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It Security need to be address by today organizations. This should start from the top down but in most cases IT Security start from the bottom and in most cases never reach the top. The blog on IT Security are to help everyone better understand how knowledge of the subject. The bad guys are working hard to gain access to your network and/or computer, we need to work at keeping them out.
Offering a popular website or web service is not always a blessing. This especially becomes apparent when you have to deal with security related issues like phishing attacks. Facebook is without doubt one of the most popular sites on the Internet these days and it therefor comes unsurprisingly that the service is regularly attacked.
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From ghacks.net
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- Seen that? - Phishing attacks primer for consumers (socialnetworking-weblog.com)
Debian has updated kernel (multiple
vulnerabilities), kernel (multiple
vulnerabilities), kernel (multiple
vulnerabilities).
Fedora has updated kernel (F11, F10:
multiple vulnerabilities), alienarena (F11, F10:
buffer overflow), alienarena-data (F11, F10:
buffer overflow).
Gentoo has updated horde (multiple
vulnerabilities).
Mandriva has updated firefox
(multiple vulnerabilities).
Ubuntu has updated libgd2 (multiple
vulnerabilities...
From lwn.net
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- Security updates for Monday (lwn.net)
- Monday's security advisories (lwn.net)
- Tuesday Security Updates (lwn.net)
Although author actually informs people on his website that the game deletes filesSymantec, the largest maker of security software in the world, has warned Mac users about a Trojan Horse "hidden" within an retro styled video game.
From macworld.co.uk
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- Art or Virus? Symantec Villifies Spoof Apple “Trojan” (theappleblog.com)
- Trojan Masked as Game Deletes a File for Every Alien Killed (hackinthebox.org)
- Symantec Uncovers Trojan Scheme Using Facebook (linuxsecurity.com)
AV-Comparative.org recently released the results of a malware removal tests with which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions: Avast Professional Edition 4.8AVG Anti-Virus 8.5AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0BitDefender Anti-Virus 2010eScan Anti-Virus 10.0ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0F-Secure AntiVirus 2010G DATA AntiVirus 2010Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010Kingsoft AntiVirus 9McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0Norman Antivirus...
More perspectives...
From freerepublic.com
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Cybersecurity log management offers structured and unstructured data analysisEvent management vendor ArcSight will soon start selling a new version of its product, designed to mine unstructured computer logfiles for signs of hacking or illegal activity.
More perspectives...
From techworld.com
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Antivirus software can't stop someone's identity from being stolenI was pleasantly surprised when I read that a judge refused TD Ameritrade's laughable settlement offer for the compromise of millions of accounts. TD Ameritrade's proposed settlement would have done nothing for the victims of the breach. I just wish the judge had indicated that he really understands something about computer security.
From techworld.com
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- Chocolate Would Be More Useful Than Antivirus Software in Breach Settlement (computingunplugged.com)
LinuxSecurity.com:
USN-850-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 9.10.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that poppler contained multiple security issues when
parsing malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked
into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking...
From linuxsecurity.com
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- Ubuntu: Zope vulnerabilities (linuxsecurity.com)




