Industry News

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

Threats	Publication	Type
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
Analysis: Phishing arrests highlight massive problem Oct 09, 2009 — The massive phishing scam broken up by federal authorities this week is only a hint at what many say is an insidious and growing problem on the Internet.	Network World	Identity Theft
Scareware scams spill onto Skype Oct 06, 2009 — Scareware spreaders have started to use Skype to spread their cash-sapping crud.	The Register	Cybercrime
Hotmail Phishing Attacks Spread to Other Email Services Oct 06, 2009 — Phishing attacks that affected customers of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Hotmail Monday have compromised more than 30,000 email accounts, including those of Gmail, Yahoo (YHOO) Mail and other services.	All Things Digital	Identity Theft
Nasty banking Trojan makes mules of victims Oct 06, 2009 — A sophisticated Trojan horse program designed to empty bank accounts has a new trick up its sleeve: It lies to investigators about where the money is going.	Network World	Identity Theft
Facebook Captchas broken? Oct 01, 2009 — Hackers have apparently found a way to automate the creation of new Facebook profiles by breaking the challenge-response mechanism used by the site to ensure that only humans sign up for the service.	Computerworld	Cybercrime
Hackers Breach Payroll Giant, Target Customers Sep 30, 2009 — Hackers last week apparently used stolen account information from a New Jersey company that provides online payroll services to target the firm’s customers in a scheme to steal passwords and other information.	Washington Post	Identity Theft
New Viruses Target Banks, Social Networks Sep 30, 2009 — Cyber criminals are increasingly focusing their attacks on the hundreds of millions of users of social networks and on loopholes in bank security systems, security software vendors said on Wednesday.	PCMag	Cybercrime
Computer hacks jump in '09: study Sep 29, 2009 — Canadian companies faced more computer attacks in the past 12 months, which cost companies almost twice as much to fight, according to a study released Tuesday.	CBC	Cybercrime