End-of-Shift report
Timeframe: Dienstag 13-11-2012 18:00 − Mittwoch 14-11-2012 18:21
Handler: Matthias Fraidl
Co-Handler: Christian Wojner
Skype Disables Password Resets After Huge Security Hole Discovered
another random user writes with news of a vulnerability in the Skype password reset tool "All you need to do is register a new account using that email address, and even though that address is already used (and the registration process does tell you this) you can still complete the new account process and then sign in using that account Info (original post in Russian)" concealment adds a link to another article with an update that Skype disabled the password reset page as a temporary
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XnPnK6MWZdY/story01.htm
Wichtige Updates für alle Windows-Nutzer
An seinem November-Patchday hat Microsoft kritische Lücken in allen noch unterstützen Windows-Versionen geschlossen - von Windows XP SP3 bis hin zu dem gerade erst veröffentlichten Windows 8.
http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Wichtige-Updates-fuer-alle-Windows-Nutzer-1749437.html/from/atom10
Lockheed Martin: dramatischer Anstieg von Cyber-Angriffen
Die Anzahl der Attacken auf das Firmennetzwerk des US-Rüstungskonzerns Lockheed Martin haben sich in den letzten Jahren deutlich verstärkt. Das erklärte die Lockheed-Vizepräsidentin Chandra McMahon, wie die BBC berichtete.
http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Lockheed-Martin-dramatischer-Anstieg-von-Cyber-Angriffen-1749048.html/from/atom10
Trojan Horses, Malware and Other Cyber Attack Tools are Just a Click Away
"Ryan Linns hacks into corporate networks have become almost a matter of routine. On one recent morning, he woke up at his home near the Research Triangle in eastern North Carolina and walked down to an extra bedroom that he uses as an office. He sat at a workbench laden with computers, signed on to one of them and loaded a program called Metasploit...."
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/trojan-horses-malware-and-other-cyber-attack/451b14de7e0d161129e54ba0e7267a3f
Online-Banking-Trojaner mit Android-Komplizen
Online-Ganoven versuchen offenbar verstärkt auch die Smartphones von Online-Banking-Nutzern zu infizieren, um mTans abzugreifen. Bei der Berliner Polizei sind "in den letzten Wochen" mehrere Strafanzeigen von Opfern betrügerischer Geldabbuchungen eingegangen, bei denen die Smartphones der Opfer eine entscheidende Rolle spielten.
http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Online-Banking-Trojaner-mit-Android-Komplizen-1749839.html/from/atom10
Windows 8 security is like a swiss cheese flak jacket - sez AV firm
"The knives are out for Windows Defender, the basic anti-malware protection bundled with Windows 8: makers of rival antivirus products are lining up to criticise Microsofts efforts to secure its operating system. Windows 8 can be infected by 16 percent of the most common malware families, even with Windows Defender activated, according to tests by Romanian antivirus vendor Bitdefender. The latest version of Microsofts OS was compromised by 61 of 385 malware samples flung at it by
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/win_defender_inadequate/