Microsoft Suspend Attach-Photo Feature

Microsoft Suspends Hotmail Attach-Photo Feature

Microsoft has temporarily suspended the Attach-Photo feature in Hotmail because of security issues. The problem lies in the way the feature interacts with Internet Explorer (IE). Hotmail users can still attach photos to their messages through other methods. Attach-Photo was disabled in late July; Microsoft plans to restore the feature by the end of September. Users complained because they were not notified that the feature would be removed.


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/21/hotmail_attach_photo_pulled/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136958/Microsoft_Hotmail_users_angry_over_pulled_photo_feature?source=rss_news

Criminals Targeting Smaller US Firms

Cyber Criminals Targeting Smaller US Firms; Get Millions

Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions.

The attacks are amazingly simple and the amount of money taken is large. The firms do not know how to protect themselves. In some cases where credit card theft has occurred, they have had to shut down because they lost the ability to process credit cards. Small businesses are being affected greatly by poor security practices. It isn't a risk issue. It is a survival one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402272.html?hpid=topnews

Employers Blocking Social Networking Sites More Often

According to research from ScanSafe, companies are increasingly blocking social networking sites. Seventy-six percent of the company's customers block sites like Facebook, a 20 percent increase over the last six months. Fifty-eight percent block access to webmail, 52 percent block access to shopping sites, and 51 percent block access to sports sites.
Social networking sites can expose companies to malware and can also drain employees' productivity.

Spam Claims to be Recruiting Users to Participate in DDoS

Spammers have started to exploit the heated opinions surrounding healthcare reform in the US. A new batch of spam messages point recipients to a site where they are encouraged to download a software tool that can purportedly be used to help launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the White House web site. The users are urged to visit the site often for updates. While it is unclear whether the download is actually a DDoS tool, it is evidently some sort of malware.

More info at:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/19/obama_ddos_tool_ruse/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Spammers-seeking-volunteers-to-DDoS-White-House/article/146807/

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