Recent articles by Danielle Walker

CISPA info sharing bill is back

CISPA info sharing bill is back

Lawmakers have begun debate on the controversial threat information-sharing bill.
Danielle Walker Feb 18 2013 9:15AM Security
Retail, food service industry top target of fraudsters

Retail, food service industry top target of fraudsters

Easy pickings.
Danielle Walker Feb 15 2013 10:35AM Security
Porn sites three times more infectious to mobile users

Porn sites three times more infectious to mobile users

But few users visit the sites.
Danielle Walker Feb 13 2013 8:30AM Security
Microsoft patches squash 13 IE vulns

Microsoft patches squash 13 IE vulns

Flaws could allow remote code execution.
Danielle Walker Feb 13 2013 8:01AM Security
Facebook fraud could rise with linked logins

Facebook fraud could rise with linked logins

Gartnet says merchants need to boost security.
Danielle Walker Feb 8 2013 11:32AM Security
US Fed Reserve confirms hack

US Fed Reserve confirms hack

Bankers doxed.
Danielle Walker Feb 7 2013 10:49AM Security
Hacker in $14M click-fraud scam pleads guilty

Hacker in $14M click-fraud scam pleads guilty

Op Ghost Click perps busted.
Danielle Walker Feb 7 2013 9:47AM Security
US app owner to pay $768k to settle child privacy charges

US app owner to pay $768k to settle child privacy charges

Stored address book data.
Danielle Walker Feb 4 2013 7:18AM Security
Hacktivists suspend US bank DDoS campaign

Hacktivists suspend US bank DDoS campaign

Innocence of Muslims pulled offline.
Danielle Walker Jan 30 2013 12:39PM Security
New US cyber bill introduced

New US cyber bill introduced

Follows similar failed bill.
Danielle Walker Jan 26 2013 1:53PM Security
Feds reveal Gozi trojan creator, fraud conspiracy

Feds reveal Gozi trojan creator, fraud conspiracy

Nikita Kuzmin faces 95 years in prison.
Danielle Walker Jan 25 2013 7:44AM Security
Poland's CERT thwarts Virut botnet

Poland's CERT thwarts Virut botnet

Domain names disrupted.
Danielle Walker Jan 25 2013 6:54AM Security
Two security firms disclose 'Red October' details

Two security firms disclose 'Red October' details

Domain names axed.
Danielle Walker Jan 23 2013 9:32AM Security
Financial malware infects 100 fast food restaurants

Financial malware infects 100 fast food restaurants

Malware found on harddrives, not point of sale systems.
Danielle Walker Jan 18 2013 10:18AM Security
Phishers duck researchers with filtered victim lists

Phishers duck researchers with filtered victim lists

Bouncer list phishing redirects outsiders to 404 pages.
Danielle Walker Jan 18 2013 4:33AM Security
Java zero day infections increase

Java zero day infections increase

Exploit attacks thousands.
Danielle Walker Jan 14 2013 9:51AM Security
$10k-a-month exploit kit trumps BlackHole

$10k-a-month exploit kit trumps BlackHole

Two hundred new servers found hosting the Cool exploit kit.
Danielle Walker Jan 11 2013 10:54AM Security
John McAfee details Belizean 'espionage'

John McAfee details Belizean 'espionage'

Claims to have doled out dozens of infected laptops.
Danielle Walker Jan 9 2013 12:37PM Security
Yahoo patches XSS mail flaw

Yahoo patches XSS mail flaw

Researcher claims fix isn't adequate.
Danielle Walker Jan 9 2013 10:17AM Security
John McAfee: I installed keyloggers on Belize cop computers

John McAfee: I installed keyloggers on Belize cop computers

Cyber espionage tactics used to "uncover corruption" among the power players of Belize.
Danielle Walker Jan 9 2013 9:44AM Security

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