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Hacker Group Anonymous Targets Web Hosting Firm Over Child Porn Claims

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by Liam Eagle

October 24, 2011

According to several reports posted Monday, the loosely-connected, and frequently politically motivated hacking group Anonymous targeted a web hosting provider, Freedom Hosting, last week alleging that the site hosted more than 40 child pornography sites.

The attack, part of a project apparently dubbed "Operation Darknet," is described in detail in a timeline posted to Pastebin, which is referred to there as a "press release." The "darknet" referenced in the operation's name refers to a deliberately hidden portion of the Internet, in this case, one based on the free TOR routing service, which enables anyone encrypted anonymous web browsing via a set of browser plugins.

Security Firm GeoTrust Launches Website Anti-Malware Scan Service

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by Nicole Henderson

October 20, 2011

According to GeoTrust, its new service identifies malware to protect website owners and visitors. GeoTrust says the cloud service is available exclusively through Channel Partners.

According to the press release, GeoTrust Web Site Anti-Malware Scan automatically checks up to 50 web pages daily for both well-known and brand new malware strains. The service provides immediate, detailed alerts that pinpoint malware infections and help website owners eliminate them. GeoTrust says that its anti-malware scan service will lower the likelihood of blacklisting, public exposure and negative publicity as a hacked site. GeoTrust also claims that its new service will improve search results by reducing the chance of search engine crawlers identifying the site as malicious.

Security Firm eleven Report Finds 89 Percent Spam Increase Since July

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by Nicole Henderson

October 12, 2011

According to the report, eleven recorded an increase of more than half in September. Spam levels in September back at 74 percent of the level prior to the takedown of botnet Rustock on March 16.

In September 89.6 percent of all emails were spam. That level was 78.7 percent in May. Email ads for online casinos was the most poular spam topic in September and constituted for 53.7 percent of all spam in September. Pharmaceutical spam had a 10 percent share, a 16 percent decline from July. Spammers took advantage of current events in August and September...

Non-Profit StopBadware Releases New Best Practices for Reporting Badware URLs

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by Nicole Henderson

October 7, 2011

The organization says it developed these best practices to complement its Best Practices for Web Hosting Providers. StopBadware says the reporting practices were developed with the input of a cross-industry working group.

Alleged Sony Pictures LulzSec Hacker Arrested in Arizona

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by Nicole Henderson

September 23, 2011

Cody Kretsinger, 23, has been charged with taking part in the security breach of the Sony Pictures Entertainment website in June.

At the time the hack was thought to have affected more than 1 million accounts, but now Sony claims closer to 40,000 users had personal information stolen, according to the Washington Post. The college student from Tempe, Arizona, appeared in court Thursday afternoon in Phoenix, according to a report by Reuters. He was formally charged with conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer. According to the report, Kretsinger faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted.

GoDaddy Helping Customers Repair Compromised Sites

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by Liam Eagle

September 16, 2011

GoDaddy is working with customers whose sites were found to be compromised this week, after more than 400 of the company's customers' sites were found to be redirecting to a malware site.

Earlier this week, security researchers Securi published a blog post point out that "many" sites hosted by Go Daddy were redirecting users arriving from search engines to a site attempting to install malware. The compromise involves code injected into the .htaccess files of the sites. Allemann spoke to Go Daddy's chief information security officer Todd Redfoot, who said the company's security team, "detected approximately 445 hosting accounts were compromised. The accounts were accessed by using the account holder's username and password."

Email Security Firm eleven Expects Obselecense of Blacklist Anti-Spam Solutions

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by Nicole Henderson

September 15, 2011

Email security firm eleven is at the 9th German Anti-Spam Summit this week where it presented the five spam trends that email users and companies will face over the next 12 months.

According to eleven, email users should expect an increase in professionalization, making it much harder to detect whether an email is legitimate or counterfeit. eleven says it is important to use email security solutions that intercept fake email before it reaches the inbox. eleven warns email users to be wary of shortened URLs because more and more they are being used to disguise links in spam emails and evade spam filters.

Linux Foundation Website Down After Security Breach Last Week

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by Nicole Henderson

September 12, 2011

The breach affected LinuxFoundation.org and Linux.com, as well as subdomains, according to a statement.

"The Linux Foundation made this decision in the interest of extreme caution and security best practices. We believe this breach was connected to the intrusion on kernel.org," the landing page on its website read. kernel.org is still down for maintenance after a trojan infected the PC of a kernel developer and kernel.org servers in August, according to a report by the Register. Passwords and user interactions were logged during the compromise.

Mozilla Requires CAs to Comply with Security Best Practices by Friday

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by Nicole Henderson

September 12, 2011

According to a letter by Kathleen Wilson, module owner of Mozilla's CA certificates module, certificate authorities must audit PKI and review systems to check for intrusion.

The letter is in response to the DigiNotar attack that compromised 531 certificates and the email communication of about 300,000 Iranians. After Google detected the rogue certificate issued for Gmail, other browsers, including Mozilla, blocked the DigiNotar certificates. Certificate authorities are also required to send Mozilla a list of CA certificates from other roots in the program have cross-signed, according to the list.

Security Firm GlobalSign to Start Issuing Certificates Tuesday After System Breach Detected

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by Nicole Henderson

September 12, 2011

Despite finding evidence of a breach to its website, certificate authority GlobalSign started to bring system components back online Monday.

GlobalSign says customers should be able to process orders beginning Tuesday morning, according to a press release. GlobalSign stopped issuing certificates last Tuesday after a hacker named the company as one of the CAs it had access to after the DigiNotar breach. The same hacker that attacked Comodo earlier this year claimed responsibility for the DigiNotar attack that let 531 certificates into the wild.

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