Security Stories for 2010

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Hack Demonstrated 89
Cheap GSM Eavesdropping a Reality 75
One Tip Enough To Put Name On Terrorist Watch List 446
Android Trojan Found, Spreading From Chinese App Stores 277
The Significant Decline of Spam 263
Playstation 3 Code Signing Cracked For Good 534
4chan Has Been DDOSed 710
Mozilla Posts File Containing Registered User Data 154
Auditors Question TSA's Tech Spending, Security Solutions 239
Did Stuxnet Take Out 1,000 Centrifuges At Natanz? 189
UK Banks Attempt To Censor Academic Publication 162
New IE Zero Day 305
Study Finds DDoS Attacks Threaten Human Rights 118
Banknotes Go Electronic To Outwit Counterfeiters 441
Will 2011 Be the Year of Mobile Malware? 111
Passwords Are the Weakest Link In Online Security 277
De Raadt Doubts Alleged Backdoors Made It Into OpenBSD 136
Data Breach Could Test Massachusetts Law 73
Recording the Police 515
The Smartphone That Spies, and Other Surprises 132
Memo Details Gawker Security Strategy 76
D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener 116
The DNSSEC Chicken & Egg Challenge 77
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Released 175
Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch 399
Spamhaus Under DDoS Over Wikileaks.info 295
The Clock Is Ticking On Encryption 228
Openwall Linux 3.0 — No SUIDs, Anti-Log-Spoofing 122
NSA Considers Its Networks Compromised 239
A Finnish-Chinese Connection For Stuxnet? 113
Chrome Throws Flash Into the Sandbox 109
The Case For Lousy Passwords 343
NSS Labs Browser Report Says IE Is the Best, Google Disagrees 205
Learning From Gawker's Failure 236
BSD Coder Denies Adding FBI Backdoor 239
FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack 536
Hidden Backdoor Discovered On HP MSA2000 Arrays 197
The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords 209
Sheriff's Online Database Leaks Info On Informants 185
Anonymous Now Attacking Corporate Fax Machines 410
Operation Payback and Hactivism 101 423
Two Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malware 330
Has Progress Been Made In Fighting DDoS Attacks? 206
Gawker Source Code and Databases Compromised 207
Backscatter X-Ray Machines Easily Fooled 342
Apple, Google Diss the DoD Over Mobile Security 150
'Anonymous' WikiLeaks Proponents Not So Anonymous 390
Apple Quietly Drops iOS Jailbreak Detection API 164
Remote Exim Exploit In the Wild 90
DNSSEC Comes To .Net Zone Today 62
Stuxnet Still Out of Control At Iran Nuclear Sites 361
WikiLeaks Defenders Threaten Amazon 703
MasterCard Hit By WikiLeaks Payback Attacks 715
Hi-Tech Nativity Security 110
Researchers Tracking Emerging 'Darkness' Botnet 85
A Nude Awakening — the TSA and Privacy 728
Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables 810
Single Software Licence Shared 774,651 Times 446
With Better Sharing of Intel Comes Danger 287
PS3 With 3.50 Firmware Jailbroken Without Downgrade 195
Doorways Sneak To Non-Default Ports of Hacked Servers 63
Cybergang Compromises Every ATM In Russian City 74
Microsoft Builds JavaScript Malware Detection Tool 88
Researchers Bypass IE Protected Mode 91
Canon's Image Verification System Cracked 118
Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties 123
Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers 205
Ransomware Making a Comeback 202
The Golden Hour of Phishing Attacks 59
ProFTPD.org Compromised, Backdoor Distributed 152
Attack of the Trojan Printers 144
GNU Savannah Site Compromised 99
Facebook's 'Like This' Button Is Tracking You 273
DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing 919
Aussie Gov't Decides ISPs Aren't Responsible For Infected Computers 129
Scammers Can Hide Fake URLs On the iPhone 68
Causing Terror On the Cheap 448
Chinese DNS Tampering a Real Threat To Outsiders 181
China's Politburo Behind Google Cyber-Attack? 142
Security Expert Warns of Android Browser Flaw 98
FedEx Misplaces Radioactive Rods 165
The Sensible Body Scan Alternative 354
Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning On Twitter 100
A Peek At the National Opt-Out Day Numbers 297
New Windows Kernel Vulnerability Bypasses UAC 303
Homeland Security Drops Color-Coded Terror Alerts 183
