The Reg Security: ISPs scramble to explain mouse-sniffing tool [ Mon Sep 2 2013]

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Taiwan bids to bolster security with free malware database
Resource is open to all in malware-addled Asian nation
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/02/taiwan_malware_knowledge_database_free/

'Anonymous' to Reg hack: We know SEA leaders' names
Anonymous hacktivists say they've taken down Syrian Electronic Army
hacktivists
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/02/anon_slurps_sea_data_launches_leaks/

Boffins follow TOR breadcrumbs to identify users
Anonymity? Fuggedaboutit! Watching TOR for months reveals true names
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/01/tor_correlation_follows_the_breadcrumbs_back_to_the_users/

Mother/daughter team jailed for million-dollar internet dating scam
Funds go to Nigeria, money mules go to prison
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/30/motherdaughter_team_jailed_for_milliondollar_internet_dating_scam/

NSA: NOBODY could stop Snowden – he was A SYSADMIN
Virtually unfettered access blew sensitive docs wide open
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/30/snowden_sysadmin_access_to_nsa_docs/

Facebook scammers raking in $200 MEEELLION in illicit profits
And Google's getting a slice of the action
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/30/facebook_scammers_raking_in_200_meeellion_in_illicit_profits/

Quantum crypto nearly ready to go mobile
Boffins demo 'QKD for smartphones'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/29/quantum_crypto_nearly_ready_to_go_mobile/

Tor usage up by more than 100% in August
Secure network usage spikes worldwide, reasons unknown
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/29/tor_usage_up_by_more_than_100_in_august/

Python regurgitates Dropbox secrets to boffins
Researchers pick over the entrails to spot vulns
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/28/python_regurgitates_dropbox_secrets_to_boffins/

Supercomputer hacker coughs to flogging DoE logins to FBI agent
Guilty plea means gov access-flogger may only swallow 18 months'
porridge
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/28/hacker_plea_deal/

IBM lands spook data-sharing standard at Oz airports
Airline passenger data and 'other relevant material' checked in 'real
time'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/28/ibm_gives_oz_customs_real_time_passenger_checks/

New York Times, Twitter domain hijackers 'came in through front door'
'Syrian Electronic Army' claims responsibility, registrar fingered as
vector
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/27/twitter_ny_times_in_domain_hijack/

Tesla cars 'hackable' says Dell engineer
REST authentication mess could allow attacker to open the sunroof
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/27/tesla_cars_hackable_says_dell_engineer/

ISPs scramble to explain mouse-sniffing tool
Would you trust faceless corporations with your, er, mouse movements?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/27/isps_scramble_to_explain_away_mousesniffing/

Poison Ivy RAT becoming the AK-47 of cyber-espionage attacks
Just because it's simple to use doesn't mean the user is low-rent
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/27/poison_ivy_rat_apt/

Wall Street traders charged with stealing company code via email
Note to self ... add attachment 'secret-algorithms.zip' ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/27/wall_street_secrets_stolen_via_email/

Cryptome suffers brief take-down over Japanese 'terror' files
Bitten by attack dog, just a flesh wound
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/26/cryptome_suffers_brief_takedown_over_japanese_terror_files/

Chinese authorities say massive DDoS attack took down .cn domain
Middle Kingdom pledges immediate action
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/26/chinese_authorities_says_massive_ddos_attack_took_down_cn_domain/

Koobface worm-flinging gangster linked to pharma spam ops
Login-slurping worm band broke up, moved onto 'solo projects' – infosec
bod
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/26/koobface_carder_pharma_spam_tieup/


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