Industry News

Summarizing some of the latest online security issues from around the web.

Threats	Publication	Type
Hackers exploit release of Twilight New Moon film Nov 19, 2009 — Hackers are exploiting the web users searching for information about the Twilight New Moon film, due to be released this week, in a bid to spread malware…	Network World	Cybercrime
3 Basic Steps to Avoid Joining a Botnet Nov 19, 2009 — …Online, the biggest battle these days is against botnets: networks of infected computers which hackers can use — unbeknownst to the machine’s owner — for online crimes including sending out spam or launching a denial of service attack.	Network World	Cybercrime
Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware Nov 17, 2009 — There are now over a million affected sites serving scareware, with only a small percentage of them currently marked as harmful.	ZDNet	Cybercrime
World's first iPhone virus surfaces Nov 09, 2009 — The world’s first iPhone virus is reported to be in the wild, targeting users who have cracked, or jailbroken, their phone.	Yahoo UK	Computer virus
Trick or Tweet? Malware Abundant in Twitter URLs Oct 29, 2009 — As many as one in every 500 web addresses posted on Twitter lead to sites hosting malware…	Wired	Cybercrime
New DHL Notice Campaigns Deliver Backdoor Threat Oct 29, 2009 — Researchers with BitDefender are tracking the emergence of a new spate of phony overnight delivery notice attacks, calling out a set of threats currently in circulation that attempt to create backdoors that leave affected machines almost completely under the control of their assailants.	eWeek	Cybercrime
Twitter warns of new phishing attacks Oct 29, 2009 — Phishing campaign uses a direct message and a fake Twitter login page to pilfer credentials.	SearchSecurity.com	Identity Theft
Inside the Clampi Trojan: Using Shellcode to Game Firewalls Oct 27, 2009 — Many of today’s Trojan malware threats utilize sophisticated techniques to circumvent firewall technologies and communicate with their distributors and/or controllers…	eWeek	Cybercrime
Time Warner Cable Exposes 65,000 Customer Routers to Remote Hacks Oct 20, 2009 — A vulnerability in a Time Warner cable modem and Wi-Fi router deployed to 65,000 customers would allow a hacker to remotely access the device’s administrative menu over the internet, and potentially change the settings to intercept traffic…	Wired	Cybercrime
Hot Spam: Targeted Phishing, Brand-Jacking Oct 13, 2009 — Targeted phishing attacks and non-phishing campaigns involving company brands are among the leading trends in messaging attack patterns…	eWeek	Cybercrime