A Trojan as a “Value-Add” for a Battery Charger

I'm really not sure why a USB battery charger would need software to be hooked up to a computer, or a coffee-maker, for that matter. As much as I like computers, using a computer to charge batteries appears a...
Update on Medical Identity Theft

A report released by Javelin (requires an expensive membership) has updated statistics for 2008: There were more than 275,000 cases in the U.S. last year of medical information theft, twice the number in 2008, The average fraud cost...
Painfully Educational

I've talking a fair amount about ACH fraud and how they are committed by banking Trojans. At a recent forensic exam I discovered not one, but three banking Trojans on a CFO's hard disk. Want to know (I know you don't not really...but) exactly how they work? Here's a down-to-the-code analysis...
What Constitutes “A Lot of Money?”

There's always a lot of discussion on the Internet about how much "security" (by which they usually mean IT security) costs, and whether it's a good ROI. (Return on Investment - another candidate for Acronym dismemberment.) There's a lot of factors to consider, but for small to medium sized...
Update on Wyndham Hotel Breaches – “Only 37”

Comes the latest news via CSOOnline: Wyndham Hotels and Resorts experienced a computer security incident in late 2009. As a result of that incident, an unauthorized user may have gained access to credit card...
Wyndham’s 3 Breaches in 1 Year = PR Nightmare

The Wyndham chain of hotels includes Ramada, Days Inn, Super8, Howard Johnson and Travelodge. None of which I have stayed at in the last year, and frankly, I am really glad. Not one, not two but three breaches have been disclosed to the public by Wyndham management in the last year. Because they...
I.E. Help Files and F1 Function Key = Vulnerability

A new alert came out from Microsoft on March 1st. When a user is online with Internet Explorer, they have to press the F1 function key when a pop-up is displayed. Not that users commonly use this key in IE, but some...