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Countdown to March 8th

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

March 5, 2012

This is the week! (No... that's not an "iPad 3" reference.)

Back in November, the F.B.I. shutdown servers belonging to the DNSChanger botnet, operated by Rove Digital, which was based in Estonia. The Feds have been running substitute DNS servers since then, but their authority to do so expires on March 8, 2012. And that means tens of thousands of compromised machines may be cut off from Internet services on Thursday.

Mobile Threat Report, Q4 2011

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 29, 2012

Yesterday, our Mobile Threat Report , covering the 4th quarter of 2011, was made available for public release — now, we share it with you.

Past reports have been produced for internal use, this is our first external release. Around half a dozen analysts contributed to the Q4 report (and it looks great, thanks to folks on our graphics team).

What is the definition of cybercrime?

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 28, 2012

Two weeks ago, the "Cybersecurity Act of 2012" was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill (S.2105) is designed to protect critical infrastructure such as water, energy, and transportation.

It directs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to coordinate with network operators on developing security standards. A related bill, the "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012" (S.2102) was introduced on February 13th. Naturally, civil liberties group such as the EFF and EPIC examined the legislation. They say it's too broad.

Digital Activists are Building an Uncensorable Network

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 22, 2012

Scientific American's March issue has an intriguing article which explores the efforts of digital activists to circumvent corporate and governmental control over the Internet.

The aim of the moment is to configure and build a decentralized mesh network that cannot be blocked, filtered or turned off. Egypt's Internet shutdown during last year's Arab Spring played a significant inspirational role.

Nightline Takes "A Trip to The iFactory"

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 21, 2012

Nightline, a U.S. news program, will air what's being billed as a special episode this evening on the ABC network. In it, Nightline Co-Anchor Bill Weir will tour Foxconn's factory floor.

If you haven't heard of Foxconn, they're the company that manufactures devices such as iPad, iPhone, Kindle, PlayStation 3, Wii, and the Xbox 360. Weir's invitation to visit "Apple's factory" in China is in part due to growing consumer pressure. Several weeks ago, This American Life, a production of Public Radio International, aired a segment of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by monologist Mike Daisey. In the story, Daisey, a self-described super fan of Apple, traveled to China to see where his iPhone was made.

Network Security, Circa 1990

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 21, 2012

AT&T recently released a film from its archive called "Computer Security: You Make The Difference".

While you might chuckle at the 1990's music and production values – the truth is this – many of basic issues that the video (which is a series of films stitched together) attempts to illustrate are still with us today, 22 years later . And that's not much to chuckle about…

Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper: More Control For "You"

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 17, 2012

Yesterday, Apple released Mac OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview.

From a security perspective, its most interesting new feature is Gatekeeper, which restricts installation of downloaded applications based on their source. "Allow applications downloaded from: Mac App Store; Mac App Store and identified developers; Anywhere"

Avi Rubin: All Your Devices Can Be Hacked

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 15, 2012

Avi Rubin, a Computer Science professor at Johns Hopkins University, recently gave an informative (and quite fun) presentation at TEDxMidAtlantic. Rubin's talk summarized the results of efforts to hack various devices.

Video: DarkMarket

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

February 8, 2012

Author Misha Glenny was interviewed by broadcast journalist Charlie Rose recently. The majority of discussion was based on Misha's current book, DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You.

Cracking Polish Passwords

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

January 25, 2012

Many of the sites that we blogged about on Monday are still offline after being targeted by DDoS attacks. Hackers have promised to continue until the 26th.

According to Polskie Radio: "Over a thousand people gathered in Warsaw, Tuesday evening, to oppose the anti-internet piracy ACTA agreement, which PM Tusk confirmed that Poland will sign on Thursday." The signing is scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan.

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