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Storm and the Future of Social Engineering 77

Posted by CmdrTaco from the worming-around-under-my-skin dept.
Albert writes "Storm shows several key characteristics, some new and advanced. It uses cunning social engineering techniques — such as tying spam campaigns to a current event or site of interest — as well as a blend of email and the Web to spread. It is highly coordinated, yet decentralized — and with Storm using the latest generation of P2P technology, it cannot be disabled by simply 'cutting off its head.' In addition, Storm is self-propagating — once infected, computers send out massive amounts of Storm spam to keep recruiting new nodes."
Security

Data Breach Study Spanning 500 Break-Ins Released 71

Posted by samzenpus from the did-you-update-the-windows dept.
Dr. Jim Anderson writes "The good folks over at Verizon Business have released a report that summarizes what they've found after looking through 500 forensic investigations involving 230 million records, and analyzes hundreds of corporate breaches including three of the five largest ones ever reported. What did they find? How about (1) Nearly nine in 10 corporate data breaches could have been prevented had reasonable security measures been in place, (2) Fewer than 25 percent of attacks took advantage of a known or unknown vulnerability and (3) attacks from Asia, particularly in China and Vietnam, often involve application exploits leading to data compromise, while defacements frequently originate from the Middle East."
Government

UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days 650

Posted by samzenpus from the the-terrorists-have-won dept.
the_leander writes "Prime Minister Gordon Brown has narrowly won a House of Commons vote on extending the maximum time police can hold terror suspects to 42 days. There is talk of compensation packages available for the falsely accused. The chances of you getting that money however are slim to none, lets not forget, this is the same country that charges prisoners who have been falsely accused for bed and boarding costs."
First Person Shooters (Games)

Crysis Sequel Announced, Still PC Only 86

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the go-upgrade-your-pc-now dept.
EA and Crytek have announced a sequel to Crysis , one of the highest rated games of last year. Unfortunately, it seems that still only PC users will be able to celebrate the good news. "In Crysis Warhead, players will don the Nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, also known as 'Psycho', one of the most memorable characters from Crysis. More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, players will experience Psycho's parallel story during the events of the original game, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than they ever could have imagined. Luckily, Psycho's Nanosuit is just as capable and he's equipped with an even bigger arsenal of fully customizable weapons and new vehicles, giving players access to the tools they need to dominate any situation. Aside from this new, exciting single player campaign, Crysis Warhead will also feature new multiplayer content."

Comment Re:I'm lovin' it, Creative (Score 1) 387

by Gunuku (#23013900) Attached to: $90 Asus Sound Card Whips Creative's Best
I use an X-Fi in my gaming machine now but my next card definitely won't be a Creative after their Vista driver mess. The Asus seems to be the best choice for Vista gaming now. One question since all the audiophiles are in the thread: What's your preferred format for music compression? I play music on my machine and my iRiver, care about sound quality, and don't need tiny file size since I have terabyte storage. I have been using mp3 since I know it will work with everything out there, but I'm sure there's better formats now.

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