The SC Magazine Newswire

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

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Latest News

Federal judge shuts site that leaks confidential information

Jack Rogers February 20, 2008

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the disabling of a website that discloses confidential information, a precedent-setting ruling that may raise a legal challenge to the growing online black market in purloined data while testing First Amendment rights.

Firefox, Opera flaw may let attackers get users' web history

Jim Carr February 20, 2008

An error in the way in which the Firefox and Opera browsers handle image files could allow an attacker to export a user's web history or crash the Firefox browser, a Polish researcher and US-CERT have warned.

Exploit code for Microsoft Works flaw available: US-CERT

Jim Carr February 19, 2008

US-CERT has warned that exploit code is publicly available for a vulnerability that affects the Microsoft Works 6 file converter -- which could permit attackers to take control of an affected system.

Harvard grad school site hacked, files distributed on BitTorrent network

Jack Rogers February 19, 2008

The website of Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences apparently was hacked on Monday, with some of its database files made available on a peer-to-peer file sharing network by someone who said they wanted to "demonstrate" the lack of security on the university's server.

DHS project delivers new malware capture method

Jim Carr February 19, 2008

A project funded by the Department of Homeland Security promises to give security researchers a new way to kill botnets and targeted malware attacks before they infect computers.

FrSIRT finds flaws in MySQL

Jim Carr February 15, 2008

Researchers at a French security organization have uncovered a number of security vulnerabilities in the MySQL database application, the open source software used to support many Web 2.0 applications.

SIIA files nine suits on behalf of Adobe, Symantec

Jim Carr February 15, 2008

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has filed nine lawsuits on behalf of members Adobe and Symantec, claiming that numerous individuals sold illegal copies of software on eBay.

Mac OS X attacks to become more common, say 93 percent of survey respondents

Frank Washkuch Jr. February 15, 2008

An overwhelming majority of end-users surveyed believe Apple's Mac platform will be more widely targeted by cybercriminals in the future.

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