The Glider

A computer at the Sandwich, Massachusetts treasurer’s office was infected with keystroke-logging software, allowing attackers to harvest access credentials that they used to steal approximately US $50,000 from town bank accounts…….

Researchers at Microsoft have noted a recent spike in attacks exploiting the vulnerability patched in the company’s MS08-067 bulletin, which was released as an out-of-cycle fix in late October 2008…….

The Srizbi botnet, which was disabled by the shutdown of web hosting company McColo several weeks ago, appeared to be back online early last week…….

Two weeks after the Mytob worm caused computer networks at three London hospitals to be shut down, things are nearly back to normal…….

The EU Council of Ministers has approved a five year plan to tackle cyber crime…….

Four people have been arrested and an additional three have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from activities of an identity theft…….

Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who perpetrated an Internet hoax that prompted a 13-year old neighbor to kill herself, was convicted of three misdemeanor offenses of accessing computers without authorization; a federal jury acquitted Drew of three felony counts of accessing computers without authorization to inflict emotional harm…….

Last week, the UK government announced in a report that it will allow the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to impose increased fines for "deliberate or reckless loss of data," but stopped short of calling for a law, instead allowing the ICO to establish rules for breach disclosure…….

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the US Department of Defense’s decision to ban the use of USB drives and other removable data storage devices was prompted by a significant attack on combat zone computers and the US Central Command that oversees Iraq and Afghanistan…….

Apple has released an update for the iPhone and the iPod touch…….