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Monday, August 23rd, 2010Hello Everyone, we appreciate your patience waiting for the DHS updates. We are back on track this week!
Zeus Trojan spreading through zip files
The Zeus Trojan is back again, looking to spread through zip files. Zeus, which is one of the most commonly found pieces of malware, is believed to be one of the most prevalent [...]
‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked: Cyber Security Highlights August 2, 2010
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application has gathered personal information from infected Android phones and sent it to a Web site in China, and researchers from Lookout Mobile Security have found a way to take the Android over completely – including top-of-the-line models hawked by major wireless carriers. In one presentation at Black Hat [...]
G Data releases tool to block Windows shortcut attack: Cyber Highlights July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The German security company G Data released a tool July 27 that blocks attacks using Microsoft’s shortcut vulnerability but also preserves shortcut icons unlike the hotfix released recently by Microsoft. The tool, called the G Data LNK Checker, is a small piece of software that is independent of other security software. It monitors the creation [...]
Dell warns of malware on server motherboards: Cyber Security Highlights July 23, 2010
Monday, July 26th, 2010Dell is warning customers that “a small number” of its server motherboards may contain malicious software. “The potential issue involves a small number of PowerEdge server motherboards sent out through service dispatches that may contain malware,” according to a post on a Dell support forum. “This malware code has been detected on the embedded server [...]
DNSSEC now fully deployed on the Internet root: Cyber Highlights July 7 22, 2010
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Operators of the Internet’s authoritative root zone the week of July 12 completed deployment of enhanced security protocols at the top level of the Domain Name System. The Internet’s 13 root zone DNS servers have been digitally signed using the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) since May. On July 15, the signed root zone was made [...]
Black Hat talk to reveal analysis of hacker fingerprints: Cyber Highlights July 21, 2010
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Looking deeper within malware yields fingerprints of the hackers who write the code, and that could result in signatures that have a longer lifetime than current intrusion-detection schemes, Black Hat 2010 attendees will be told July 28 and 29. Analysis of the binaries of malware executables also reveals characteristics about the intent of the attack [...]
Windows token kidnapping returns to haunt Microsoft: Cyber Highlights July 20, 2010
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010More than a year after Microsoft issued a patch to cover privilege escalation issues that could lead to complete system takeover, a security researcher plans to use the Black Hat conference spotlight to expose new design mistakes and security issues that can be exploited to elevate privileges on all Windows versions including the brand new [...]
Feds to spend $144M to train health IT workers: Cyber Security Highlights July 19 2010
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Beginning this fall, more than 80 community colleges and universities in the U.S. will begin training health care IT workers under a government grant program created to help fill an estimated 50,000 jobs needed to assist doctors and hospitals as they roll out electronic medical records. The estimated 50,000 trainees are in addition to people [...]
Scareware: Now with live support: Cyber Security Highlights July 15 2010
Friday, July 16th, 2010A researcher of Kaspersky has discovered that scareware distributors are now offering live support. Users installing fake anti-virus software Security Master AV and clicking on the “Online Support” button are directed to a chat window in which they can put questions directly to the scareware “vendor.” The aliases “Debora Brown,” “Kendra Grace” and “David Lee” [...]
Data breaches do not see light of day: Cyber Security July 14 2010
Thursday, July 15th, 2010The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) announced July 8 that it had recorded 341 individual data breaches for the first six months of 2010. But hundreds more went unreported, said the organization. In addition, for 46 percent of breaches, the number of records potentially affected weren’t disclosed, and for 38 percent, no cause was disclosed. [...]
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