Network card rootkit offers extra stealth |
- Network card rootkit offers extra stealth
- Two former students charged in university hack in Mo.
- Hacker Gets 18 Months in U.K. Prison
- DHS Cybersecurity Center Promotes Information Sharing
- The Top Five Challenges In Securing Oracle Databases
| Network card rootkit offers extra stealth Posted: InfoSec News: Network card rootkit offers extra stealth: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/23/network_card_rootkit/ By John Leyden The Register 23rd November 2010 Security researchers have demonstrated how it might be possible to place backdoor rootkit software on a network card. Guillaume Delugre, a reverse engineer at French security firm Sogeti [...] |
| Two former students charged in university hack in Mo. Posted: InfoSec News: Two former students charged in university hack in Mo.: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9197884/Two_former_students_charged_in_university_hack_in_Mo. By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld November 23, 2010 Two former students at the University of Central Missouri (UCM) have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of breaking into [...] |
| Hacker Gets 18 Months in U.K. Prison Posted: InfoSec News: Hacker Gets 18 Months in U.K. Prison: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hacker-Gets-18-Months-in-UK-Prison-112826/ By Brian Prince eWEEK.com 2010-11-23 A Scottish man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for spamming out e-mails laced with malware and stealing data. A 33-year-old Scottish man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison in the U.K. for spamming out malware-infected e-mails and stealing data. The sentencing today of Matthew Anderson of Drummuir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, brought to an end to an investigation first launched four years ago. According to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Anderson was part of a ring that targeted hundreds of businesses in the U.K. with malware starting in 2005. The conspiracy was operated by members of a cyber-crew called m00p that spammed out millions of e-mails laced with malware, authorities said. It was Anderson's job to manage the operation by composing the e-mails and distributing them with virus attachments, police said. The malware allowed Anderson to access private data stored on computers without the knowledge of the computer's owner, according to police. [...] |
| DHS Cybersecurity Center Promotes Information Sharing Posted: InfoSec News: DHS Cybersecurity Center Promotes Information Sharing: http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228300460 By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek November 23, 2010 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new cybersecurity center aimed at communicating more efficiently with state [...] |
| The Top Five Challenges In Securing Oracle Databases Posted: InfoSec News: The Top Five Challenges In Securing Oracle Databases: http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/application-security/228300490/the-top-five-challenges-in-securing-oracle-databases.html By Adrian Lane Contributing Writer Darkreading Nov 23, 2010 [Excerpted from "Database Security: Oracle Offers New Tools To Counter [...] |
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