Security Stories for 2009

New Open Source Intrusion Detector Suricata Released 44
TSA Subpoenas Bloggers Over New Security Directive 379
Quantum Encryption Implementation Broken 133
5th Underhanded C Contest Now Open 162
Adobe Flash To Be Top Hacker Target In 2010 180
GSM Decryption Published 299
Man Challenges 250,000 Strong Botnet and Succeeds 206
Security In the Ether 93
Preventing My Hosting Provider From Rooting My Server? 539
NetBIOS Design Allows Traffic Redirection 68
Holiday E-Commerce DDoS Attack Hits EC2 Cloud 75
Is Code Auditing of Open Source Apps Necessary? 108
Intel Patches Flaws In Trusted Execution Tech 84
Citibank Denies Reported Breach Linked To Russian Gang 53
Windows 7 May Finally Get IPv6 Deployed 283
Microsoft Policies Help Virus Writers, Says Security Firm 166
Cyber-Security Czar To Be Named 139
Malware and Botnet Operators Going ISP 131
Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Bouncing Back 152
Doom-Like Video Surveillance For Ports In Development 56
Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop 929
Gravatars Can Leak Users' Email Addresses 170
Hackers Counter Microsoft COFEE With Some DECAF 154
What Is the State of Linux Security DVR Software? 112
Adobe Warns of Reader, Acrobat Attack 195
Cybersecurity Czar Job Is Useless, Says Spafford 104
Building a Global Cyber Police Force 155
ID Thief Tries To Get Witnesses Whacked 168
US and Russia Open Talks On Limits To Cyberwar 80
Hackers Find Home In Amazon EC2 Cloud 89
SQL Injection Attack Claims 132,000+ 186
Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-Look 611
Microsoft To Get Malware Bailout In Germany 226
TSA's Sloppy Redacting Reveals All 605
Subverting Fingerprinting 169
WPA-PSK Cracking As a Service 175
Facebook ID Probe Shows Things Getting Worse 174
Hackers vs. Phishers 137
Open Source Attempt To Crack GSM Encryption 78
A Look At the Safety of Google Public DNS 213
Malware Could Grab Data From Stock iPhones 127
Cameroon the New Hotbed of Malware 92
Black Screen of Death Not Microsoft's Fault 583
Somali Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" 666
SarBox Lawsuit Could Rewrite IT Compliance Rules 124
Serious Remote FreeBSD Exploit Posted, Patched 7
Ethics of Releasing Non-Malicious Linux Malware? 600
Man Arrested For RuneScape MMORPG Online Robbery 118
Network Security While Traveling? 312
Massive Badware Campaign Targets Google's "Long Tail" 88
Security Firms Can't Protect iPhone From Threats 137
Microsoft Issues Takedown Notices Over COFEE 69
Major IE8 Flaw Makes "Safe" Sites Unsafe 83
English Shell Code Could Make Security Harder 291
Program To Detect Smuggled Nuclear Bombs Stalls 224
Recession Pushes More Workers To Steal Data 280
New Attack Fells Internet Explorer 202
Brazilian Breaks Secrecy of Brazil's E-Voting Machines With Van Eck Phreaking 157
First Malicious iPhone Worm In the Wild 135
Cyber Attacks On US Military Jump Sharply In 2009 76
RFID Fingerprints To Fight Tag Cloning 59
Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Firefox Extensions 208
Fedora 12 Package Installation Policy Tightened 172
MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame 214
Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 450
Two Arrested For Zbot Trojan 95
Fedora 12 Lets Users Install Signed Packages, Sans Root Privileges 502
Firefox 3.6 Locks Out Rogue Add-ons 265
Hackers Broke Into Brazil Power Grid Operator's Website Last Thursday 85
SSL Renegotiation Attack Becomes Real 97
DNSSEC Implementation Held Up By Tech Delays 57
Most Security Products Fail To Perform 99
The First Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit 289
The "Hail Mary Cloud" Is Growing 102
DNS Problem Linked To DDoS Attacks Gets Worse 69
Hackers Fail To Crack Brazilian Voting Machines 143
US Cybersecurity Plan Includes Offense 101
Flash Vulnerability Found, Adobe Says No Fix Forthcoming 355
Keeping Pacemakers Safe From Hackers 167
How To DDoS a Federal Wiretap 112
Easing the Job of Family Tech Support? 932
Making Carriers Shoulder Smartphone Security 57
Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close 369
Scientists Unveil Lightweight Rootkit Protection 168
Microsoft Plugs "Drive-By" and 14 Other Holes 189
