South Africa to confront rape crisis
32. Employee emailed list with insureds’ names and SSN to her home and to her son’s email acct
33. Anonymous builds its own PasteBin-like site
34. Macs, iPhones, iPads Are Now Bigger Targets for Malware, Attackers
35. Estonian fraudster extradited to the US appears in federal court
36. The importance of ethical hacking
37. Two tortured to death in Bo Xilai scandal: report
38. How cybercriminals are infecting networks
39. Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze with SMS Trojan
40. Breivik studied al-Qaeda methods
41. Judges Drive Truck Through Loophole in Supreme Court GPS Ruling
42. Fake “Steam Cracker” steals user credentials
43. DarkComer RAT disguised as Skype encryption software
44. Hackers continue to target abortion provider
45. Norway mass killer Anders Behring Breivik tells terror trial he was a normal, nice person

1. Microsoft tears the wraps off Windows 8 Enterprise
   USB boot from your own device: Remember the enterprise? Despite what has become a fanatical focus on consumers to beat Apple with Windows 8 tablets and Windows phones, Microsoft does just about.
2. Chinese residents charged with selling $100M worth of pirated software
   A U.S. grand jury has charged two residents of China with 46 criminal counts, including infringing software copyrights and illegally exporting technology to China, for allegedly operating a website that sold pirated software with a commercial value of more than $100 million.
3. CompSci boffins tout file encryption for Google Docs
   Plugin scrambles data en route to Chocolate Factory cloud: Computer scientists in Ireland have developed a technology for Google Docs that allows for the “real-time” encryption of data before it is uploaded to the Google servers.
4. Russian charged with hacking into brokerage accounts
   A Russian national has been charged in the U.S. with allegedly hacking into brokerage accounts and executing fraudulent trades, which several brokerage houses claim caused $1 million in losses.
5. Met issues mug-shot gallery mobe app to finger wanted crooks
   Curtain-twitchers tap CCTV trove: The Metropolitan Police is pushing a mug-shot gallery smartphone app so Londoners can help nab petty criminals across the capital.
6. Trojan sneaks into hotel, slurps guests’ credit card data
   No reservation required: Cyberooks are selling malware through underground forums which they claim offers the ability to steal credit card information from a hotel point of sale (POS) applications.
7. Anonymizer Universal Shields You From Content-Targeting
   When you browse the Web, you are constantly being tracked. It’s not personal: It’s marketing. Website owners and ad networks want to learn as much as they can about you, so they can target their content and ads effectively. After all, there’s not much use in showing ads for anti-aging products to a sixteen-year-old. That said, not all users appreciate being tracked so meticulously, and this is where Anonymizer Universal and other VPN applications come in.
8. White House raises concerns over CISPA bill
   The White House joined the growing chorus of voices expressing concern over the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) legislation that is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives next week.
9. Spy tech exports from Europe face tighter scrutiny
   Strasbourg mulls new rules on surveillance software by 2013: The EU could soon introduce rules to monitor the deployment of internet censorship technology in autocratic regimes including China and Saudi Arabia.
10. Anonymous offers alternative to Pastebin.com
    The Anonymous hacking collective has launched a new site that it claims will allow users to post material without fear of being tracked down.
11. Berners-Lee: Net snoop law tosses human rights into the shredder
    Web grandfather slams UK.gov’s online surveillance plan: Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned the Tory-led Coalition not to push through a bill to legislate plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet.
12. Personal Information is Top Target of Cyber Attacks: CDW
13. Flashback Malware Still Affects 140,000 Macs
14. Top FBI cyber cop joins startup CrowdStrike to fight enterprise intrusions
15. Internet Founder Berners-Lee: CISPA a Threat to Privacy Rights
16. Terence Corcoran: Money supply versus oil supply
17. The Windows 8 Enterprise SKU: Windows To Go and new Software Assurance benefits
18. Stolen computer equipment contained patient insurance information
19. 10 backup discs with data on 315,000 patients, including 228,000 Social Security numbers and protected health information on all 315,000 patients, missing from storage
20. CORE, NTO Partner To Provide Web App Security Analysis
21. Sophos Survey Reveals Need For IT Security Education Within Organizations
22. A case for crowdfunding
23. Flashback/Flashfake Botnet Now Reduced to 140,000 Macs
24. Russian national charged with $1.4 million hacking scam
25. Securities fraud hacker charged after $1 million heist
26. CISPA Isnt Son of SOPA (But Thats Not Saying Much)
27. 90% of Energy Security Pros Say We Need Smart Grid Security Standards
28. Assads pictured packing food aid after U.N. wives attack Syrian first lady in YouTube video
29. Analysis: “Cybersecurity” bill endangers privacy rights
30. Candidate for student body president may have stolen 700 students’ userids and passwords in election voting
31. Two incidents involving web exposure of e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and signatures
32. Mozilla blocks Java in Firefox for some Mac users
33. Cybersecurity Bill Revised to Ease Privacy Concerns
34. Flashback Malware Eradication Campaign Slower Than Expected
35. Flashback waning, but still infecting about 140,000 Macs
36. Mac Flashback Infections Now Down to 140,000: Symantec
37. In gloomy narrative of failures, RIM sees fresh hope in Asia

