Microsoft warned that a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions. "Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location," Microsoft said in a security advisory.
Lax security screening at Apple's App Store and a design flaw are putting iPhone users at risk of downloading malicious applications that could steal data and spy on them, a Swiss researcher warns. Apple's iPhone app review process is inadequate to stop malicious apps from getting distributed to millions of users, according to Nicolas Seriot, a software engineer and scientific collaborator at the Swiss University of Applied Sciences.
The House is expected to finish work on legislation that would authorize cybersecurity research and development funding and calls for the creation of cybersecurity standards. House lawmakers began work on the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, adopting several amendments before putting off votes on four other amendments and on final passage.
Twitter has explained in greater detail the reason behind its decision to reset the passwords for some of its users after an external phishing attack. It turns out the problem, which Twitter first described as a "combination of multiple bad acts," was part of a scam that may have exposed Twitter users who also visit torrent sites requiring login credentials.
Acacia Research, a company that buys and licenses patents, says a federal court has raised the amount of damages it will get from Yahoo in a patent infringement ruling. The company said a federal court in Texas awarded it $12.4 million in a final judgment in the case, which is related to backgrounds called IMVironments in Yahoo's instant messaging service.
Twitter appeared to have been hit by a phishing attack that could be used to steal a user's sensitive log-in information, according to blogs and news reports. Twitter said it reset some users' passwords because of the attack.
The threat of a crippling attack on computer and telecommunications networks is growing, America's top intelligence official told lawmakers, as an increasingly sophisticated group of enemies has "severely threatened" the sometimes fragile systems undergirding the country's information systems. "Sensitive information is stolen daily from both government and private sector networks, undermining confidence in our information systems, and in the very information these systems were intended to convey," Dennis C. Blair said in his prepared remarks to a Senate committee.
During a question-and-answer session broadcast on YouTube, President Obama reiterated his support for network neutrality and promised to continue to push for a policy that would prohibit broadband providers from being able to prioritize Internet content.
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) said he plans to hold a hearing next month to examine U.S. companies' business practices in "Internet-restricting countries." Durbin's announcement comes shortly after Google Inc.'s decision to reevaluate its operations in China, after suffering a cyber-attack it said was aimed at exposing the identities of advocates for democratic reform there.
A vast majority of online banking customers use their login credentials to access other websites, sharply increasing risk of attack to their bank account, Internet security firm Trusteer said. Some 73 percent of Internet bank clients share online banking password with non-financial sites, and 47 percent re-use both, their online banking user name and password, British firm Trusteer said, citing a sample of more than 4 million users.
As more organizations allow employees to use social media like Facebook and Twitter at work, cybercrime attacks on these networks have exploded, according to a report released by IT security firm Sophos. Reports of malware and spam rose 70 percent on social networks in the last 12 months, the security survey reveals.
A district court judge in Illinois has ordered the owner of a Web-based company to stop selling term papers unless he can prove he has permission from the papers' authors. The order was based on an earlier ruling in which the provider was found liable of copyright infringement after co-authors of an undergraduate research paper saw their work posted on three of the company's websites and sued in 2006.
On issues as varied as privacy, copyright protection and the dominance of Google's Internet search engine, the company is clashing with lawmakers, regulators and consumer advocates in Europe. And the fights are escalating across Western Europe.
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission says someone gained access to a computer server that holds more than 80,000 records containing casino employee information. The Department of Administrative Services notified the commission that the server had been compromised.
Amazon.com shocked the publishing world when it pulled both the digital and physical books of Macmillan, the large international publisher, after Macmillan said it planned to begin setting higher prices for its e-books. But in a message to its customers posted to its Web site, Amazon said that while it strongly disagreed with Macmillan’s stance, it would concede to the publisher.
A massive scareware scam has been targeting Facebook users, in which a fake virus warning is distributed via e-mail and then forwarded or published to thousands of Facebook walls, according to researchers at security software vendor Panda Security.
Social networking site Tagged has won a $200,000 default judgment against an individual who allegedly spammed Tagged members by sending them messages with links to an adult dating Web site. In a ruling, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup in the northern district of California found that Erik Vogeler sent messages to 6,079 Tagged users and assessed damages of $25 per violation for a total of $151,975.
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit that a Pennsylvania couple filed against Google after a driver for its Street View service took a panoramic photograph of their secluded home. But the Third Circuit Court of Appeals hinted that Aaron and Christine Boring may only be able to wrest $1 in damages from the search company -- unless they can prove that they were actually harmed in the moment the Google driver lingered on their property.
The next generation of "phishing" scams, focused on mobile banking, has begun, and it has the potential to do much more damage than earlier versions. As mobile-banking applications have increased in popularity, so has the risk of downloading and installing a fraudulent app that could draw your account information and, potentially, any other data stored on your mobile device.
Fujitsu, which applied for an iPad trademark in 2003, is claiming first dibs, setting up a fight with Apple over the name of the new tablet device that Apple plans to sell starting in March. "It's our understanding that the name is ours," said Masahiro Yamane, director of Fujitsu's public relations division.
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