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October 9, 2008 — Click here to view this newsletter online

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Latest News

GAO: Feds lacking in data security

Sue Marquette Poremba February 26, 2008

Federal agencies are not doing enough to protect citizens from identity theft, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress.
 

New "critical" Linux kernel flaws discovered

Jim Carr February 27, 2008

Three "critical" vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel found in many of the widely used distribution versions of the popular open source operating system.
 

'Link hack' redirects MySpace visitors to phishing site

Jim Carr February 26, 2008

Security researchers at Websense have uncovered what they called a "link hack" that bypasses the attempts of social networking website MySpace.com to control and filter the links on its pages.
 

Olympic spam carries malicious code: MessageLabs

Sue Marquette Poremba February 25, 2008

A legitimate attachment containing information about security for the upcoming Beijing Summer Games is also masking a trojan, researchers at MessageLabs said.
 

Google's Orkut hit by self-propagating trojan

Jim Carr February 26, 2008

Security researchers at Symantec said that attackers are for the first time using a social networking site -- in this case, Google's Orkut -- to deliver a self-propagated trojan. The worm is infecting the computers of those on the buddy lists of Orkut users, according to Symantec.
 

"Hard" encryption keys, TPM thwart "cold boot" theft: Experts

Jack Rogers February 22, 2008

In the wake of a Princeton research team's surprising announcement of a simple method for stealing encrypted data from DRAM chips on PCs -- even after the unit's power has been shut off -- security experts told SCMagazineUS.com on Friday that the tools to thwart these thefts already are available.
 

Active exploits target social networking ActiveX flaw

Dan Kaplan February 25, 2008

Users who remain vulnerable to an ActiveX photo uploader vulnerability used on many websites are now being targeted in active attacks, researchers from Symantec said today.
 

Google, Cleveland hospital begin medical records project

Jim Carr February 22, 2008

In a move some say could compromise the privacy of hospital patients, Google has announced it will begin a pilot test of an online health service that will store the medical records of several thousand Cleveland Clinic medical center patients.
 

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