Rumors has it, the dreaded fast-moving computer that infected at least 3 million computers, is set to attack again on April 1, 2009. The army of Conficker-infected machines, known as a “botnet,” could be one of the greatest cybercrime tools ever assembled. Conficker’s authors just need to figure out a way to reliably communicate with [...]
Internet Security
Mahalo vouches for criminal hacker in its midst
The founder of young Internet search engine Mahalo explained on Thursday how a convicted hacker wound up a cherished member of their team. Mahalo hired John Schiefer without being aware of his cyber crimes, and regretted seeing him sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison, founder Jason Calacanis said in a message posted online. [...]
Pentagon bans Google map-makers
The US defence department has banned the giant internet search engine Google from filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases. Close-up, ground-level imagery of US military sites posed a “potential threat” to security, it said. The move follows the discovery of images of the Fort Sam Houston army base in Texas on [...]
Hackers Target Patched Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Vulnerability
According to security firm Trend Micro, cyber-criminals are targeting a patched flaw in IE 7 to steal data. A fix for the flaw was included in the recent round of Patch Tuesday security bulletins. Hackers have begun actively targeting a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that was patched earlier this month by Microsoft. The bug [...]
Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for Conficker arrest
Microsoft on Thursday said it is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for creating the Conficker Internet worm that has infected millions of PCs. Microsoft said it is offering the reward because the worm constitutes a “criminal attack” and offering compensation should hasten prosecution. [...]
Conficker Hitting Hardest in Asia, Latin America
Computer networks in Asia and Latin America are the most susceptible to a fast-spreading computer worm, which has infected between 6 million and 9 million PCs worldwide, security experts said. According to Symantec, China and Argentina are the countries that have been hit hardest by the worm, which started spreading about two months ago but [...]