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while engaging in online social networking sites seemed to have yielded little results, if the statistics and current trends are any indication. The Cyber Cell of the City Police has received more than 40 complaints of abuse of social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook this year itself. In one such case reported last month, a student union leader of a leading college in the city complained of someone making a fake profile of his on Facebook and inviting friends. The fake identity was circulated among the original friend list, along with the message that the original identity has been hacked. The complainant lodged the petition when the suspect also started making pestering calls to his mobile phone and threatened to make complicate things if any attempt was made to stop him. The suspect was tracked to Saudi Arabia, where he was operating a ‘rent-a-car' service. Since none of the immediate relatives of the suspect were available at the home address at Thalassery, the police c...

Recently a spate of defacements has been reported from websites pertaining to Kerala. As per the statistics available with the Computer Emergency Response Team Kerala (CERT-K), as many as 40 odd websites from Kerala were hacked in the last six weeks. Random messages on social networking sites hint at the possibility of further attacks by December 31, 2010. Realising the need to strengthen security incident response as well as to take proper proactive steps, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) will be sending three of their experts to Kerala to share their knowledge and experience with the officials here to ensure cyber safety and security. Accordingly, CERT-K in association with the Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) is organising a workshop on ‘Security Incident Response’ on December 29 for System Developers and Administrators of various Government Departments at the Institute of Management in Government (IMG) in Trivandrum. Hacking Methodology and Detection of attacks...

Adaptive Security Analyzer IIS or the ASA IIS protects Windows-based web servers from known and unknown vulnerabilities like Directory Traversal, Buffer Overflow, Parser Evasion, High-bit Shellcode, Remote Data Services , In addition to the above, it also protects them from various types of internal system misuse. ASA IIS is comprised of two key components. The first is implemented as an ISAPI filter which collects and feeds data to the Adaptive Security Engine (ASE) . Leveraging a breakthrough combination of applied mathematic and cybernetic approaches that enable machine learning and analysis of the network security information, ASE continuously monitors the vital aspects of IIS operation. ASE detects abnormal requests and other unusual traffic enabling ASA IIS to prevent any type of activity which could be harmful to the network . We are also testing this tool in our test environment . We think that it will be very useful for small organizations to be pr...

McAfee is making security predictions for 2011. The firm outlines its top threats for next year in the 2011 Threat Predictions report -- and Android, iPhone, Foursquare, Google TV, and Mac OS X are listed as major cybercrime targets. Politically motivated attacks are also expected to increase, a la WikiLeaks. "We've seen significant advancements in device and social-network adoption, placing a bullseye on the platforms and services users are embracing the most," said Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs. "These platforms and services have become very popular in a short amount of time, and we're already seeing a significant increase in vulnerabilities, attacks and data loss." Social-Media Threats Social-media threats are nothing new, but expect to see more of them next year. McAfee Labs expects social-media services that use URL shortening will be under attack because its easier for cybercriminals to mask the full URL and direct users to m...

Turkish computer hackers targeted around 20 websites in Cyprus over the weekend in retaliation for an attack on a Turkish basketball team by Greek Cypriot fans, a police spokesman said on Monday. " Acting on information from the office for combating cyber-crime, it was observed that around 20 company websites hosted within the Cyprus Republic were illegally accessed by Turkish hackers, " said Michalis Katsounotos. On some website homepages, the hackers inserted the emblem of basketball team Pinar Karsiyaka, the crescent moon of the Turkish flag, or the words " No Terrorism in Sport. " A FIBA basketball cup match on December 21 between hosts APOEL Nicosia and Turkey's Pinar Karsiyaka ended in violence as 500 rock-throwing local fans clashed with police who prevented them from confronting the Karsiyaka players. Tear gas was used to restore order, while police cars ferrying reinforcements to the sports stadium were pelted with stones. Five officers received ho...