$9 Million ATM Hacking Ring Indicted 86
Best Tool For Remembering Passwords? 1007
Microsoft Tries To Censor Bing Vulnerability 275
Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers 462
Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer 586
First iPhone Worm Discovered, Rickrolls Jailbroken Phones 215
Microsoft COFEE Leaked 171
Test of 16 Anti-Virus Products Says None Rates "Very Good" 344
Cisco Security System Shuts Out Third-Party Tools 37
National Data Breach Law Advances 51
Fear Detector To Sniff Out Terrorists 342
Shockwave Vulnerabilities Affect More Than 450 Million Systems 130
Facebook and MySpace Backdoors Found, Fixed 106
Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS 170
Maryland Town Tests New Cryptographic Voting System 227
Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root 281
In Test, Windows 7 Vulnerable To 8 Out of 10 Viruses 843
Feds Bust Cable Modem Hacker 658
Microsoft Links Malware Rates To Pirated Windows 348
Contest To Hack Brazilian Voting Machines 101
After 1 Year, Conficker Infects 7M Computers 95
New Improvements On the Attacks On WPA/TKIP 166
Asterisk Vishing Attacks "Endemic" 141
Trojan Kill Switches In Military Technology 392
Arbitrary Code Execution With "ldd" 184
Cyberterror Not Yet a Credible Threat, Says Policy Thinktank 165
Now Linux Can Get Viruses, Via Wine 343
Impressing Security Upon End-Users Visually? 157
Of Encrypted Hard Drives and "Evil Maids" 376
China Expands Cyberspying In US, Report Says 186
Time Warner Cable Modems Expose Users 185
Metasploit Project Sold To Rapid7 70
Google Voice Mails Found In Public Search Engine 145
Sneaky Microsoft Add-On Put Firefox Users At Risk 333
Delta Air Lines Sued Over Alleged E-mail Hacking 152
3D Fingerprinting — Touchless, More Accurate, and Faster 103
Washington Post Says Use Linux To Avoid Bank Fraud 422
Details Emerge of 2006 Wal-Mart Hack 66
SSL Still Mostly Misunderstood, Even By the Pros 292
Bahama Botnet Stealing Traffic From Google 52
Microsoft Plans Largest-Ever Patch Tuesday 341
Comcast's War On Infected PCs (Or All Customers) 304
Hackers Targeting Xbox Live 136
How Dangerous Could a Hacked Robot Possibly Be? 229
FBI Cracks "Largest Phishing Case Ever" 132
Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online 360
Details On Worldwide Surveillance and Filtering 125
Cyber-criminal Left In Charge of Prison Computer Network 389
Massive Phishing Campaign Hits Multiple Email Services 183
Null-Prefix SSL Certificate For PayPal Released 351
Thawte Will End "Web of Trust" On November 16 127
72% of Banks Say Their Employees Committed Fraud 272
Researchers Hijack Mebroot Botnet, Study Drive-By Downloads 130
Sloppy Linux Admins Enable Slow Brute-Force Attacks 391
DHS Wants To Hire 1,000 Cybersecurity Experts 222
Identity Theft Is Usually an Unsophisticated Crime 86
OpenSSH Going Strong After 10 Years With Release of v5.3 249
Fake Antivirus Overwhelming Scanners 334
Microsoft Blocks Pirates From Security Essentials Software 291
Auto-Detecting Malware? It's Possible 178
Dam Burst Tool Disables China's Green Dam Censorware 40
Using Aluminum Oxide Paint To Secure Wi-Fi 271
Microsoft Security Essentials Released; Rivals Mock It 465
IT Security Breaches Soar In 2009 65
Apple Pushes Unwanted Software To PCs, Again 267
Schneier On Un-Authentication 336
Reddit Javascript Exploit Spreading Virally 239
Cyber Gangs Raise Profile of Commercial Online Bank Security 140
AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks 501
Ants Vs. Worms — Computer Security Mimics Nature 104
Up To 9% of a Company's Machines Are Bot-Infected 146
Idaho Tops America's Most-Spammed States 97
Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure 459
US Wants UK Hacker To Pay To Fix Holes He Exposed 403
Children's Watch Allows Parents To Track Their Kid 607
Using Encryption Garners Exemption For Data Breach Notification 101
Microsoft Files Suits Against "Malvertisers" 205
DHS Ponders "Improving" Terrorism Alert System 320
Spyware Prank Exposes Hospital Medical Records 319
Security / Privacy Advice? 260
Feds Ask IT Execs To Throw Away Cellphones After Visiting China 382
Snow Leopard Missed a Security Opportunity 304
