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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 321 days ago
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http://www.gcn.com/print/27_4/45842-1.htmlBy Joab Jackson and Jason MillerGCN.com02/18/08All roads in the federal government may lead to a standard configuration for Windows PCs, but those roads cross different terrains. Some agencies have made significant progress complying with the Federal Desktop Core Configuration, but others are experiencing considerable challenges, if the presentations and discussions at a recent FDCC workshop are any indication.The Army and Interior Department are among those on tra read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn outsourced passport work poses risk comments Discuss  
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080326/NATION/840186493/1001By Bill GertzThe Washington TimesMarch 26, 2008The United States has outsourced the manufacturing of its electronic passports to overseas companies including one in Thailand that was victimized by Chinese espionage raising concerns that cost savings are being put ahead of national security, an investigation by The Washington Times has found.The Government Printing Office's decision to export the work has proved lucrativ read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 267 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: protibet rootkit trojan poses cartoon comments Discuss  
Virus writing becomes a new sport for the Beijing gamesMalware writers have passed the baton in the race to take advantage of the Olympics with the second attempt to load malware onto PCs in a week.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 263 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: earthlink redirect service poses security risk expert says comments Discuss  
A vulnerability in servers used by EarthLink to handle mistyped Web page requests may have allowed attackers to launch undetectable phishing attacks against any Internet site, according to a noted Internet security researcher. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 257 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: ms patch poses significant risk researchers comments Discuss  
The fix could automate production of the attackA group of four computer scientists urged Microsoft to redesign the way it distributes patches, after they created a technique that automatically produces attack code by comparing the vulnerable and repaired versions of a program. The technique, which the researchers refer to as automatic patch-based exploit generation (APEG), can create attack code for most major types of vulnerabilities in minutes by automating the analysis of a patch designed to fix the fla read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 244 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: rare scada bug poses power plant risk comments Discuss  
Wonderware scareSecurity watchers warn of a rare vulnerability involving software used to control industrial systems. A denial of service vulnerability in monitoring software from Invensys poses a severe risk to the factories and utilities running its Wonderware subsidiary's InTouch SuiteLink application.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 197 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: icann meddling dns poses security problem comments Discuss  
The interception of Internet traffic to snoop on phone calls or track surfers' behavior is a hot topic -- but what's keeping members of ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee up at night is the interception of traffic to and from sites that don't even exist. They explained why in a session at ICANN's public meeting in Paris on Monday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 111 days ago
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Malware writers are spamming e-mails with a file posing as a popular iPhone video game, according to researchers at Sophos. In fact, the file contains a Trojan, which ironically only runs on Microsoft Windows. Still, Sophos said the Trojan can potentially allow a hacker to take over an infected PC. - Researchers at Sophos have uncovered a Trojan masquerading itself as a game for the Apple iPhone.The Trojan, identified by Sophos as Troj/Agent-HNY, is being spread via e-mail as an attachment dubbed Pen read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 71 days ago
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Social networking service Twitter could be used by terrorists as a tool in planning attacks, the U.S. military claims. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 50 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: ssh sniffer attack poses minor risk comments Discuss  
Shadow of a doubtUK security researchers have discovered hard-to-exploit cryptographic weaknesses in the Secure Shell (SSH) remote administration protocol.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 7 days ago
Via: http://feeds.infoworld.com | Tags: microsoft md hack poses major threats users comments Discuss  
In reaction to the news today that security researchers have come up with a way to spoof the digital certificates that secure many Web sites, Microsoft downplayed the threat to users. read more »
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