Friday, September 23, 2011

Microsoft passes Rustock botnet baton to FBI

Computerworld Security: September 23, 2011
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Microsoft on Thursday wrapped up its civil case against the still-unnamed
controllers of the Rustock botnet and handed off the information gleaned during
its investigation to the FBI.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Bad new world: Cyber risk and the future of the United States
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532068/0/

2. 'Lurid' malware hits Russia, CIS countries
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532069/0/

3. IT Blogwatch: More LulzSec and Anonymous/PLF "hackers" arrested by FBI
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532070/0/

4. Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532071/0/

5. SIEM: Dead as claimed?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532072/0/

6. Facebook users offered new app to scan for malicious links
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532073/0/

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Bad new world: Cyber risk and the future of the United States

In September 2007, in a remote laboratory in Idaho, researchers working on a
project dubbed "Aurora" demonstrated the ability of a cyber hacker to destroy
physical equipment -- in this case a generator used to create electricity for
the power grid. The Aurora research brought the question of physical safety and
the ability for a nation to defend itself from attack in the cyber world to the
forefront. For the next three years, this difficult discussion would largely
remain just a discussion, contemplated, if passionately, in corners of
Washington and at wonk-ish meetings across the U.S.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532068/0/

'Lurid' malware hits Russia, CIS countries

The latest espionage-related hacking campaign detailed by security vendor Trend
Micro is most notable for the country it does not implicate: China.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532069/0/

IT Blogwatch: More LulzSec and Anonymous/PLF "hackers" arrested by FBI

The FBI has arrested three alleged hackers, saying they're "members" of LulzSec
or the Peoples Liberation Front, who broke into or DDoS'ed Sony and Santa Cruz
County servers. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers watch the noose tighten.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532070/0/

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Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student,
claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack
on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532071/0/

SIEM: Dead as claimed?

Security practitioners defend the value of SIEM after elQnetworks declares the
technology dead.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532072/0/

Facebook users offered new app to scan for malicious links

Facebook users worried about the risk of clicking on malicious links while using
the social networking service are being offered a new app web that filters
friend from foe.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7592529/818816221/532073/0/

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