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Google Backs Open-source CERT Group
Submitted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 @ 07:23 AM
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news.yahoo.com -- Google has thrown its weight behind a fledgling security reporting group for the open-source community.
The search engine giant, long a proponent of open-source software, is now one of three sponsors of oCERT, the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team. See the complete story here.
Spam reaches 30-year anniversary
Submitted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 @ 07:02 AM
news.bbc.co.uk -- Spam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend. See the complete story here.
Microsoft gives details of massive web attack
Submitted Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 02:41 AM
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arstechnica.com -- On April 17, 2008, hundreds of thousands of pages on legitimate domains—including several at the United Nations and in the UK government—were attacked. Many of these sites ended up serving malware by redirecting users to malicious pages using JavaScript and IFRAMES. Users' PCs were loaded with a malware program that tried eight different exploits in an attempt to hijack the system. See the complete story here.
RSA: Cyber Storm II Builds Network To Defend Against Cyber Cr...
Submitted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 @ 11:26 PM
informationweek.com -- Among the goals for Cyber Storm II, a government-sponsored computer security exercise that occurred last month, was testing information sharing capabilities across organizations during a crisis. See the complete story here.
Adobe patches 'Pwn to Own' bug in Flash Player
Submitted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 @ 11:24 PM
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computerworld.com -- Adobe Systems Inc. yesterday plugged the Flash Player hole used by a hacker two weeks ago to take down a Windows Vista machine and claim a $5,000 prize in the "Pwn to Own" exploit challenge.
Adobe's update to Flash Player -- the popular program and browser plug-in used to view online content -- patched seven vulnerabilities, including several that could be used by attackers to hijack machines running the flawed software. Among the seven was the one used to break into a Fujitsu notebook during the hacker contest sponsored by 3Com Inc.'s TippingPoint, which operates a bug bounty program called Zero Day Initiative. See the complete story here.
Viruses Expected to Hit 1 Million This Year
Submitted Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 04:08 PM
pcworld.com -- The total number of viruses will reach one million by year's end, according to security experts.
Malware writers have been forced to create new types of viruses and exploits more regularly as businesses and individuals improve security practices, the experts said.
Sophos chief technology officer Paul Ducklin said about 25 percent of unique malware has been created in the last six months of its 20 year history. See the complete story here.
Apple Inc. opposes Big Apple's logo
Submitted Friday, April 04, 2008 @ 04:47 PM
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businessweek.com -- Apple Inc. says The Big Apple is worming into its territory with a logo the city is using for its green living campaign.
Apple on Friday renewed its challenge to a trademark registration application that New York City filed last May, saying the apple logo was too similar to its own. See the complete story here.
Malware to blame in supermarket data breach
Submitted Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ 10:36 PM
news.com -- It turns out malware somehow found its way onto a Maine-based supermarket chain's servers, which led to the security breach announced earlier this month compromising up to 4.2 million credit cards. See the complete story here.
Vista, MacBook Out--Only Linux Left in Hacking Contest
Submitted Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ 03:07 PM
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news.yahoo.com -- The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference. See the complete story here.
Mukasey: piracy funding terror
Submitted Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ 03:02 PM
news.yahoo.com -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Friday that the huge profits generated from piracy and counterfeiting are increasingly flowing into the coffers of terrorist groups.
In remarks to Silicon Valley executives at the Tech Museum of Innovation, Mukasey said the economy and national security of the United States are increasingly threatened by violations involving copyrighted software code, patented inventions and trademarked properties. See the complete story here.
Security lapse exposes Facebook photos
Submitted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 @ 04:49 PM
news.yahoo.com -- A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls. See the complete story here.
Microsoft Buys Anti-Rootkit Vendor Komoku
Submitted Monday, March 24, 2008 @ 12:35 PM
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informationweek.com -- Microsoft said it has acquired Komoku, a small, veteran-owned security software firm that specializes in anti-rootkit products. See the complete story here.
Apple releases massive security update
Submitted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 06:24 PM
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news.com -- Apple on Tuesday released its second security update of the year--and it's a big one. See the complete story here.
Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed
Submitted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 @ 05:12 PM
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theage.com.au -- A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.
Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006, but Microsoft has yet to develop a fix. See the complete story here.
Security glitch exposes OS X account passwords
Submitted Thursday, February 28, 2008 @ 03:18 PM
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news.com -- Apple has confirmed a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh computer gain access to the password of the active user account.
The vulnerability arises out of a programming error that stores the account password in the computer's memory long after it's needed, meaning it can be retrieved and used to log into the computer and impersonate the user. See the complete story here.
Automated killer robots 'threat to humanity': expert
Submitted Thursday, February 28, 2008 @ 07:56 AM
breitbart.com -- Increasingly autonomous, gun-totting robots developed for warfare could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and may one day unleash a robot arms race, a top expert on artificial intelligence told AFP.
"They pose a threat to humanity," said University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey ahead of a keynote address Wednesday before Britain's Royal United Services Institute. See the complete story here.
Finjan uncovers database storing more than 8,700 stolen FTP c...
Submitted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 06:05 PM
computerworld.com -- A fresh discovery by security vendor Finjan Inc. provides yet another example of how easy it is becoming for almost anyone to find the tools needed to break into, infect or steal data from corporate Web sites. See the complete story here.
Gotcha, CAPTCHA! Gmail bot detector system cracked
Submitted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 06:38 AM
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arstechnica.com -- The Gmail CAPTCHA has been cracked—albeit not easily—raising new concerns about spammers' ability to abuse Google's e-mail services. Websense Security Labs pointed out the security breach late last week, noting that spammers have a lot to gain by being able to use bots to automatically sign up for new accounts. See the complete story here.
Microsoft Solves Windows Live ID Technical Glitch
Submitted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 06:36 AM
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efluxmedia.com -- Microsoft announced it has solved the unspecified technical glitch that affected its Live services on Tuesday.
On early Tuesday, the users from the U.S. and Europe had been reporting that Windows Live Mail and other services related to Windows Live ID were down. See the complete story here.
Critical VMware bug lets attackers zap 'real' Windows
Submitted Monday, February 25, 2008 @ 08:35 PM
computerworld.co.nz -- A critical vulnerability in VMware's virtualisation software for Windows lets attackers escape the "guest" operating system and modify or add files to the underlying "host" operating system, the company has acknowledged. See the complete story here.
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