Botnet Spammer Gets Just 18 Months For Being Odd 83
Next Step For US Body Scanners Could Be Trains, Metro Systems 890
HTTPS Everywhere Gets Firesheep Protection 77
Rootkit In a Network Card Demonstrated 112
Crooks Hack Music Players For ATM Skimmers 82
SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites? 286
Former Employee Stole Ford Secrets Worth $50 Million 236
Malaysian Indicted After Hacking Federal Reserve 132
Making Airport Scanners Less Objectionable 681
The US-Soviet Cyber Cold War 117
Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized 484
Claims About China's April Internet Hijack Are Overblown 78
Adobe Launches Sandboxed Reader X 201
New Bill Would Put DHS In Charge of 'Critical' Private Networks 193
Stuxnet Virus Now Biggest Threat To Industry 254
50 ISPs Harbor Half of All Infected Machines 140
TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old 1135
For 18 Minutes, 15% of the Internet Routed Through China 247
New Rootkit Bypasses Windows Code-Signing Security 160
Cracking Passwords With Amazon EC2 GPU Instances 217
Stuxnet Was Designed To Subtly Interfere With Uranium Enrichment 334
State-Sponsored CyberAttacks Expected To Rise 33
Security Strategy: From Requirements To Reality 64
Web-Users Fall For Fake Anti-Virus Scams 272
Ears Might Be Better Than Fingerprints For ID 135
NSA Adds Kahn Collection To Cryptologic Museum 34
Android Holes Allow Secret Installation of Apps 132
Researchers Take Down Koobface Servers 35
Fedora Project Drops SQLNinja 'Hacker' Tool 159
The Great Cyberheist 57
Google Says No More Cash For Trash Web Bugs 88
Hackers Blamed For MessageLabs Spam Blunder 44
FCC Investigating Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Collection 122
How Often Should You Change Your Password? 233
Security App For the New German Personal ID Hacked 93
UK Terror Chief Blocked From Boarding Aircraft 237
Research Inches Toward Processor-Specific Malware 155
NSA Says Its Secure Dev Methods Are Publicly Known 114
Targeted Attacks Focus On Economic Cyberterrorism 73
Search Engine Optimization Poisoning Way Up In '10 175
Nevercookie Eats Evercookies 91
Sophos Researcher Suggests Password 'Free' to Spur Wi-Fi Encryption 332
Sophos Free A-V For Mac May Kill Time Machine Backups 133
Man Loses Millions In Bizarre Virus-Protection Scam 366
Toy Robots Can Guard Your Home 151
Malicious Websites Can Initiate Skype Calls On iOS 177
IE Flaw Exploit In Hacker Kit 'Raises the Stakes' 96
Royal Navy Website Hacked, Passwords Revealed 114
Firesheep Countermeasure Tool BlackSheep 122
US Wants Upper Hand In Battling High-Tech Bad Guys 81
Disguised Asian Male Caught At Canadian Airport 19
Former Student Gets 30 Months For Political DDoS Attacks 486
Evaluating Or Testing Utility SCADA Security? 227
Europe Simulates Total Cyber War 80
Major Security Holes Found In Mobile Bank Apps 107
MS Adds Security Suite To Update Service, Antivirus Rival Objects 324
EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use 559
Researcher To Release Web-Based Android Attack 136
FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist 76
Massive DDoS Cuts Myanmar Off From Net 149
Zeus Attackers Turned the Tables On Researchers 119
Nuclear Bunker Houses World's Toughest Server Farm 152
Adobe To Push Emergency Fix For Flash Bug 78
Serious Security Bugs Found In Android Kernel 230
Firesheep Author Reflects On Wild Week 229
OpenBSD 4.8 Released 176
Google Broadens Bug Bounties To Include Web App Security 50
UK Police To Get Facebook Lessons 63
TSA To Make Pat-Downs More Embarrassing To Encourage Scanner Use 642
How Not To Design a Protocol 186
Herding Firesheep In NYC — Do Users Care? 200
Hiding Backdoors In Hardware 206
Separating Cyber-Warfare Fact From Fantasy 111
Inside Google's Anti-Malware Operation 105
Adobe Warns of Critical Flash Bug, Already Being Exploited 244
Aussie Kids Foil Finger Scanner With Gummi Bears 303
British Airways Chief Slams US Security Requests 335
Most Americans Support an Internet Kill Switch 398
How To Protect Against Firesheep Attacks 208
Riskiest Web Domains To Visit 106
Rise of the Small Botnet 61
Iranian Cyber Army Moves Into Botnet Renting 63
New Programming Language Weaves Security Into Code 216
Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van 313
Firefox Extension Makes Social-Network ID Spoofing Trivial 185
iPhone Jailbreak Modified Into CC Sniffing Malware 120
Facebook Ads Could 'Out' Gay Users 196
Open Source-Friendly Smartphones For the Small Office? 222
RDS Protocol Bug Creates a Linux Kernel Hole, Now Fixed 89
Un-killable 'Evercookie' Killed ... Sometimes 186
Spammers 'Gearing Up' Botnets For Holiday Rush 30
Hacker Business Models 96
Gene Simmons Threatens Anonymous Again and Gets DDoS'd 403
Comcast Migrating Customers To DNSSEC Resolvers 196
A Tidal Wave of Java Flaw Exploitation 238
Adobe Reader X With Sandbox Due In November 110
New Site Aims To Be iTunes For Exploits 55
Unspoofable Device Identity Using Flash Memory 145
Chertoff Advocates Cyber Cold War 115
Home WiFi Network Security Failings Exposed 161
Microsoft Looks To Courts For Botnet Takedowns 93
US Reigns As Most Bot-Infected Country 121
Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These 761
Facebook Introduces One-Time Passwords 215
IT Security Salaries Expected To Rise In 2011 60
Cyber-criminals Targeting Online Gaming Websites 62
Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords 427
Robots Guarding US Nuclear Stockpiles In Nevada 128
Cybercriminals Shifting To Bugat 48
Iran Acknowledges Espionage At Nuclear Facilities 175
Indian Military Organization To Develop Its Own OS 466
In Australia, Rising VoIP Attacks Mean Huge Bills For Victims 178
New Tool Blocks Downloads From Malicious Sites 192
DC Internet Voting Trial Attacked 2 Different Ways 123
Smart Phones Could Know Their Users By How They Walk 96
New Class of Malware Will Steal Behavior Patterns 73
Microsoft Eyes PC Isolation Ward To Thwart Botnets 413
Spammers Using Soft Hyphen To Hide Malicious URLs 162
Would-Be Akamai Spy Busted By Feds 171
The Encryption Pioneer Who Was Written Out of History 238
Simple Virus For Teaching? 366
Politically Motivated Cyber Attacks 78
DC Suspends Tests of Online Voting System 170
Cryptome Hacked; All Files Deleted 170
Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? 486
Analyzing CAPTCHAs 105
Comcast Warns Customers Suspected of Bot Infection 196
Geolocation XSS Tracker Proof of Concept 102
Iran Arrests Alleged Spies Over Stuxnet Worm 261
Stuxnet Analysis Backs Iran-Israel Connection 307
BlackBerry's Encryption Hacked; Backups Now a Risk 120
US, NY Bust 92 Mules In 'ZeuS Trojan' Crime Ring 97
Exploits Propagated Via Social Media Increase 28
Many More Android Apps Leaking User Data 299
Cyber Command Will Miss Friday's Operational Deadline 156
Map Based Passwords 169
Gang Arrested For Stealing Millions Using ZeuS 66
Largest Simulated Cyber Attack To Date 71
Aussie Gov't Won't Help Fight Cyber Attacks 101
Microsoft To Release Emergency Fix For ASP.NET Bug 73
Attack Targets LinkedIn Users With Fake Contact Requests 122
Malware Running On Graphics Cards 103
Iris Scanning Set To Secure City In Mexico 265
Stuxnet Infects 30,000 Industrial Computers In Iran 263
UK Pursues Tax Evaders Using Stolen Bank Details 315
Google Warning Gmail Users On Spying From China 215
Why Warriors, Not Geeks, Run US Cyber Command Posts 483
Man Gets 12-Year Jail Sentence For Planting Child Porn On Enemy's Computer 448
NSA Chief Wants Internet Partitioned For Government, 'Critical' Industries 258
Security Lessons Learned From the Diaspora Launch 338
Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? 440
Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie 332
Interpol Chief's Identity Spoofed On Facebook 64
Twitter Closes Hole After Attack Hits Up To 500K Users 135
Stuxnet Worm May Have Targeted Iranian Reactor 322
Twitter Suffers Web Interface Exploit 165
ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users 216
Google Apps Gets Two-Factor Security 118
Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines 488
Researchers Demo ASP.NET Crypto Attack 98
Distinguishing Encrypted Data From Random Data? 467
Hole In Linux Kernel Provides Root Rights 274
DDoS From 4chan Hits MPAA and Anti-Piracy Website 318
US Couple Arrested For Transmitting Nuclear Secrets In Sting Operation 372

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