1. Chinese and US military square off for cyber war games
   Tensions mount as APT attacks continue: The United States and Chinese military have been locking horns in secret cyber warfare exercises designed to help prevent the outbreak of real war between the two.
2. Tosh UK rewards competition hopefuls by exposing their privates
   ICO slaps wrist after URL twiddling leaked personal info: Toshiba Information Systems UK breached the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled.
3. Grading the Tech Policy Makers: A First Quarter Recap
   It’s been a busy 2012 on the Hill. As legislators and policymakers grapple with an array of issues central to the policy agendas of companies in the technology industry, CIO.com takes stock of how Washington has moved on intellectual property, cybersecurity, privacy and spectrum in the first quarter of 2012.
4. Hackers ramp up attacks against Tibetan activists
   Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to researchers from security firms FireEye and Trend Micro.
5. Privacy watchdog, lawmaker push for Google probe
   Privacy groups and lawmakers are calling for a new and broader investigation into Google and its privacy practices after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it had found no evidence that the company broke eavesdropping laws.
6. Speaking in Tech: Forget G-Drive hype, try Dropbox-for-Big-Biz
   Plus: iOS versus Android in enterprise security:
7. Google facing WHOPPING FTC fine for Safari privacy gaffe
   Millions of juiced Apple surfers adds up to financial blow: Google is reportedly going to be slapped with a bigger regulatory fine than the meagre one handed down to it from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late last week.
8. ICANN battled dot-word TLD registration leak bug for WEEKS
   Reopening of wonky application site stalled: Red-faced ICANN has delayed its new generic top-level domains programme again as it struggles to deal with the fallout of a security bug that exposed confidential data about applicants.
9. Flashback botnet decline not as fast as expected
10. FBI: Motorcycle Gang Trademarked Logo to Keep Narcs at Bay
11. Malware disguised as new Instagram Android app
12. Oracle fixes 88 security vulnerabilities
13. CISPA: Embraced by Facebook, Scorned by Privacy Advocates
14. Roughly 140K Flashback-infected computers remain
15. E-mail attachment error exposed 258 students’ GPA’s to class president, who, not realizing error, forwarded it on to all 258 seniors
16. Web design error exposed 20 competition entrants’ names, dates of birth, and contact details via url manipulation
17. Rogers shutting down video-rental business
18. Broadcasters Demand Barry Diller Explain $20.5 Million Aereo Investment
19. IT consultant whose firm worked for various firms in FL allegedly stole some of their employees’ identify info for credit card fraud. He also allegedly stole SSN and names from FAA pilots’ licenses provided to his father’s business
20. Briefcase stolen from social worker’s home contained sensitive details on 18 child protection cases
21. Malware inserted on system exfiltrated customers’ credit and debit card numbers
22. Sneaks on a plane: Pearson airport officials investigate alleged security breach
23. New Report: Data Loss Keeping IT Professionals Up At Night
24. Cybercrime loss estimates about as reliable as piracy estimates
25. Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik tells terror trial al-Qaeda inspired him, would repeat attacks if he could
26. Macs under attack, who is safe?
27. Check Point harnesses cloud security to deter botnet infections in enterprise
28. Hackers ramping up attacks against Tibetan activists
29. Privacy Advocates Call for New Google Probe Over Street View
30. One in three faulty breast implants may rupture: British surgeons
31. Britain resumes bid to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada, Osama bin Ladens right-hand man in Europe
32. Behind the scenes of the cleanest ISP in the world
33. Emsisoft Warns Of A New Windows Servers Threat: Poor Password Policies Open The Gates For Hackers

