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Source: ZDNet - Posted by anthony
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I just know other outlets will eventually pick up on this and add nonsense and subtract the facts at their own leisure, so I thought it worthwhile to get in early.
A kernel vulnerabilities have been uncovered across a range of Ubuntu releases, covering 6.06 LTS to 9.10, also including Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu distros. |
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Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Alex
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Great blog post by Roger Grimes. One of my clients was recently hit (again) by the Conficker worm. The company's systems were all fully patched, yet the malware still managed to infiltrate hundreds of machines. It was evident that worm was able to spread rapidly via a network share vector. But the real question remains: How did the worm infiltrate the network in the first place, given that all the systems were patched?
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Source: CSO Online - Posted by Alex
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Last week we looked at security technology some readers consider overvalued. This week we're back to study the other side of the coin. Here are four techniques and related technologies several cited as underrated in today's security fight. Since one security pro's miracle tool is another's waste of budget, it's no surprise that a couple of the technologies panned last week are praised here. |
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Source: H Security - Posted by Alex
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Hacker Ron Bowes has released various payloads that connect a shell's standard input and output with a suitable online counterpart through DNS. This allows attackers to bypass many firewalls and even attack systems that have no internet connection themselves. |
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Source: H Security - Posted by anthony
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The Drupal team has just released a whole heap of security advisories. Drupal's Email Input Filter, Keys and Tag Order modules all contain security vulnerabilities. Updated versions, in which the problems are fixed, are now available. Only Email Input Filter and Tag Order for Drupal 5 and 6 and Keys for Drupal 6 are affected. |
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Source: SC Magazine - Posted by anthony
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Lawmakers on Wednesday introduced in the U.S. Senate a revised draft of the Cybersecurity Act, striking out a controversial clause that would have given the president power to shut down the internet. |
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Source: InfoWorld - Posted by anthony
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Google [1] has patched 11 vulnerabilities [2] in the Windows version of Chrome [3], including one that earned its finder the first $1,337 check from the company's new bug bounty program.
Like Apple [4], which updated Safari last week [5], Google beefed up the security [6] of its browser just days before the Pwn2Own browser [7] hacking [8] contest was to kick off in Canada.
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