CommunityDNS News Bits, March 31, 2009.
Countdown to the Conficker worm’s “Phone Home” day
New homeland security tool to detect Conficker worm.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a tool that can be used for the detection of the Conficker worm. Click here.
Other items have come to surface too, such as “What you need to know about the Conficker worm”. Click here.
Know Your Enemy: Containing Conficker – a white paper on containing the Conficker worm provided by the Conficker Working Group. Click here.
Fake Security Software Scammers Jump on Conficker
Scammers are taking advantage of the Conficker virus by bringing up sites that purport security software that removes the Conficker worm from your network. Such sites are fake.
Click here for more information.
EU issues ultimatum on internet privacy
Faced with a regulatory clampdown from the EU Commission, internet firms are urged to improve their approach to online privacy.
It is felt that “basic consumer rights in terms of transparency, control and risk” are being violated by ISPs, major websites and advertising firms, through data collection and behavioral targeting.
Click here for more information.
EU tells members to get ready for disaster
The EU is asking for the development of a strategy to protect Europe from cyber-attacks. Instead of disaster recovery procedures designed to protect corporations, the EU is asking for procedures to be developed for nations.
- The EU is asking for plans that cover five factors, those being:
- Preparedness and prevention
- Detection and response
- Mitigation and recovery
- International co-operation
- Establishment of consistent criteria for European critical infrastructure.
Click here for more information.
One in Five Global Broadband ISP Users Connect at over 5Mbps
Nearly 20% of the world’s broadband ISP users are connecting at speeds greater than 5Mbps, according to Akamai’s quarterly “State of the Internet” report. () South Korea continues its lead with the country that has the highest average speed of 15Mbps.
This report also covers which countries were sources for most attack traffic, such as DDoS.
Click here for more information.
Romanian phisher gets 50 month prison term
Using a DDoS attack to demonstrate authenticity, a group of six Romanians used a denial of service attack to validate why a bank’s website was down due to the website being down due to being upgraded. In the mean time users were redirected to another site to verify their information.
One member of Romanian team was sentenced to four years in a US prison; the first foreign defendant to be convicted in the US for phishing offenses.
Click here for more information.
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