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1. Microsoft Responds to Critics Over Botnet Bruhaha
   Microsoft’s most recent anti-botnet campaign — a legal sneak attack against dozens of ZeuS botnets — seems to have ruffled the feathers of many in security community. Their chief criticism is that the Microsoft operation exposed sensitive information that a handful of researchers shared in confidence, and that countless law enforcement investigations may have been delayed or derailed as a result. In this post, I interview a key Microsoft attorney about these allegations.
2. Guest Post: Six Risks from Not Using Internet Monitoring Software
   When you start talking about Internet monitoring software, most times you see folks divide up into two camps. The first is all for it, convinced that the company must watch what users are doing at all times to catch those who violate policy. The second considers monitoring as an infringement on their privacy, and that [...]
3. Operators of online drug ring arrested in global sweep
   The alleged ringleader of an online marketplace for illegal drugs was arrested Monday in Lelystad, Netherlands, capping two days of arrests and the indictment of eight men on federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
4. Google-backed research fights review spam
   Seeing through the sockpuppet: University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are taking aim at fake reviews, which they say can seriously damage online businesses.
5. Facebook to combine profile URL usernames, email handles

6. Privacy groups launch protest against CISPA bill
   Several groups Monday launched a week of protests against a controversial proposed cybersecurity bill they claim would eviscerate online privacy rights.
7. ‘Not guilty’ plea in Utah cop site hacking case
   Police twitter feed doesn’t wait for court hearing: An Ohio man pleaded not guilty today to charges that he hacked into a pair of police websites in Salt Lake City, Utah in January.
8. FCC’s Ruling that Google’s WiFi Snooping is Legal Sets Horrible Precedent
   Anyone looking for assurance that the privacy of their home wireless networks would be protected from snoopers by government regulators won’t find it in the Federal Communication Commission’s recent action against Google.
9. What is the top target of cyber attacks?
10. Bo Xilai demoted police chief to block probe into wifes role in murder: sources
11. Website vulnerabilities fall, but hackers become more skilled
12. Stuxnet worm planted on Iranian PCs via USB stick, site claims
13. Feds recruit companies to aid in cyberdefense
14. Closing digital security gaps
15. Google Fined $25,000 for Impeding FCC Street View Probe
16. Ohio man charged with Anonymous-sponsored attacks on police websites
17. One process for miners
18. Databases with usernames and plain-text passwords, e-mail addresses and IP addresses dumped on the Internet; zipped archive includes a marriage license database and e-mail correspondence
19. Contradicting a Federal Judge, FCC Clears Google in Wi-Fi-Sniffing Debacle
20. Eight Suspects Arrested in Online Drug Market Sting
21. New Mac Trojan Is Latest Attack on Apple Systems
22. Databases with usernames and plain-text passwords, e-mail addresses and IP addresses dumped on the Internet with zipped archive of files that include a marriage license database and e-mail correspondence
23. Sourcefire Protects Against 99 Percent Of Attacks In Recent NSS Labs Test
24. Experts discover Mac OS X malware, “Sabpub,” used as APT
25. Security Misconceptions: 96% Of IT Staff Do Not Trust Their End users To Make Sound Security Decisions
26. Pippa Middletons car-mate waved gun at photographer in Paris, British tabloids report
27. Researchers uncover new espionage malware preying on Mac users
28. Two Mac Trojans: Apple Patching Fast Enough?
29. Law firms see big money in healthcare breach cases
30. Two More Mac Trojans Discovered, But Don’t Panic
31. Android Trojan Found on Apps in Japan: McAfee
32. Despite Flaws, Personal Health Records Are Smart Medicine
33. University Of Texas At San Antonio To Host 2012 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
34. New Report Finds Core Vulnerabilities Persist In Web Applications
35. DataMotion Announces Next-Generation Platform For Cloud-Based Secure Data Delivery Services
36. FCC drops Google investigation over WiFi snooping, issues small fine
37. New Mac Trojan is Latest Attack on Apple Systems
38. APT attackers spoof email sent by malware researcher
39. Facebook backs cyber-threat bill

