Defense in Depth

1. Window Snyder to leave Mozilla
   Popular chief security architect behind Firefox, Thunderbird, and other open-source projects is leaving to work on an undisclosed new project.
2. How to handle ID fraud's youngest victims
   For one thing, you shouldn't enroll your child for credit monitoring, ID fraud experts say.
3. Is white listing going mainstream?
   One company, Bit9, is predicting that every desktop will soon only allow known good files to load, instead of using resources to block unknown files.
4. How Live OneCare changed the antivirus landscape
   Although it's not dominant, Microsoft has forced traditional antivirus vendors to make changes. With a free offering due next year, it may do so again.
5. Express Scripts clients threatened with extortion
   Unable to collect money from data breach victim, criminals threaten clients whose members may have been affected.

   Originally posted at News - Security

6. Study: DDoS attacks threaten ISP infrastructure
   Arbor Networks finds that DDoS attack sizes doubled last year and were more diverse in nature, taxing the IT security resources at most Internet carriers.

   Originally posted at News - Security

7. Security expert talks Russian gangs, botnets
   Security researcher Joe Stewart talks about one botnet, Coreflood, that has been quietly sending bank account log-in information back to Russia since 2001.
8. Extortion used in Express Scripts database breach
   After receiving an extortion letter, a health care services company goes public, saying its customer database has been breached.
9. WPA wireless encryption cracked
   At upcoming conference, researchers will detail how key encryption feature used in securing wireless systems can be cracked.
10. Campaign PCs of Obama, McCain cyberattacked
    Newsweek reports that the FBI and Secret Service told the presidential candidates that their files were accessed by criminal hackers over the summer.