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[Quizmaster]

Unlimited Music Download Service to Combat Piracy
16 June 2009, 10:11 am

British Internet broadband provider Virgin Media has  announced a deal with the Universal Music Group, one of the biggest record companies in the world, which involves launching an unlimited music do... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

New Openwave Guardian Protects Against Mobile Security Threats
16 June 2009, 7:12 am

Openwave Systems Inc, one of the most well-known software developers, which produces customized services that combine mobile and broadband experience, has recently released Openwave Guardian, its most recent service enabler for Openwave Integra, a next-generation platform for mobile Internet service management.

The latest... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

International Phone Fraud Ring Busted
15 June 2009, 2:42 pm

Three people were indicted in New Jersey and five were arrested in Italy for participating in an international telecommunications fraud scheme that involved hacked PBX boxes. The Italian authorities noted that part of the illegal gains were being used to finance fundamentalist Islamic groups.

According to the
Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

FakeAV Variant Imitates Malicious Software Removal Tool
15 June 2009, 11:45 am

Security researchers from computer software giant CA, formerly known as Computer Associates, warn of a new rogue antivirus application, which masquerades as Microsoft's Malic... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

iTunes and Amazon Music Scammers Busted
15 June 2009, 10:20 am

The UK Metro Police's Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) and the FBI have collaborated to bust a gang of fraudsters, which scammed Apple and Amazon out of over $300,000 in paid royalty fees. The cybercrooks uploaded self-made songs to the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3 and then bought them back using stolen credit cards.

Last Wednesday, police officers... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

Road Paved for the Great Botnet of China
13 June 2009, 11:37 am

One of the security industry's worst nightmares, a gigantic botnet of Chinese origin, might become a reality if the government in Beijing goes ahead with its plan to deploy the Green Dam Youth Escort censorship software on all new PCs sold in the country, starting next month. Security researchers warn that the content-filtering application suffers from c... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

Hackers Defile Mormon Church Twitter Presence
13 June 2009, 10:27 am

The official Twitter account of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), informally referred to as the Mormon Church, has been hacked by unknown individuals. The perpetrators sent profane messages calling Joseph Smith a liar.

The LDS Church registered an account on Twitter about two months ago in order to send news ... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

MSN Canada Website Compromised by Hackers
12 June 2009, 3:01 pm

Researchers from net security company Websense warn that a particular section of the MSN Canada website has fallen victim to hackers who injected rogue code into a page used for redirection. The code is obfuscated and loads content from... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

Air France Flight 447 Tragedy Exploited by Cybercrooks
12 June 2009, 1:12 pm

Security researchers warn that cybercriminal gangs are taking advantage of the Air France flight 447 tragedy. Trying to exploit the significant public interest attracted by the sad event, cybercrooks are pushing spam and malware, both by e-mail and poisoned search results.

Air France Flight 447 refers to the commercial flight b... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

HijackThis Hijacked by Trojan Remover
12 June 2009, 12:00 pm

Trend Micro malware analysts warn that the company's popular HijackThis utility is being abused by authors of a trojan remover, who pack it within their program. The system analysis tool is being used to lure users into acquiring... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Quizmaster]

New Chinese Worm Allegedly Bypasses System Rollback Software
9 June 2009, 2:24 pm

Security researchers from Bach Khoa Internetwork Security (Bkis) warn of a new worm that is able to bypass the protections enforced on the file system by software such as Deep Freeze. The malware was discovered in early March and has already made thousands o... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Silvey]

Cybercrooks Blacklist Security Researchers
11 June 2009, 3:29 pm

Analysts from Web security vendor Finjan have come across an interesting list of IP blocks used by a crimeware kit to block security researchers from detecting and analyzing it. The file contained a few thousand entries identifying most of the vendors in the industry.

Cybercriminals and malware authors are constantly coming up with new techniques to avoid detection from antivirus software... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Silvey]

Trojan Advertised as Open Source Antivirus Solution
11 June 2009, 2:15 pm

Security researchers from antivirus vendor Bitdefender warn of a new malware-distribution campaign that attempts to pass a computer trojan as open source antivirus software. Once installed ... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Silvey]

StrongWebmail Hacking Contest Winners Officially Recognized
11 June 2009, 12:01 pm

A while back, StrongWebmail, a new webmail service claiming to offer the most secure email accounts on the planet, launched a hacking competition awarding $10,000 to the first hacker to break into the... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security

[Silvey]

Hackers Falsely Claim Massive T-Mobile Data Breach
9 June 2009, 10:24 am

On Saturday, wireless telecommunications giant T-Mobile was faced with a grim prospective, after hackers publicly announced that they successfully stole all of the corporate data from its U.S. branch. The unknown perpetrators claim they initially attempted to sell the sensitive information to the company's competitors without success.

With... (read more)

Source: Softpedia News - Security