The fact is that both of these camps are in the extreme, if opposite, and both are wrong. Internet monitoring software is an effective and invaluable solution for protecting users from many of the dangers associated with accessing the Internet. The protections that Internet monitoring software offers can all be deployed without having to log a single user’s web access. Sure, Internet monitoring software can be used to maintain logs and provide reports of a user’s surfing if you wish, but that is something a company would choose to do for a specific issue; not a part of the protections that they so desperately need. With all the threats present on the Internet today, let’s look at the top six risks to your company that come about from not using Internet monitoring software:

1.     Malware

Malware can cause all kinds of problems if it infects a machine, from lost productivity and downtime, to larger compromises that back door programs can provide to attackers. Malware can spread from machine to machine, and once it gains a foothold within a company, it can take down an entire site whether by infecting all the other machines, or simply because the network team takes a location down to prevent the infection from spreading to other sites. Users can be exposed to malware by downloads of files, or by accessing compromised sites. Internet monitoring software can block access to sites known to be hosting malware, and can also scan all file downloads to be sure they are safe.

2.     Time wasted

I will never advocate that you cut users off from personal access to the Internet. As long as the office can interrupt their evenings or weekends, some personal use should be tolerated in the interests of fairness and morale. But the Internet can also be a huge time sink, and many users can hit a site with the intention of no more than a quick check-in, to find 45 minutes later that they are late for a meeting. Internet monitoring software can help control access to non-business sites, and limit the time spent surfing for fun.

3.     Bandwidth consumption

Internet monitoring software can help to control access to high-bandwidth services; ensuring that there is enough bandwidth available for customers to hit your website and for email to flow. You don’t want your ecommerce site to be slow to respond because too many users are streaming movies.

4.     Data leakage

Whether it’s Wikileaks, peer-to-peer networking, personal web mail services, or your competitor’s portal, you don’t want users forwarding or posting confidential information from your business to outside sites. Internet monitoring software can block access to these services, helping to enforce policy and keeping sensitive information inside.

5.     Legal action

A user on your network downloads a pirated movie from one of those sites. The MPAA tracks the download to your network. Who do you think is going to be the target of a settlement offer, or worse, a lawsuit? What users do on their own time and with their own equipment is their business; what they do with the company’s computer on the company’s network is yours. Internet monitoring software can prevent users from stepping on the wrong side of copyright while on the clock, which protects the business from any consequences.

6.     HR issues

Again, what a user does at home is their own concern, but there are plenty of things on the web that have no reason for a user to access while at the office. Some users are more sensitive to questionable content than others, and the last thing anyone wants is for one employee to feel threatened or offended by the actions of another. Internet monitoring software can protect users from accidentally clicking the wrong link, which protects everyone from having a sit down with HR.

Remember, using Internet monitoring software doesn’t mean you have to be big brother or play the role of the Internet police officer to protect your users. Internet monitoring software can provide protections while maintaining the anonymity of your users and keeping their individual web browsing habits private. Adding these protections makes good business sense, and can be done without making users think that they are untrusted, or being spied upon. Look at Internet monitoring software as the next layer of your defense in depth strategy.

This guest post was provided by Casper Manes on behalf of GFI Software Ltd. GFI is a leading software developer that provides a single source for network administrators to address their network security, content security and messaging needs. Learn more about why you need Internet monitoring software.

