"Secret Crush" first malicious widget on Facebook
The cyber sleuths at Fortinet have tracked down a malicious widget on Facebook. Read the advisory at the FortiGuard Center.
Threat Chaos
Richard Stiennon delivers a timely, succinct exploration of cyber threats, hack attacks, crime on the web, and information warfare.
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First prediction for 2008 to come true
Google's social network, Orkut, has been attacked by a worm that uses "scrap book" messages to propogate. It's only action is to spread and add Orkut members to a group called "infected by the Orkut virus.
Hacking as a competitive edge in the Olympics
Until this morning I had no idea what my 500th blog post would be about. Should I once more rant about how security awareness training is not worth the cost of the posters?
US Government leadership in cyber security lacking
I see that the US assistant secretary of the national cyber-security division of the Homeland Security Department addressed the New York City Metro InfraGard. His remarks are disturbing to me because the reflect a growing (continuing?
Those clever 419'ers
It had to happen. In this latest technique scammers hack into someone's email account and send emails to friends asking for money.
Haephrati technique used to crack US research lab
The New York Times is reporting that they obtained a copy of a report from US-CERT that attacks eminating from Chinese IP addresses successfully targeted employees of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. In addition to research in energy, nanotechnology and "isotope production", Oak Ridgeprovides federal, state and local government agencies and departments with technology and expertise to support national and homeland security needs.
Ten threat predictions for 2008
It is that time of year again. Time to publish my predictions for 2008.
Secondlife: A+ for proactive security
Backgound: Secondlife is a way cool immersive virtual world with millions of subscribers created by Linden Lab. It is a bit beyond the flat 2-D worlds of Myspace and Facebook.
Hacking for profit. SEO techniques.
I am traveling for the next two weeks. Today I write from the banks of the Thames in Marlow, England, a town that inspires writing if Jerome K.
Regional security conferences
I spend an inordinate amount of time on the road speaking at regional security conferences. Today I am at The West Coast Security Forum conference in Vancouver.