Brian Prince

With attackers circling, Adobe Systems plans to patch a zero-day security vulnerability bug later this week. In an advisory June 4, Adobe warned users that a vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader, Flash Player and Acrobat was actively being exploited by attackers. The bug exists in Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and […]

Trend Micro has its eye on protecting and managing virtual desktop infrastructures in a new push into virtualization security. In Trend Micro OfficeScan 10.5, the company has built a hypervisor-agnostic security solution for protecting virtual desktops. The product comes as more enterprises are considering desktop virtualization, noted Punit Minocha, senior vice president of Data Center […]

Attackers have laced applications for Windows Mobile devices with malware that could cost users serious money in unauthorized charges. The offending apps are “3D Anti-Terrorist,” “PDA Poker Art” and a Codec pack for Windows Mobile 1.0, and were available on several sites providing legitimate mobile software, according to Kevin Mahaffey, CTO of mobile security company […]

Adobe Systems is warning users about a zero-day bug affecting Adobe Reader, Flash Player and Acrobat that is actively being exploited by attackers. According to Adobe, the vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, as well as the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat […]

New statistics from ScanSafe (now part of Cisco) for the month of May show five of the top 10 malicious domains were related to attacks against GoDaddy-hosted Websites. The top 10 malicious domains accounted for 23 percent of all Web malware attacks for the month, the security firm reported. A list of the domains can […]

Two men have been indicted on federal charges of defrauding Cisco Systems of more than $27 million in equipment. According to a June 2 news release from the Department of Justice, Robert Kendrick Chambliss, 36, of Henrico, Va., and Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, 38, of Gaithersburg, Md., have been charged with “a single count of conspiring […]

Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. Cyber Command, called for the establishment of clear rules of engagement for cyberspace as the country deals with the prospect of “remote sabotage.” Alexander spoke June 3 before an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, DC. In comments to the […]

Former Facebook privacy officer Chris Kelly has joined the ranks of public officials taking Facebook to task over privacy issues. Kelly, who is running for attorney general for California, called for his former employer to reiterate its commitment to sharing user information only with their prior approval. “In my time at Facebook as Chief Privacy […]

The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement recently that blocks a company called CyberSpy Software from advertising a keylogger program as a “100% undetectable” way to “Spy on Anyone.” The settlement requires the software provide notice the program has been downloaded and obtain consent from the computer owners before it can be installed. The keylogger […]

Attackers have updated a clickjacking attack targeting Facebook users that Sophos has dubbed “likejacking.” During Memorial Day weekend, a clickjacking worm roped in hundreds of thousands of Facebook members with messages such as “The Prom Dress That Got This Girl Suspended From School.” This time however, the attackers are using a new set of lures, […]

Microsoft plans to release 10 security bulletins for Patch Tuesday June 8. The bulletins-three of which are rated critical-cover 34 security vulnerabilities. Six of them affect Windows, including two of the critical ones. The final critical bulletin is for Internet Explorer. Microsoft said it is planning to close two vulnerabilities it warned users about earlier […]

From a stage at the D8 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the company’s privacy policies as he discussed the idea of maintaining the balance between sharing and privacy. “Privacy is a really important issue for us and for the Internet,” Zuckerberg explained in a June 2 interview by Walt […]