Infosecurity Magazine news stories for 2 March

My news stories on Infosecurity Magazine, Friday 2 March:

“ACTA’s harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits…”
Yesterday the Directorate General for External Policies at the European Parliament held a workshop on the The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
02 March 2012

Compromised websites leading to banking malware
M86 Security is warning that recent spam campaigns are luring victims to compromised websites that redirect to malicious Phoenix-hosting sites, which in turn seek to infect the visitor with the Cridex trojan.
02 March 2012

The ten most important security events and issues from 2011, and what they presage for the future
Kaspersky Lab’s analysis of the ‘evolution of malware’ during 2011, from the rise of hacktivism to the emergence of Mac malware; and the consequent lessons for the future.
02 March 2012

Why don’t people check before they ask for an endorsement?

I got this email from personalinjuryattorney.org. It asked me if I would “review personalinjuryattorney.org, and if you agree that it’s a valuable resource, perhaps consider adding a link to it from your site kevtownsend.wordpress.com?”

Never in a million years.

I quote from my earlier post: “I don’t have any precise figures, but I’m willing to bet that the amount the insurance company pays to the ambulance-chasing RealLawyersJust4U, and the host of expert witness ex-medical businessmen hangers-on who prod and poke the physical and emotional victim, will dwarf the amount paid out in compensation to the injured human being… What is required is a change in the process so that the victim receives more and the lawyers and experts (who treat the victim as little more than a very lucrative meal-ticket) are removed from the equation.”

My news stories on Infosecurity Magazine

Last week’s news stories (Jan 30 to Feb 3):

Security researchers break satellite phone encryption
German researchers have cracked 2 satellite phone encryption codes – huge implications.

EU publishes 10 Myths about ACTA
EU says ACTA ain’t bad, just misunderstood.

VeriSign repeatedly hacked in 2010
VeriSign was repeatedly hacked in 2010, and never even told its own senior management.

Science and Technology Committee publishes Malware and Cyber Crime report
Commons committee makes recommendations on how to tackle cybercrime.

New development in post-transaction banking fraud
Banking malware now seeks to divert telephone calls between banks and customers.

Counterclank is not malware, just aggressive adware
Contrary to Symantec’s initial claim, Android’s Counterclank (Apperhand) is not a trojan.

Major UK companies still not blocking porn namesakes
UK companies remain open to cybersquatting by YourBrandName.xxx

New Forrester Report: Big Data Risks
Forrester describes how to secure Big Data.

Resilience is the key to security says World Economic Forum
WEF suggest an holistic view of resilience to risk rather than an isolated view of prevention.

A call for a new standard in infosec training and awareness
We need a new standard to improve security awareness in users.

IE6 users: no longer caught between a rock and a hard place
A new product allows legacy IE6 applications to run in new versions of the browser.

75% of all new malware are trojans
PandaLabs 2011 report is full of facts, figures and information.

Spam and phishing are growing problems: DMARC has the answer
A new standard is being developed to help stop spam and phishing.

CSO Interchange: Cloud concerns are largely propaganda
Misunderstandings about the cloud make it seem a problem rather than an opportunity.

Up to five million Androids infected with Counterclank
Android’s largest ever infection reported by Symantec.

I’m not behind Kelihos botnet, claims Sabelnikov
Man named by Microsoft says I didn’t do it, guv.