Industry News

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

Threats	Publication	Type
As spam levels increase concern grows among recipients over viruses and identity theft Aug 03, 2010 — People are receiving more spam and fear that it will impact on their online identity and security.	SC Magazine	Identity Theft
Researchers peek inside a mini ZeuS botnet, find 60GB of stolen data Aug 02, 2010 — Just how much data can be harvested from 55,000+ crimeware-infected hosts?	ZDNet	Identity Theft
New ID theft targets kids' SS numbers Aug 02, 2010 — The latest form of identity theft doesn’t depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid’s number long before the little one even has a bank account.	Yahoo News	Identity Theft
Trojan Disguised as iPhone Jailbreaking Software Jul 30, 2010 — BitDefender researchers are warning of an email campaign targeting iPhone users who want to jailbreak their devices.	eSecurityPlanet	Identity Theft
Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut hole Jul 30, 2010 — Microsoft plans to release a patch on Monday for a flaw involving how Windows handles shortcut files, after seeing the hole being used to spread a particularly nasty and fast-spreading virus…	cnet	Cybercrime
Hackers Infiltrate Some Facebook Accounts Jul 28, 2010 — All those messages you’ve been getting from your Facebook friends may not be coming from them. Hackers have been infiltrating some Facebook accounts.	CBS5	Identity Theft
Security secrets the bad guys don't want you to know Jul 19, 2010 — You already know the basics of internet security, right? You know to keep your antivirus program and patches up to date, to be careful where you go on the Internet, and to exercise online street-smarts to resist being tricked into visiting a phishing site or downloading a Trojan horse.	Computerworld	Cybercrime
Zeus baddies unleash nasty new bank Trojan Jul 13, 2010 — Hackers have created a new version of the Zeus crimeware toolkit that’s designed to swipe bank login details of Spanish, German, UK and US banks.	The Register	Cybercrime
Top 10 social networking threats Jul 12, 2010 — Social network tools have changed the way we interact in our personal lives and are in the process of transforming our professional lives… …With hundreds of millions of users, these tools have attracted attackers more than any other target in recent years.	Network World	Cybercrime
One in 10 victims of ID theft: survey Jul 06, 2010 — Australians are falling victim to online identity theft at an alarming rate, a new survey suggests, costing them an estimated $1.3 billion over the past year.	Sydney Morning Herald	Identity Theft