Industry News

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

Threats	Publication	Type
Kneber Botnet Strikes Worldwide Feb 18, 2010 — NetWitness has uncovered an 75,000-PC botnet that has managed to infiltrate corporations and businesses over several months, making off with sensitive data.	PC Mag	Identity Theft
Identity Theft on the Rise: Survey Feb 10, 2010 — Identity theft has become so commonplace that the odds are pretty high that you’ve been a victim or you know someone who has. Those odds continue to increase, according to a survey released today by Javelin Strategy & Research. It found that the number of identity fraud cases rose by 12 percent in the U.S. last year, to 11.1 million.	GigaOm	Identity Theft
Wanted: Defense Against Online Bank Fraud Feb 08, 2010 — Cybercriminals have found a rich, new hunting ground: small businesses’ bank accounts.	Wall Street Journal	Identity Theft
Report: 48% of 22 million scanned computers infected with malware Jan 27, 2010 — The recently released APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q3 of 2009, details record highs in multiple phishing vectors, but also offers an interesting observation on desktop crimeware infections.	ZDNet	Identity Theft
FBI: Scareware distributors stole $150M Dec 16, 2009 — Just how much money did scareware scammers steal from Internet users so far? According to an intelligence note posted by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the FBI is aware of an estimated loss to victims in excess of $150 million.	ZDNet	Cybercrime
The expanding world of online scams Dec 15, 2009 — David Fewer was describing how internet scams have changed — from the mischievous tricks pulled by amateurs 10 years ago to the potentially dangerous cons run by organized crime today.	CBC News	Identity Theft
Adobe confirms PDF zero-day attacks. Disable JavaScript now. Dec 15, 2009 — Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day (unpatched) vulnerability in Adobe’s ever-present PDF Reader/Acrobat software to hijack data from compromised computers.	ZDNet	Cybercrime
Zeus crimeware using Amazon's EC2 as command and control server Dec 09, 2009 — Security researchers have intercepted a new variant of the Zeus crimeware, which is using Amazon’s EC2 services for command and control purposes of the botnet.	ZDNet	Cybercrime
Swine Flu Malware Infects Your PC, Not You Dec 02, 2009 — Hackers are spreading a vicious computer virus through spam email messages that urge recipients to visit a bogus website offering vaccinations to protect them against another virus—the one that causes swine flu.	PCMag	Identity Theft
Worm turns iPhones into bots Nov 23, 2009 — A malicious Apple iPhone worm was released this weekend. It targets iPhone users who remove Apple’s protection mechanisms to allow their phones to run any software — a process called jailbreaking.	USA Today	Cybercrime