7 February 2012, 12:01 pm
ICS-CERT warns critical infrastructure companies about brute force attacksInfosecurity Magazine (US)The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning about a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sielco Sistemi Winlog application used to control industrial systems. Siemens expects to issue a pa... Read More »
7 February 2012, 8:18 am
VR-ZoneHome security camera breach lets hackers spy on peopleVR-ZoneThe company is issuing firmware upgrades to plug the security holes and has released the update for seven of the 26 affected models so far. Trendnet hopes to release the other updates within the next week. As many as 50000 cameras c... Read More »
2 February 2012, 3:50 pm
ForbesVeriSign Hit Repeatedly By Hackers...In 2010ForbesThe company responsible for delivering people safely to more than half the world's websites turns out to have some pretty glaring security holes itself. VeriSign has been hacked repeatedly by hackers who made off with data that the internet... Read More »
1 February 2012, 3:20 am
Mozilla closes critical holes in Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkeyThe HAccording to the project's Security Center page for Firefox, version 10.0 closes a total of 8 security holes in the browser, 5 of which are rated as "Critical" by Mozilla. The critical issues include an exploitable crash whe... Read More »
31 January 2012, 11:57 am
Researchers Postpone Release Of Free Smart Meter Security Testing ToolDark ReadingDon Weber, a senior security analyst with InGuardians, had planned to introduce on Saturday evening a new homegrown tool that tests for both vulnerabilities and functionality in smart grid meters -- via the devices'... Read More »
30 January 2012, 3:56 pm
Android smartphone security holes plugged by new McAfee appDynamic BusinessMcAfee has teamed with Vodafone to launch the McAfee Mobile Security app, a monthly subscription-based security service for selected Android smartphones. According to McAfee chief technology officer Michael Sentonas, mobiles ... Read More »
27 January 2012, 8:49 am
ZDNet (blog)How SCADA highlights the futility of finding security vulnerabilitiesZDNet (blog)By Ryan Naraine | January 27, 2012, 8:45am PST Summary: Pete Lindstrom argues that 'irresponsible' disclosure of security holes in SCADA systems could put human lives at risk and calls on the securit... Read More »
26 January 2012, 6:45 am
Symantec Recommends Disabling PcAnywhere and Waiting for Security PatchesPCWorldBy Lucian Constantin, IDG News Security vendor Symantec has advised users of its pcAnywhere remote control software to disable it, because hackers with access to the product's source code could exploit security holes... Read More »
24 January 2012, 3:31 am
Wired News10K Reasons to Worry About Critical InfrastructureWired NewsInfrastructure software vendors and critical infrastructure owners have long maintained that industrial control systems (ICSes) — even if rife with security vulnerabilities — are not at risk of penetration by outsiders because... Read More »
23 January 2012, 6:33 am
Researchers expose security holes in SCADA systemsFierceCIOThe security holes include backdoors, no encryption and authentication and poor password storage. The researchers, led by SCADA security firm Digital Bond, said they publicized the exploit modules, which they released with help from Rapid7, ... Read More »
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