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1. MI5 stinks up website with dead SSL certificate
   Secret policeman’s balls-up: Blighty’s intelligence agency MI5 forget to replace the expired digital certificate for its website over the weekend.
2. Hacker jailed for 32 months for attack on abortion-provider site
   Judge: No excuse for targeting the vulnerable: A self-identified member of Anonymous was jailed for two years and eight months on Friday over a hacking attack against Britain’s biggest abortion provider in March.
3. Android Trojan distracts Japanese with anime and porn
   Video trailers mask data pilfering malware: Security experts are warning of yet more malicious applications found on Googles official online apps market Play, this time designed to steal personal data in the background while promising to show trailers for Japanese anime, video games and porn.
4. Yet another OSX/Java Trojan spotted in the wild
   Kaspersky Labs tags MS Word as the vector: Hard on the heels of the Flashback Trojan, Kaspersky Labs is warning of a new OSX threat, which its dubbed Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a.
5. Facebook defends support for CISPA monitoring bill
   Other tech sponsors strangely silent: Facebook has issued a statement explained why it is supporting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) HR 3523, which is currently being considered by Congress.
6. Judge wants Megaupload, other groups to work out server maintenance
   Lawyers for Megaupload, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Web hosting provider Carpathia Hosting and other groups fighting over who should maintain 1,100 servers formerly used by Megaupload should sit down and work out an arrangement, a U.S. judge said Friday.
7. FBI track alleged Anon from unsanitised busty babe pic
   Body of evidence: An alleged member of Anonymous has been tracked down after he posted a picture of his scantily clad girlfriend in an image bragging about his hacking exploits.
8. Apple finally deploys Mac Flashback Trojan terminator
   Zombie OS X bot army drops to 270,000 strong: Apple has released a tool that removes the infamous Flashback Trojan from infected Macs.
9. British businessman killed after threatening to expose Bo Xilais wifes money scheme: sources
10. New Mac malware uses Flashback Java exploit
11. Companies hiring hackers to harden defenses
12. Cartons of financial and tax documents found in an abandoned storage unit
13. Five OS X security threats that fizzled
14. Tax preparer accused of stealing identity info of hundreds of people, including some clients and some special needs patients, for tax refund fraud
15. Mac Flashback Attack Shows Apple’s Security Weaknesses
16. Malware Masquerading as Angry Birds Game
17. Former manager stole the identities of more than 50 head-injured patients to use in tax refund fraud scheme
18. Syria killing continues as UN Security Council agrees to monitor ceasefire
19. Flashback malware removal tool arrives for Java-less Mac users
20. Data relating to approximately 600 maternity patients and names and dates of birth of 30 children and full audiology reports for 3 other children on memory sticks lost in two separate incidents
21. Lost attendance and pupil support documents contained personal and some medical information on students
22. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers of nearly 4,000 alumni were in a file inadvertently attached to an e-mail to one alumnus
23. Week in Apple: Flashback eviction edition
24. CISPA Proposal Is Not Son of SOPA, Despite Internet Hype
25. Kaspersky fixes Flashback-fighting tool; Norton joins the fray
26. Upcoming Firefox click-to-play feature will stop automated plug-in exploits
27. Hospitals seeing more patient data breaches
28. FP Letters to the Editor: Pension problems not solved by CPP
29. McAfee Warns Of Android Video Malware; 70K Users Affected
30. Google’s official app market found hosting malicious Android apps–again
31. Oracle to issue quarterly patches next week
32. Flashback Malware Removal Cleverly Reduces Risks for Macs
33. Judge Wont Purge Megaupload User Data, At Least Not Yet
34. DHS Network Monitoring: 4th Amendment Problems?
35. Third Apple Java update rids infections and turns off Java
36. Apple Flashback Malware Removal Includes Innovative Approach to Reducing Risk for Macs
37. Apple Releases Update to Take Care of Flashback Malware
38. ICANN data breach exposes gTLD applicant data, leads to deadline extension
39. Apple delivers Flashback malware hunter-killer
40. Would You Rather Share Your Password or Drive Without a Seatbelt?
41. New Google stock structure preserves founders control at investors expense
42. Apple pushes out Flashback removal tool
43. Flashback Mac botnet shrinks, says Symantec
44. Microsoft Hampered Zeus Botnet Investigations, Researchers Say
45. Apple issues Flashback malware removal tool
46. Balsillie sought strategy shift before he quit RIM

