Microsoft To Release Out Of Cycle Patch for IE Vulnerability
Microsoft has announced that it will release an out of band patch for the vulnerability in Internet Explorer as outlined in the Microsoft Security Advisory 961051. The patch will be released on the 17th December 2008. Microsoft will host two webcasts to address questions on the patch. The first is scheduled for 13:00 Pacific Time (US […]
Irish Cyber Crime Survey Results
While not yet published, some of the results from the 2007 Irish Crime Survey were revealed in the SiliconRepublic.com. The survey was compiled by the Irish chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and University College Dublin’s Centre for Cybercrime Investigation. The survey looks at attacks and intrusions at both public and private organisations […]
The Irish Times Reports on IRISS
John Collins from the Irish Times has a piece in today’s paper on the setting up of Ireland’s first national CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team), IRISS.
Microsoft Warn of New Attacks Against MS08-067
Microsoft are again urging PC users to apply the MS08-067 emergency patch issued last October due to an increase in attacks aimed at exploiting that vulnerability. In particular a new worm Worm:Win32/Conficker.A. has been noted as causing a rise in the number of attacks. Once a PC is infected the Worm:Win32/Conficker.A. will patch the […]
Irish E-Commerce Sites Not Secure
A recent survey by Deloitte shows that a significant portion of the 100 websites surveyed did not coply with the PCI DSS Credit Card Payments standard. In addition 2% of the sites did not encrypt cardholder data at all. The report points out that these insecure sites can lead to a greater risk of […]
Incident Response Presentation Available Online
My presentation on improving incident response to the Irish Computer Society‘s Privacy Forum is now online.
Credit Unions Warn About Phishing Emails
The Irish League of Credit Unions has issued a warning alerting people to spoofed emails that are trying to get credit union customers to surrender their personal details. People are advised to ignore the emails. The warning from the ILCU can be found here
EU Proposed Internet Crime Hotline
Apparently the EU is proposing an Internet crime hotline so people can report online crimes to Europol. The Irish Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern, supports the move. While I support any moves to make the lifes of cyber criminals more difficult I do find it frustrating that our own government does not see fit to set […]
Worm Discovered In The Wild Exploiting MS08-067
New worm detected in the wild Gimiv.A exploiting the MS08-067 vulnerability. More details at http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/trojgimmiva.html?_log_from=rss http://blog.threatexpert.com/2008/10/gimmiva-exploits-zero-day-vulnerability.html No details as to impact yet but Internet Storm Center InfoCON’s status still remains yellow. If Microsoft and others think this is a ig enough deal to warrant an out of cycle patch then it […]
Phishing Is Not Your Phriend
While doing some research for a client I came across an interesting video on Youtube about Phishing. Paul Laudanski the founder of Castlecops discussed Phishing from the methods used to detection and tracking. Well worth having a look.