SANS NewsBites
Verizon and PRISM Defended (June 8 & 10, 2013)
President Obama said that the program gathering data from Verizon is legal and that "nobody is listening to your telephone calls.......
Internet Company Executives Deny Participation in PRISM (June 7, 2013)
Executives at Google, Facebook, and seven other companies identified as participating in an NSA surveillance program known as PRISM have denied that they allow intelligence officials direct access to their servers and user data.......
Israel is Doing a Great Job of Training Cybersecurity Experts (June 9, 2013)
Israel has had great success in developing a corps of cybersecurity experts who can write and modify code, identify vulnerabilities, infiltrate and navigate within others' networks without being detected.......
Warg Faces Hacking Charges in Denmark (June 7, 2013)
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been accused of working with a Danish individual to hack into several databases containing sensitive information, including a database of European missing people and wanted criminal suspects.......
PRISM Program Gives NSA Access to Data on Servers of Major US Internet Companies (June 6, 2013)
It now appears that the National Security Agency's (NSA's) reach extends beyond just Verizon's call records.......
FISA Order Requires Verizon to Provide NSA With Metadata on All Calls (June 5 & 6, 2013)
According to a document obtained by The Guardian, the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued an order forcing Verizon to provide the NSA metadata on all calls made through its systems over the three-month period between April 25 and July 19 2013.......
FBI and Microsoft take Down Citadel Botnet (June 6, 2013)
Microsoft and the FBI worked together to take down the Citadel botnet, which is believed to have been instrumental in an estimated US $500 million in thefts from online bank accounts.......
Eleven People Arrested in Connection with Carder Forum (June 6, 2013)
In a coordinated effort, authorities in the US, the UK, and Vietnam have shut down a carder forum known as Mattfeuter, which was the starting point for 1.......
Microsoft's June Security Update to Address 23 Flaws in Windows, IE, and Office (June 6, 2013)
On Tuesday, June 11, Microsoft plans to issue five security bulletins to address a total of 23 vulnerabilities.......
Draft Legislation in Spain Would Allow Police to Place Spyware on Suspects' Devices (June 6, 2013)
Draft legislation from Spain's ministry of justice would give police the authority to remotely install spyware on computers, storage devices, and mobile devices being used by suspected criminals.......
California Police Baffled by Electronic Device Used to Break Into Cars (June 6, 2013)
Police in California are asking for the public's help regarding a rash of car break-ins in which the thieves used an unidentified electronic device to unlock the vehicles.......
Proposed Legislation Would Impose "Real Consequences and Punishments" on Foreign Hackers (June 5 & 6, 2013)
US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would punish foreign hackers who steal sensitive data.......
DHS Document Defends Border Searches of Electronic Devices Without Reasonable Suspicion (June 5 & 6, 2013)
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) obtained DHS's December 2011 Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Impact Assessment through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.......
Schneider Electric Releases Fixes for SCADA Vulnerability (June 4 & 5, 2013)
Schneider Electric has released patches for vulnerabilities in its Quantum Ethernet Module.......
Judge Stays Decryption Order in Feldman Case (June 4 & 5, 2013)
A federal judge in Wisconsin has stayed a magistrate's order that would have forced Jeffrey Feldman to decrypt 16 devices which authorities believe contain child pornography.......
Apple Issues Security Updates for OS X and Safari (June 4 & 5, 2013)
Apple has issued an update for OS X that addresses 31 security issues.......
Machine-Readable Format Helps Disseminate Essential Information in Emergencies (June 4, 2013)
Google and other technology companies told a panel of US lawmakers that providing emergency information in open formats will help drive it to top search results where people who need it will be most likely to find it.......
NetTraveler Espionage Malware (June 4, 2013)
Malware known as NetTraveler has infiltrated more than 350 companies in 40 countries over the past eight years, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab.......