1. Thieves Replacing Money Mules With Prepaid Cards?
   Recent ebanking heists — such as a $121,000 online robbery at a New York fuel supplier last month — suggest that cyber thieves increasingly are cashing out by sending victim funds to prepaid debit card accounts. The shift appears to be an effort to route around a major bottleneck for these crimes: Their dependency on unreliable money mules.

   Mules traditionally have played a key role in helping thieves cash out hacked accounts and launder money. They are recruited through email-based work-at-home job scams, and are told they will be helping companies process payments. In a typical scheme, the mule provides her banking details to the recruiter, who eventually sends a fraudulent transfer and tells the mule to withdraw the funds in cash, keep a small percentage, and wire the remainder to co-conspirators abroad.

2. How to Find and Remove Mac Flashback Infections
   A number of readers responded to the story I published last week on the Flashback Trojan, a contagion that was found to have infected more than 600,000 Mac OS X systems. Most people wanted to know how they could detect whether their systems were infected with Flashback — and if so — how to remove the malware. This post covers both of those questions.
3. Two teens cuffed after Blighty’s anti-terror hotline hacked
   Officials’ private chats recorded, bunged on YouTube: Two teenagers have been arrested after hackers attacked Scotland Yards anti-terror hotline, eavesdropped on a conversation between officials and uploaded a recording to the internet.
4. ICANN: Privates leaked in top-level domain land grab blunder
   gTLD applications viewable by rival web biz barons: ICANN has revealed that it took down its top-level domain application system yesterday after discovering a potentially serious data leakage vulnerability.
5. Australia OKs iOS for classified comms
   Spooks get guide on ‘hardening’ iPhones, iPads: Australia’s Defence Signals Directorate, an agency charged with collecting signals intelligence and educating the rest of the government about security, has green-lit Apple’s iOS for use in classified Australian government communications.
6. New fake anti-virus shakes down frightened file-sharers
   Scareware brands Windows Registry Editor a smut ‘tool’, punts ‘safe’ torrents: Security researchers have discovered a strain of fake anti-virus software that tries to intimidate supposed file-sharers into paying for worthless software.
7. Boeing plans super-secure Android smartphone for top echelons
   Stealth phone due to take off later this year: Boeing is planning to launch an own-brand super secure Android smartphone for military, government, and high-level commercial users by the end of the year.
8. Student stiffs penetration tool BackTrack Linux with 0-day
   Network daemon fingered in after-school game: A student has discovered a critical vulnerability in BackTrack, a flavour of Linux that’s a favourite among security pros.
9. Weak passwords still the downfall of enterprise security
   A recent data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 255,000 people in Utah has once again highlighted the longstanding but often underestimated risks posed to organizations by weak and default passwords.
10. Apple issues Trojan removal tool
11. Shades of 1984 Emerge in Broadcast TV Copyright Flap
12. Two arrests over terror line hack
13. Can we expect a cyber attack on the smart grid?
14. Apple Releases Tool to Remove Flashback Exploit
15. Facebook to Make More Personal Data Available to Users
16. Names of students who met with graduation coaches, their schools, and reasons for meeting not properly redacted from meeting materials
17. 80- 90 reports by customers of card fraud
18. WorkiLeaks: How to Be a Workplace Leaker Without Getting Caught
19. 9,500 patients notified that their info may have been accessed by employees for tax refund fraud scheme
20. Guests’ names, credit card and debit card numbers, and card expiration dates acquired by hacker
21. Court ruling limits reach of U.S. anti-hacking law
22. 87,667 faculty, students, and staff notified that malware infection of two computers resulted in potential exfiltration of personal information
23. Apple updates Java for a third time, this time with Flashback malware removal
24. Man found in possession of 900 people’s information
25. Kaspersky Lab removes Flashfake Removal Tool
26. Stuxnet worm reportedly planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick
27. Flashback botnet shrinks, downloads of Mac AV software rise
28. Apple Changes Security Playbook With Flashback Response
29. Still trying to remove Flashback from your Mac? Antivirus firms to the rescue
30. Mac Flashback Infections Drop to 270,000: Symantec
31. Apple working on Mac virus fix
32. Privacy watchdog calls for mandatory data breach reporting

