Industry News

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

Threats	Publication	Type
Pushdo Botnet Crippled Via Coordinated Takedown Aug 30, 2010 — Security researchers have pushed large parts of the spam maker offline, but it may not decrease overall crimeware levels.	InformationWeek	Cybercrime
Massive 'Fake AV' Attack Launched Aug 26, 2010 — Scareware campaign targets consumers’ credit card information with bogus offers of free antivirus services…	InformationWeek	Identity Theft
Scammers hit Twitter, Facebook, send free iPad spam Aug 26, 2010 — Facebook and Twitter users are complaining about their accounts being compromised and then being used to spam friends with suspicious “free iPad offers.”	Computerworld	Identity Theft
1-in-4 worms spread through infected USB devices Aug 26, 2010 — Hard on the heels of a report that a USB drive was used to compromise U.S. military networks in 2008, a security company today claimed that 25% of all new worms are designed to spread through the portable storage devices.	Computerworld	Cybercrime
Apple criticized for minimizing iTunes hijacking Aug 25, 2010 — Apple is coming under fire for sticking with a consumer online transactions system that is easily hijacked.	LastWatchdog	Identity Theft
Google Joins List of Companies with Most Software Holes Aug 25, 2010 — With Web based software vulnerabilities on the rise, Google displaces HP on the list of vendors with the most reported software holes in the first half of 2010.	Threatpost	Cybercrime
Vulnerability Disclosures Increase By 36% In 2010 Aug 25, 2010 — Vulnerability disclosures have reached record levels, with 4,396 new vulnerabilities documented in the first half of 2010 — a 36% increase over the same period last year.	InformationWeek	Cybercrime
Hackers bait Zeus botnet trap with dead celeb tales Aug 24, 2010 — Hackers are using tales of dead celebrities to build out Zeus botnets by duping users into compromising their own PCs, security experts said today.	Computerworld	Identity Theft
Hackers see the cloud as ripe territory Aug 24, 2010 — Is the cloud a hacker’s paradise? A survey at last month’s Defcon hacking conference paints that picture.	cnet	Cybercrime
Details emerge on new DLL load hijacking Windows attack vector Aug 23, 2010 — Metasploit’s HD Moore has released technical details on a severe application DLL load hijacking problem that haunts more than 40 Windows software programs.	ZDNet	Cybercrime