The government’s effort to prosecute corporate espionage was dealt a setback today when a federal appeals court ruled that downloaded code did not qualify as stolen under a federal theft statute
via Code can’t be stolen under federal law, court rules | Security & Privacy – CNET News.
Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET have come across new Web-based malware attacks that try to evade URL security scanners by checking for the presence of mouse cursor movement
via Web attacks use smart redirection to evade URL security scanners.
MasterCard and Visa are warning banks about a possible security breach at a U.S.-based processor that could affect millions of credit-card holders
via Mastercard, Visa Warn of Possible Security Breach: Report – US Business News – CNBC.
Researchers have discovered an extremely rare and possibly unique form of “fileless” malware that executes entirely in memory without the need to save any files to the hard drive of a victim’s PC.
The latest discovery was made by Kaspersky Lab, which received reports of a malware attack hitting a common Java vulnerability (CVE-2011-3544) on Russian websites, but without appearing to drop any files in order to instigate a conventional Trojan attack
via Researchers find new type of ‘fileless’ malware.
When it comes to financial fraud against businesses, it’s old-fashioned paper checks that wreak more monetary damage than fraud committed through electronic payments, such as debit/credit, corporate cards, or Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) payments
via Most fraud against businesses from bad checks, not electronic payments.
Last August the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas a registry that it hoped would serve as a place for prospective cloud users to go to easily inspect and compare cloud vendors’ security controls. But to date, only three companies have submitted their cloud security data, making the registry of limited use
via Cloud security registry slow to catch on.
Approximately 40% of federal government agencies are out of compliance with a regulation that requires them to deploy an extra layer of authentication on their Web sites to prevent hackers from hijacking Web traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites
via 40% of U.S. government Web sites fail security test.
Only seven out of 24 agencies are more than 90 percent compliant with the Federal Information Security Management requirements, and more than half saw their compliance score decline compared to last fiscal year’s numbers, according to an Office of Management and Budget review.
via FISMA compliance eludes agencies — Federal Computer Week.