DHS To Review Report On US Power Grid Vulnerability 138
SANS Report Says Organizations Focusing On the Wrong Security Threats 98
Microsoft Says No TCP/IP Patches For XP 759
Australian ISPs Asked To Cut Off Malware-Infected PCs 286
New Standard For EU-Compliant Electronic Signatures 42
New York Times Site Pop-Up Says Your Computer Is Infected 403
Google Groups Used To Control Botnets 63
First Botnet of Linux Web Servers Discovered 254
How Much Is Your Online Identity Worth? 199
Watered Down Phishing Protection In IPhone OS 3.1? 98
Vast Malware Repository Dedicated To R&D 81
Microsoft, Cisco Finally Patch TCP DoS Flaw 114
Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD 427
Wordpress.org Warns of Active Worm Hacking Blogs 103
ELF Knocks Down AM Towers To Save Earth, Intercoms 616
Mozilla To Protect Adobe Flash Users 132
Code-Breaking Quantum Algorithm On a Silicon Chip 133
Symantec Wants To Use Victims To Hunt Computer Criminals 139
Educause Announces Plans To Sign .edu TLD With DNSSEC 49
How To Hire a Hacker 370
The Myths of Security 216
Skype Trojan Can Log VoIP Conversations 151
Spammers Use Holes In Democrats.org Security 129
The Story of a Simple and Dangerous OS X Kernel Bug 230
Security Test Prompts Federal Fraud Alert 36
Crime Expert Backs Call For "License To Compute" 327
FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent To US Governors 329
Hackers (Or Pen-Testers) Hit Credit Unions With Malware On CD 205
WPA Encryption Cracked In 60 Seconds 322
Police 'Steal' From Unlocked Cars 38
Legitimate ISP a Cover-up For a Cybercrime Network 68
Sun Plans Security Coprocessor For New Ultrasparc 59
Coder of Swiss Wiretapping Trojan Speaks Out 114
Offshore Drilling Rigs Vulnerable To Hackers 116
Banks Urge Businesses To Lock Down Online Banking 201
Report That OS X Snow Leopard May Include Antivirus 335
IE Should Use Google's Malware List 109
What Is the Best Way To Track Stolen Gadgets? 101
Vulnerability, Potential Exploit In Cisco WLAN APs 35
Real-Time Keyloggers 205
Facebook App Exposes Abject Insecurity 205
EVE Bans Exploiters; Dropping 2% of Users Cuts Average CPU Usage 30% 261
Criminals Prefer Firefox, Opera Web Browsers 172
Ten Ways To Destroy a Hard Disk 289
Pidgin Adds Google Talk Voice and Video Support (and a Vulnerability) 127
Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password 214
Predicting Malicious Web Attacks 82
Three Indicted In Huge Identity/Data Breach 101
Amazon Confirms EC2/S3 Not PCI Level 1 Compliant 157
Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt" 624
Twitter Used To Control Botnet Machines 127
Local Privilege Escalation On All Linux Kernels 595
How Much Does a Reputation For Security Matter Anymore? 98
WordPress Exploit Allows Admin Password Reset 100
Judge Rules Against RealDVD 407
In UK, Two Convicted of Refusing To Decrypt Data 554
Voting Machine Attacks Proven To Be Practical 225
Schneier On Self-Enforcing Protocols 207
The iPhone SMS Hack Explained 94
Poor Passwords A Worse Problem Than Poor Antivirus 247
Twitter, Facebook DDoS Attack Targeted One User 205
UK National ID Card Cloned In 12 Minutes 454
How Can I Tell If My Computer Is Part of a Botnet? 491
Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned 509
After Links To Cybercrime, Latvian ISP Cut Off 116
Mac OS X v10.5.8 Ready For Download 152
XML Library Flaw — Sun, Apache, GNOME Affected 140
FBI Nabs Chicago Transit Authority Radio Hacker 177
Null-Prefix SSL Attacks Enabled In New sslsniff 48
Entropy Problems For Linux In the Cloud 179
First Ever Criminal Arrest For Domain Name Theft 294
Has Conficker Been Abandoned By Its Authors? 174
Scammer Plants a Fake ATM At Defcon 17 394
Defense Department Eyes Hacker Con For New Recruits 154
Bootkit Bypasses TrueCrypt Encryption 192
Generating Fast MD5 Collisions With ATI Video Cards 72
Apple Keyboard Firmware Hack Demonstrated 275
Linux, Twitter, and Red Hat "Win" Big At Pwnie Awards 63
Another New AES Attack 93
BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops 236
Hackers Get Free Parking In San Francisco 221
Adobe Security Updates For Flash and Shockwave 58
Null Character Hack Allows SSL Spoofing 280

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