The Reg Security: Feds hunt 30-year-old alleged to be lord of Gameover botnet [ Mon Jun 9 2014]

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Redmond is patching Windows 8 but NOT Windows 7, say security bods
New tool checks differences, could lead to 0-day bonanza
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/patch_piker_redmond_means_win_8_fixes_skip_7_researchers_say/

Vodafone: SPOOKS are plugged DIRECTLY into our network
Mobile giant's new legal trivia guide is this summer's beach read
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/how_vodafone_helps_spooks/

US Army loses 16,000 personnel records in South Korea
Not a M*A*S*H* rerun - ARMY 'fessed up to haXXor attack yesterday
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/16000_personnel_records_stolen_from_us_army/

Thanks for nothing, OpenSSL, grumbles stonewalled De Raadt
OpenBSD grump it isn't in the cool kids infosec club
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/thanks_for_nothing_openssl_cries_stonewalled_de_raadt/

Office, IE and Windows in line for critical fixes from Redmond
Seven bulletins planned in June edition of Patch Tuesday
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/office_ie_and_windows_in_line_for_critical_fixes_from_redmond/

Security bods mop blood, sigh: NEW CryptoLocker zombies? We don't see
their kind
Not much, at least, since Feds chopped master's head off
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/05/cryptolocker_flatlining_post_takedown/

Patch NOW: Six new bugs found in OpenSSL – including spying hole
On a scale of 1 to Heartbleed, this is a 7
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/05/openssl_bug_batch/

German server lockbox scores MEELLION dollar seed-smashing record
Thwarting the NSA as a startup business model
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/05/german_server_lovebox_scores_meelion_dollar_seedsmashing_record/

Protecting code's secrets wins ACM prize
Code obfuscation: a difficult problem apparently cracked
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/05/protecting_codes_secrets_wins_acm_prize/

Deploy a fake Bitcoin wallet to save your own
Devs claim VXer greed means trickery will succeed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/05/deploy_a_fake_bitcoin_wallet_to_save_your_own/

Australia's first public swatting victim a nice bloke
Cops squash claims of FBI involvement
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/05/australias_first_public_swat_victim_a_nice_bloke/

TrueCrypt hooked to life support in Switzerland: 'It must not die' say
pair
But what about the licence?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/truecrypt_ch/

New software nasty encrypts Android PHONE files and demands a ransom
AES-toting Simplocker torn apart by security bods
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/android_simplocker_file_scrambling_ransomware/

CONFIRMED: Sophos shifting threat response work to India
It's just global growth, shrug securobods
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/sophos_moves_threat_response_ops/

Queen's Speech: Computer Misuse Act to be amended, tougher sentences
planned
And possessing 'paedophilic manuals' will be an offence
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/queens_speech_computer_misuse/

Storage AND security? It must be a Reg Live Chat
Who exactly is running your infrastructure?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/storage_and_security_it_must_be_a_reg_live_chat/

Spammer sprung to run Russian national payment system
Payments kingpin walks after 2.5 year sentenced slashed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/hacker_hired_to_build_russias_national_payment_system_report/

Linux users at risk as ANOTHER critical GnuTLS bug found
Patch! Patch! Patch!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/linux_users_at_risk_as_another_critical_gnutls_bug_found/

Dodgy installer drops Trojan in Japanese Buffalo update
Caught before it spread too far, thankfully
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/04/dodgy_installer_drops_trojan_in_japanese_buffalo_update/

Google: OK world, make our 'End-to-End' crypto tool SPOOK PROOF
Source code released – now you can kick the tyres
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/google_unveils_end_to_end_for_email_encryption/

Snooping, RAT-flinging, hack-happy crew targeting governments worldwide
– researchers
Molerats reportedly targeted US, UK... and Macedonia?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/molerats_cyberspies/

DARPA crazytech crew want to create HUMAN-FREE cyber defence systems
No need to call an infosec specialist - the machines will sort it all
out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/darpa_wants_to_build_human_free_defence_systems/

Remember Anna Kournikova? Come with us on a tour of bug-squishing
history
We'll also take a look at the more pernicious malware
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/security_overview/

Feds hunt 30-year-old alleged to be lord of Gameover botnet
Arrest warrant out as recommended clean-up site staggers under demand
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/gameover_cryptolocker_takedown/

Global mobile roaming network a HOTBED of vulnerabilities
KPN researchers find more than 5k vulnerable hosts
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/global_mobile_roaming_network_a_hotbed_of_vulnerabilities/

Apache issues Tomcat patches
Versions 6, 7 and 8 contain bugs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/apache_issues_tomcat_patches/

Rejected researcher builds Facebook friends harvester
Fortress Zuckerberg says it's a feature, not a bug
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/03/rejected_researcher_builds_facebook_friends_harvester/

You've got two weeks to beat off Cryptolocker, GameoverZeus nasties
So say UK cops after control servers for malware battered
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/nca_gameoverzeus_cryptolocker_warning/

Security stock slinger Symantec speeds up with latest Backup Exec
2014 software 'up to 100% faster'....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/symantec_backup_exec_2014/

Flaws open gates to WordPress en-masse SEO beat-down
Call for patching bound to fall on deaf ears.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/flaws_open_gates_to_wordpress_enmasse_seo_beatdown/


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