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It’s a slow month for Microsoft, as far as patch releases go.
Microsoft Patches 8 Vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.
Windows 7 is not affected in the default configuration.

Microsoft Patches 8 Vulnerabilities in Windows and Office

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Tool Automates Targeted Attacks On Social Network Users
« Reply #484 on: March 05, 2010, 07:00:58 AM »
Tool Automates Targeted Attacks On Social Network Users
4 March 2010, 11:59 pm

Core Security Labs researcher releases code for spear phishing attacks on Twitter

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New BlackEnergy Trojan Targeting Russian, Ukrainian Banks
« Reply #483 on: March 05, 2010, 07:00:57 AM »
New BlackEnergy Trojan Targeting Russian, Ukrainian Banks
4 March 2010, 3:24 pm

Botnet lets attackers steal online banking credentials and DDoS Russian and Ukrainian banks

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Product Watch: New Microsoft Identity Technology Aims To Protect Online Privacy
« Reply #482 on: March 05, 2010, 07:00:50 AM »
Product Watch: New Microsoft Identity Technology Aims To Protect Online Privacy
4 March 2010, 6:19 am

Microsoft debuts U-Prove, rolls out Forefront Identity Manager

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Another Botnet Gets Dismantled, But This Time With Arrests
« Reply #481 on: March 04, 2010, 06:00:22 AM »
Another Botnet Gets Dismantled, But This Time With Arrests
3 March 2010, 9:19 pm

Massive Mariposa botnet is the latest criminal network to fall as researchers and law enforcement start to work more closely, aggressively

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Cybersecurity Czar Outlines Priorities
« Reply #480 on: March 03, 2010, 09:00:30 AM »
Cybersecurity Czar Outlines Priorities
3 March 2010, 5:05 am

Cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt, announces release of unclassified version of Obama administration's plan for securing government, private industry networks

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Product Watch: Secunia To Offer Free Application Updater Service To Consumers
« Reply #479 on: March 03, 2010, 06:00:47 AM »
Product Watch: Secunia To Offer Free Application Updater Service To Consumers
2 March 2010, 3:26 pm

Third-party apps automatically updated on user's machine when they boot up

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Securing The Link Between Web Applications And Databases
« Reply #478 on: March 03, 2010, 06:00:46 AM »
Securing The Link Between Web Applications And Databases
2 March 2010, 3:16 pm

Are insecure Web applications threatening the security of your database? A new Dark Reading report outlines steps that may help reduce that threat

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New Cisco Architecture Attempts To Redefine Access
« Reply #477 on: March 03, 2010, 06:00:43 AM »
New Cisco Architecture Attempts To Redefine Access
2 March 2010, 2:03 pm

Cisco's new "Secure Borderless Networks" architecture promises easy, secure access from anywhere at any time via any device

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Report Reveals Inaccuracies Of DHS' E-Verify System
« Reply #476 on: March 02, 2010, 06:00:31 AM »
Report Reveals Inaccuracies Of DHS' E-Verify System
1 March 2010, 5:51 pm

Online verification system identifies workers unauthorized for employment in the U.S. as authorized 54 percent of the time, according to Westat

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Product Watch: Free Tool Cleans Up 'Rusty,' Unsafe Firewall Settings
« Reply #475 on: March 02, 2010, 06:00:30 AM »
Product Watch: Free Tool Cleans Up 'Rusty,' Unsafe Firewall Settings
1 March 2010, 4:30 pm

Matasano Security rolls out open-source product that cleans up and checks firewall configurations for security holes

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Verizon Offers Up Its Data Breach Framework
« Reply #474 on: March 02, 2010, 06:00:29 AM »
Verizon Offers Up Its Data Breach Framework
1 March 2010, 4:10 pm

Free Verizon Incident-Sharing (VerIS) provides a standard way to collect and anonymously share security incident data and analysis

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State Of Application Security: Nearly 60 Percent Of Apps Fail First Security Test
« Reply #473 on: March 02, 2010, 06:00:25 AM »
State Of Application Security: Nearly 60 Percent Of Apps Fail First Security Test
1 March 2010, 3:00 pm

Veracode application testing data demonstrates that application security still has a ways to go

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Tech Insight: Preparing Your Enterprise For Cyberwar
« Reply #472 on: March 01, 2010, 06:00:23 AM »
Tech Insight: Preparing Your Enterprise For Cyberwar
28 February 2010, 7:08 pm

Recent attacks prove that enterprises don't have to be in government or critical infrastructure to be targets in a politically-motivated cyberattack. Here's how to prepare a defense.

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Database Security Metrics Project Needs Community Input
« Reply #471 on: February 27, 2010, 07:01:59 AM »
Database Security Metrics Project Needs Community Input
26 February 2010, 4:00 pm

Project Quant to offer framework and a way to measure time, tools, and manpower for locking down databases

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Microsoft, Researchers Team Up And Tear Down Major Spamming Botnet
« Reply #470 on: February 26, 2010, 07:01:02 AM »
Microsoft, Researchers Team Up And Tear Down Major Spamming Botnet
25 February 2010, 8:54 pm

Unprecedented court order helped dismantle Waledac, the second-generation iteration of the Storm botnet:  here's how the undercover operation went down

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