1. Court rules former Goldman Sachs programmer did not violate federal theft law
   Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov did not violate the National Stolen Property Act and the Economic Espionage Act when he allegedly uploaded proprietary source code to a server in Germany, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.
2. Banks on the business end of DDoS attack surge – report
   Shorter, bigger attack trend continues: Financial firms were in the crosshairs of cyber-attackers during the first three months of 2012, while a threefold increase in DDoS attacks was recorded.
3. Japanese bank palms off customers with biometric ATMs
   You are the cash card, apparently: Japan-based Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank is claiming to be the first in the world set to offer its customers the option of using ATM services without the need for a cash card or passbook, thanks to palm-scanning biometric technology from Fujitsu.
4. Apple trails behind world+Microsoft in ‘Flashback’ malware debacle
   Finally pulls head from sand, pledges patch: Apple went out of its way to make life difficult for the Russian security firm that first alerted the world to the spread of the now infamous Flashback Trojan on Mac computers, it has emerged. However the fruitbite-branded firm has now pledged to resolve the problem, well after security firms – and Microsoft – had acted.
5. Malware-infected flash cards shipped out with HP switches
   Vendor fields ProCurveBall: HP has sent out a warning to customers after the vendor found out it had inadvertently been shipping virus-laden compact flash cards with its networking kit.
6. What will be the next Instagram?
7. Say it aint so, Bo: Murder scandal takes down Chinas high-flying Communist leader
8. Trojanized Angry Birds offered for download
9. HSBC customers under phishing attack
10. Flashback Trojan: 10 Things Mac Users Should Know About It
11. Intruder gained access to Workforce Training Center registration records server that contained ast four digits of both Social Security and credit card numbers
12. Apple works on Mac virus fix but takes heat
13. New Zeus variant targets billing services providers
14. Identity Management Systems: Building a Business Case for Your Enterprise
15. Malware shipped with HP switches
16. Code Not Physical Property, Court Rules in Goldman Sachs Espionage Case
17. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Creates New Sensor To Stop Attackers In Their Tracks
18. F-Secure Creates Tool to Detect, Remove Flashback Malware From Macs
19. SEEBURGER Enables Secure Enterprise Mobile File Sharing With New SEE FX Mobile
20. Lookout Enhances Features To App On T-Mobile Devices
21. Deadbolt, An Encryption Solution For E-mail And Messaging Security, Available For Macintosh And Windows
22. Malware-laden cards delivered with HP switches
23. Investors await Google mobile ad outlook as CEO Page marks first anniversary
24. FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to Crowded Skies
25. Apple Creating Tool to Detect, Remove Flashback Malware
26. Flashfake removal tool
27. Apple says it is working to shut down Flashback infections
28. Bad bots: DDoS attacks spike in first quarter, outdoing all of 2011
29. Utah’s Medicaid Data Breach Worse Than Expected
30. KoolSpan To Announce 1st Hardware-Based Secure Voice Solution For Androids
31. Malware Writers Pack In Better Encryption
32. Cloud payroll services the target of cybercriminals using Zeus malware
33. Visa Strategy Manager Boosts Issuer Fraud Detection
34. Apple promises malware removal tool for Flashback trojan
35. Historic quake off Indonesia causes panic, but no huge tsunami
36. Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman emotionally crippled, may not be in control: attorneys
37. Legitimate Chinese app stores riddled with security holes
38. Apple Flashback Trojan infection shows weekend decline
39. Rune Debuts Deadbolt Encryption Platform