Brian Prince

Do-it-yourself toolkits for attackers are a common item on the shelves of the underground cyber-marketplace, and ones targeting Facebook users have no shortage of customers. One such kit is “Tinie App,” which researchers at Websense said they discovered being sold on various sites for $25. Tinie App is a Facebook application template behind the most […]

With its planned acquisition by Intel not far ahead, McAfee posted fourth-quarter 2010 revenue of $550 million. The figure represents an increase of 5 percent year-over-year. The company also posted a net income of roughly $60.6 million for the quarter, up from $54.5 million in 2009. All totaled, McAfee’s 2010 revenues reached $2.1 billion, an […]

Membase and CouchOne have joined forces to form Couchbase-a marriage in the NoSQL movement the companies hope will spawn an end-to-end family of database products. The Couchbase product family is slated to be rolled out during the coming months and will span from the desktop to the data center. On the road map so far […]

Microsoft plugged 22 security holes today in the second Patch Tuesday of the year. The fixes are included in 12 security bulletins spanning Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and IIS. Three of the bulletins are rated “critical” while the other nine are considered “important.” Within the critical bulletins are fixes for a bug in the […]

Some security vendors are raising the question whether the browser-based version of the Google Android market could open up opportunities for attackers. Google recently launched a new version of the market that allows a device owner to search for, buy and install applications on their mobile device remotely over the Web from a desktop computer. […]

Six months ago, the HP TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) made a decision – it was going to cap the amount of time it gave vendors to patch before releasing vulnerability information to six months. The move, Aaron Portnoy, manager of Security Research for TippingPoint, blogged at the time, was meant to force vendors to […]

Two U.S. Congressmen are seeking answers from Facebook about the company’s plans to allow third-party developers to access users’ mobile phone numbers and address information. In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Congressmen Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) requested information regarding the company’s plans to allow developers to access a user’s mobile […]

“Anonymous” launched an attack against security firm HBGary Federal, taking down its Website and stealing corporate e-mail in retaliation for the company’s efforts to track down “hacktivists” tied to cyber-attacks conducted in support of WikiLeaks. The attack followed claims by HBGary Federal that it had gathered information on hackers who are part of Anonymous. In […]

This past week in IT security ended with some big news -Nasdaq OMX, the company that owns and operates the Nasdaq Stock Market, has been hit with malware during the past year. According to reports, the United States Secret Service and FBI are investigating the attack, which failed to compromise Nasdaq’s trading platform. Nonetheless, malware […]

Federal authorities have arrested an Arizona man on suspicion of fraud and computer tampering for allegedly interrupting the live broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII in 2009 with a clip from an adult film. Frank Tanori Gonzalez, 38, of Marana, was arrested at roughly 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4, according to reports. He stands accused of taking […]