Dati sensibili, ecco la nuova valuta del crimine informatico. McAfee e SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) hanno sviluppato uno studio sulla protezione dei dati e della proprietà intellettuale Due anni fa, McAfee ha realizzato il report Economie non garantite, il primo studio globale sulla sicurezza delle economie dell'informazione. Quello studio aveva rivelato che in base a un'indagine globale condotta tra le aziende, le società di tutto il mondo avevano perso nel 2008 una cifra superiore allo stimato 1 trilione di dollari a causa di fuoriuscite di dati, al costo per porvi rimedio e ai danni per la reputazione. Oggi, nel 2011, molte domande saranno simili a quelle poste due anni fa, ma la ripresa economica, rispetto ad un periodo di crisi economica, rendono diverso il contesto.
Che impatto avrà una ripresa economica sulla capacità di un'azienda di proteggere le informazioni vitali? Quali nazioni saranno più pericolose per la stabilità economica di altre? Sezione 1: L'economia in evoluzione e il valore del capitale intellettuale. PS3 hacking case: Sony gets downloaders' information. 7 March 2011Last updated at 12:14 Sony has said it can identify PS3 users running hacked consoles Sony has been given permission to obtain details of people who downloaded files needed to hack the PlayStation 3. A judge in San Francisco granted the electronics giant a subpoena that would allow it to see a list of IP addresses. The software, used to crack the PS3's operating system, was posted on the website of George Hotz, who is also known as Geohot. Sony is suing Mr Hotz, claiming his hacks breach copyright laws, and could allow users to play pirated games. Court documents, obtained by Wired magazine, show that the company successfully petitioned to obtain IP addresses from the web-hosting company Bluehost.
The details could be used to trace the real-world geographical locations of users who accessed George Hotz's website, Geohot.com. However, it may not be Sony's intention to take legal action against those found to have downloaded the software crack. Illicit conduct Restraining order. Spotify ads hit by malware attack. 29 March 2011Last updated at 11:11 The vulnerability allowed bogus anti-virus software to be installed on the users machine without their knowledge or consent Spotify has apologised to users after an advertisement containing a virus was displayed to some users of the music-streaming service. The advertisement, which appeared within Spotify's Windows desktop software, did not need to be clicked on in order to infect a user's machine.
The exploit would install a bogus 'Windows Recovery' anti-virus program. "Users with anti-virus software will have been protected," Spotify said in a statement. "We quickly removed all third party display ads in order to protect users and ensure Spotify was safe to use. "We sincerely apologise to any users affected. The vulnerability only affects users with free subscriptions. Malvertising is usually confined to content viewed through web browsers, but this instance was displayed within the Spotify software itself for people with a free membership.
“Start Quote. London Stock Exchange site shows malicious adverts. 28 February 2011Last updated at 12:55 The infection kicked off warnings from a fake security program Booby-trapped adverts that hit visitors with fake security software have been discovered on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) website. Analysis of the LSE site suggests that over the last 90 days, about 363 pages had hosted malware. The LSE said its site was now safe and an investigation showed that ads provided by a third party were the culprit.
One victim claimed his PC was made unusable after being infected. Security expert Paul Mutton fell victim when he viewed the site on 27 February. He visited the LSE homepage to find out why some people reported that they could not access it. The site was blocked by Firefox, he said, but accessible via Google's Chrome browser. "It seemed to work with Chrome but then a few seconds later, without having to click on anything, pop-ups started to appear," he said. "I visited the site and it compromised my machine," said Mr Mutton. Bad ads. Britons caught out by booby-trapped web ads. 2 March 2011Last updated at 04:22 The website of the London Stock Exchange was one that displayed the booby-trapped ads Tens of thousands of people could have been caught out by cyber criminals who put booby-trapped adverts on popular webpages.
The criminals racked up the victims by compromising the computers used by ad firm Unanimis to display adverts to popular websites. The ads appeared on the websites of the London Stock Exchange, Autotrader, the Vue cinema chain and six other sites. Unanimis said it moved quickly to pull the adverts once they were discovered. Victim count It said it was now investigating how the criminals managed to inject their booby-trapped ads into its feed.
David Nelson, operations and IT director at Unanimis, told the BBC that security alerts revealed the existence of the booby-trapped adverts at 1800 GMT on 27 February. Clearing out the adverts took about three hours, said Mr Nelson. "We have to count ourselves lucky in some respects," he said. How to Boost Your BitTorrent Speed and Privacy. Bruce Schneier warns 'profits killing personal privacy' 12 October 2010Last updated at 14:23 By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News Personal privacy is in danger of being killed off by the profit-making motives of firms which hold our data, security expert Bruce Schneier has warned. BT's chief technology officer expressed his concerns at the RSA Security Europe Conference in London.
While the death of personal privacy had been predicted for a long time, rapid technological changes posed a mortal danger to it, he said. Mr Schneier urged lawmakers to do more to help preserve and protect privacy. The death of privacy had been predicted before with the emergence of many different technologies, he said. But before now that threat had been largely overblown. "Just because the technology is there does not mean that privacy invasions must happen," he said. 'Unnatural state' "Forgetting is a very powerful social tool that helps us get by and get along," he said.
"That's new and fundamentally unnatural," he said. Natural by-product. Il capibara Caplin | Foto - Yahoo! Notizie.