The Security of the Cloud is Better than it Appears

Cloud computing, a popular new trend in technology, provides an opportunity for organizations to reduce the costs associated with an information technology system. However, a central concern among professionals is the security (or perceived lack of it) in cloud applications.

This may be a misperception, according to two researchers who presented their findings at the Ninth Workshop on the Economics…

Government Subsidies for Malware Clean-up?

Malware infected computers is a problem that effects all Internet users, as the infected machines can be strung together in botnets to launch denial of services attacks and spam campaigns. Currently, cleaning up infected computers is the sole responsibility of individual users and ISPs are often reluctant to get involved.

Under a newly proposed scheme by a researcher…

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The Link Between Porn and Malware

With just a minimal amount of money invested, a single operator of a pornographic website can infect more than 20,000 computers with malware, according to a recent academic study presented at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2010).

The researchers examined the online pornographic industry and traced significant amounts of malicious activity to…

Simple Economics is the Answer to Cyber Attacks

Carefully crafted targeted attacks using social engineering can be extremely difficult for users to detect. However, despite the rise in the use of social engineering, most people are still receiving generic spam campaigns instead. Why? Economics provides the answer, according to a Microsoft researcher speaking at the at the WEIS 2010 workshop.

“The profit is far higher for…

HP Lawyer: Customers Disillusioned with Tech Industry

Customers are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the technology industry because of privacy and cybersecurity concerns, according to HP’s executive vice president and general counsel Michael Holston.

As tech firms continue to innovate and produce new technologies, those advancements are accompanied by privacy and security issues, he said during a forum on innovation at the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.,…

Company Distributes Malware Infected Cameras

Olympus Japan has issued an apology for distributing digital cameras with malware infected internal memory cards. An estimated 1,700 Stylus Tough 6010 digital compact cameras were shipped with pre-infected memory cards, according to researchers at Sophos.

The malware does not pose any problems for the camera itself but instead uses the USB connection to infect computers when the camera is hooked up.

“In other words, users are at risk…

Bank of America Employee Admits to Stealing Customer Data

An employee at a Bank of America call center has admitted to stealing sensitive account information and attempting to sell it, according to The Register.

Brian Matty Hagen met with two undercover FBI agents posing as potential buyers and attempted to sell them names, telephone numbers, dates of birth and other information, according to court documents. Meeting in a restaurant in Florida, Hagen told the undercover agents he had an…

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HP’s Dennis Stolkey: Air Force Needs Ability to Make Decisions Instantaneously

HP Enterprise Services announced today that it has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to integrate, test and deploy a Cyber Control System (CCS). CCS is designed to identify cyber threats and provide strategic information for U.S. cyberspace operations.

CCS, an advanced command and control system, will monitor network activity and support any defensive…