Security

Open-source toolkit tracks down Duqu infections

A component of the toolkit can also give an administrator insight into what data was stolen

Feds lead biggest botnet takedown ever, end massive clickjack fraud

Cripples 'DNS Changer' botnet of 4 million machines allegedly controlled by Estonians

RIM: BlackBerry services affected, but not another outage

BlackBerry service in a number of countries was affected by an outage last month

Most fraud is an inside job, says survey

Rates of fraud dipped slightly this year, according to a report. But, increasingly, it is being committed by folks right under your nose

DOJ charges seven in massive clickjacking scheme

The Justice Department is indicting seven individuals with hijacking more than 4 million computers across 100 countries

FBI takes out $14M DNS malware operation

NASA computers amongst 4 million infected by DNS-based malware scam

Underground calling service helps cybercriminals extract sensitive info

Identity thieves use professional calling services to obtain missing pieces of information about victims

Italian VAR wants out of Syrian surveillance deal

Banks fending off brazen hacker raids on business accounts

First Midwest Bank security chief says attacks come on 'daily basis'

IT must prepare for Hadoop security issues

Aggregating data from multiple sources can cause access control and data entitlement problems, analysts say