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Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Alex
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The bane of the computer security world is how long it takes to recognize and respond to new attack paradigms. Name a major threat -- the boot virus, macro virus, email attachment, or Web JavaScript redirect -- and it seems to take years to respond adequately. |
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Source: Wired UK - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Call it security through absurdity: a pair of telecom firms have branded reporters for Scripps News as "hackers" after they discovered the personal data of over 170,000 customers -- including social security numbers and other identifying data that could be used for identity theft -- sitting on a publicly accessible server. |
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Source: H Security - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Bitdefender Clueful is designed to warn Android users about apps that put their privacy at risk. Available free of charge, the app checks whether any of a user's installed programs are known to transmit smartphone numbers to advertising networks or cause push-message spam. |
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Source: CNET - Posted by Anthony Pell
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After the hacking collective Anonymous launched a Twitter campaign pledging to go after the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the U.S. military barred all Wi-Fi access on the base, according to the Associated Press. All social media, including Facebook and Twitter, also has been banned. |
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Source: arsTechnica - Posted by Anthony Pell
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For more than two years, the Linux operating system has contained a high-severity vulnerability that gives untrusted users with restricted accounts nearly unfettered "root" access over machines, including servers running in shared Web hosting facilities and other sensitive environments. |
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Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Back in April, the Linux kernel developers fixed an incorrectly declared pointer in the Linux kernel. However, it appears that they overlooked the potential security implications of such a bug – particularly the fact that it is possible to gain access to almost any memory area using a suitable event_id. |
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Source: NY Times - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China’s People’s Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American officials. |
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Source: LinuxSecurity Contributors - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Thank you for reading the LinuxSecurity.com weekly security newsletter.
The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick
summary of each week's most relevant Linux security headlines. |
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Source: CSO Online - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Security has seldom been a priority in application development, but pressure from businesses stuck patching faulty software is having an impact on the industry. |
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Source: Dark Reading - Posted by Dave Wreski
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The massive avalanche of data in March that crashed down on Spamhaus, the maintainer of a number of spam blacklists, made headlines as the largest distributed denial-of-service attack witnessed to date. |
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Source: LinuxSecurity Contributors - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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Thank you for reading the Linux Advisory Watch Security Newsletter.
The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick
summary of each week's vendor security bulletins and pointers on
methods to improve the security posture of your open source system. |
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Source: Naked Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Is there anything more annoying than infrastructure that turns on you? |
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Source: Information Week - Posted by Anthony Pell
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LulzSec Hacker "Topiary" famously tweeted: "You cannot arrest an idea."
Perhaps not, but in the case of Topiary, revealed to be Jake Davis, now 20, you can be sentenced to 24 months in a "young offenders institute" for two counts of conspiracy to impair the operation of a computer, to be followed by a five-year serious crime prevention order that can restrict where he can travel and which jobs he'll be allowed to take. |
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Source: Wired - Posted by Pooja Shah
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Whitaker began by explaining his business—how he started out selling HGH and steroids but eventually sent customers vegetable oil and protein powder instead. He also said that the Google employees he worked with knew that he was in Mexico, selling mainly to Americans in the US—and that they knew his business was illegal. Further, he stated, they helped him tailor his advertising to increase the number of clicks it received. |
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