I am in the UK this week for the InfoSec security show. Traveling internationally makes me ponder the issues of cross-border law enforcement on the Internet. Typically it’s been an informal process of collaboration to get phishing and botnet sites taken down by security companies and researchers. Law enforcement has unfortunately not kept up, as [...]
The FBI’s spyware software, “Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier” CIPAV, has been actively used to infiltrate hacker networks, extortionists, and other bad actors. You can read the actual FBI documents about the spyware and it’s use in cases here. This entry was posted on Friday, April 17th, 2009 at 9:17 pm and is filed [...]
Proposed new US legislation would increase prison sentences by 25% if a criminal is using Internet anonymization technology such as TOR or proxies. Privacy advocates of course are very alarmed, as this sends a message that privacy and anonymity on the Internet are tools of criminals, and paint one as a potential criminal. This entry [...]
As tax day in the USA gets closer (taxes are due to be paid on April 15), look out for fake IRS phishing scams. These could be lures to get you to electronically file your taxes, or following April 15 they could be fake tax refund scams. This entry was posted on Monday, April 13th, [...]
Symantec is investigating allegations that a call center in India leaked credit card numbers of its customers to someone who then sold them to BBC News reporters posing as criminals. This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm and is filed under ID Theft, Privacy, Security. You can follow any responses [...]
The UK parliament’s computer network has been infected with the rapidly spreading Conficker worm. Apparently, users of the infected network were sent the following email: To: All users connecting directly to the Parliamentary Network The Parliamentary Network has been affected by a virus known as conficker. This virus affects users by slowing down the Network [...]
Privacy watchdog Privacy International has filed a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, claiming that Google’s Street View maps are an invasion of personal privacy, and should be turned off. Google Street View provides a driver’s eye view of streets. However, many of the images include pictures of people. I have to say, that [...]
By now we’ve all heard of the Agent.btz worm that infected miltary networks last year and caused a virtual ban on removable storage inside the US Department of Defense. That worm was introduced into the secure DoD network on an insecure USB flash drive. Once the infected thumb drive was inserted into a computer on [...]
The Romanian police, along with the US FBI, have broken up a major bank fraud cybercrime gang. The gang created fake online banking websites, and lured consumers to these sites with fake phishing emails. When consumers entered their usernames and passwords, the thieves were able to log into their real bank accounts and drain them [...]
The New York Times has published the results of an online privacy survey, where 90 percent of respondents called online privacy a really important or somewhat important issue. 75 percent of respondents agreed that “The Internet is not well regulated, and naïve users can easily be taken advantage of.” This study comes hot on the [...]
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