Brian Prince

The FBI issued an advisory this week alerting international travelers about attempts to infect their computers with malware when they log on to hotel networks. In an intelligence note from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the agency warned that attackers have been targeting travelers abroad when they use the Internet connection in their […]

LAS VEGAS €” Secure cloud computing and mobile device security are top priorities for enterprises, but they also share top spots on Symantec€™s list of plans for extending its product portfolio, company executives told eWEEK. At the company€™s Vision 2012 Conference in Las Vegas, Symantec officials laid out a road map that includes building up […]

Twitter denied on May 9 that it was hacked in response to reports that thousands of passwords and user names had been stolen and posted online. The statement comes in response to reports that some 58,978 user name and password combinations belonging to Twitter users were dumped online Monday in a series of postings to […]

Microsoft released patches for 23 security vulnerabilities today as part of a busy Patch Tuesday that includes critical fixes for issues for Microsoft Windows, Silverlight, Microsoft Office and the .NET Framework. Of the seven bulletins, Microsoft recommends administrators turn their attention to two first: MS12-034 and MS12-029. Both bulletins are rated “critical,” address remote-code-execution issues […]

If successfully exploited, the vulnerability could allow hackers to crash and even take control of an affected system. According to Adobe, the Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) program reported the vulnerability on April 25. The patch was pushed out as soon as it was available, a company spokesperson said. “There are reports that the object confusion […]

Hackers are attempting to extort Belgian credit provider Elantis after claiming to have breached the company’s systems. In a statement on Pastebin, the hackers threatened to publish customer information if the bank does not pay ‚¬150,000 (US$197,000) before today. According to reports, Elantis confirmed the data breach on Thursday, but is refusing to give in […]

Millions of Facebook users may be getting too open with their personal information on the Web’s biggest social network. According to Consumer Reports, an estimated 13 million Facebook users in the United States either do not use or are not aware of the site’s privacy controls. In addition, 28 percent of the people the magazine […]

Microsoft is continuing to investigate a report of a vulnerability in Skype that allows someone to ascertain the IP addresses of logged-on users. News of the situation has circulated widely since information about it was posted last week on Pastebin. The Pastebin post included a script to help automate the exploitation of the issue on […]

A notorious malware platform targeting financial information has added a new trick to its portfolio€”a digital version of hijack and ransom. According to security firm Trusteer, the Citadel malware platform is delivering ransomware that hijacks victims’ computers. Ransomware works by restricting access to infected computer systems so that the attackers can extort payment in exchange […]

Microsoft has four security bulletins slated for February’s Patch Tuesday release. According to Microsoft’s advance notification, all four bulletins cover remote code execution vulnerabilities. Two of the bulletins are rated “critical,” and affect Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange. The other two bulletins are rated “important” and affect SQL Server and Microsoft Office Visio. The […]