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December 2, 2008 — Click here to view this newsletter online

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Latest News

SecureWorks: Commercial banking accounts targeted by Prg trojan variant

Jim Carr December 17, 2007

A Russian criminal organization known as UpLevel and its German affiliates are using a version of the Prg trojan to attack commercial banking clients, according to anti-virus vendor SecureWorks.
 

Deloitte partner, principal confidential information on stolen laptop

Dan Kaplan December 14, 2007

A laptop containing the personal information of an undisclosed number of Deloitte & Touche partners, principals and other employees was stolen while in possession of a contractor responsible for scanning the accounting firm's pension fund documents, SCMagazineUS.com learned today.
 

Study: Corrupted DNS resolution attacks grow with use of open servers

Jack Rogers December 14, 2007

Malicious DNS redirection at the server level is growing with the proliferation of open-recursive DNS servers, according to a new joint research paper.
 

Apple releases new QuickTime version to resolve RTSP flaw

Dan Kaplan December 14, 2007

Apple has released a new version of its popular QuickTime application to close three holes, one of which is a particularly dangerous flaw that was being actively exploited to install malicious code on victims' machines.
 

Phishing emails disguised as U.S. Department of Treasury complaints

Dan Kaplan December 13, 2007

A new round of targeted phishing is underway with attackers again trying to trick recipients into opening malware-laden attachments falsely claiming to originate from the federal government, researchers warned today.
 

Full range of Microsoft Vista fixes coming

Jim Carr December 13, 2007

Microsoft has released a detailed list of more than 300 hotfixes and security patches included in the upcoming initial service pack (SP1) for its Windows Vista operating system.
 

Researchers warn of Microsoft Access Database exploit

Dan Kaplan December 12, 2007

Targeted phishing emails are attempting to infect the machines of users' who are tricked into opening malicious Microsoft Access Database (MDB) files, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) said in a warning this week.
 

HP laptops contain ActiveX bugs

Dan Kaplan December 12, 2007

A number of Hewlett-Packard notebook models are vulnerable to an ActiveX attack that could permit a hacker to execute malicious code.
 

nCipher purchases most of insolvent NeoScale

Dan Kaplan December 11, 2007

U.K.-based encryption and key management provider nCipher announced today it acquired most of the intellectual property and assets of NeoScale Systems, an appliance-based enterprise storage security firm that recently ceased operations.
 

Principal Sponsor - Credant

Survey Says: Portable Storage Devices a Growing Threat

Survey asked 323 IT professionals about potential security impact of iPods, USB flash drives and other devices in the workplace. Although organizations see rapid growth in such device usage, few have a solution to prevent widespread data loss. Download report.

Click here for more information.



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