Macs, PCs and Servers. Just about everything. The jury is still out on the likelihood of phones being vulnerable. Here’s what you can do right now. More
Twitter has announced that 250,000 accounts have been hacked in attacks that they say appeared similar to recent attacks on the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. If the attacks, exposing usernames, encrypted password data, email addresses and session tokens, aren’t bad enough, Twitter’s announcement opens the door for a series of follow-up phishing attacks.
Here’s what to watch out for. More
It’s easy to be overly concerned by the constant barrage of security alerts. The above list provides a brief and constantly updated summary of the latest threats from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team. More
From BBC News:
“An alleged cybercrime ring said to be responsible for losses of $850m (£530m) looks to have been foiled by the FBI – by using Facebook.Facebook users were targeted over two years beginning in October 2010.”
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Police in Global Arrests over $850m botnet crime spree – BBC News
“Bogus hotel reservation emails have been spammed out widely, which claim to come from Booking.com but in reality carry malware designed to infect Windows computers.
Even if recipients haven’t booked a hotel room they might be tempted to open the dangerous attachments, in fear that their credit card has been charged.”
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We are aware that there is a viral post circulating on Tumblr. We are working to resolve the issue as swiftly as possible.Thank you.
— Tumblr (@tumblr) December 3, 2012
Following the infection of many Tumblr sites with a worm today, Tumblr have temporarity suspended posting.
Update: Technical detail on how the worm spread are being revealed
You can read more about the attack on Sophos Naked Security
You’ll need to take the usual precautions. Don’t open a pdf, or any other file for that matter, that’s sent to you unless you trust the source and you are sure that the person sending it is who they claim to be. More