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Internet hit by wave of ransom malware.

Criminals re-used an attack from 2008 to hit the Internet with a huge wave of ransomware in recent weeks, a security company has reported.

Internet hit by wave of ransom malware

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'Aurora' Attacks Still Under Way, Investigators Closing In On Malware Creators
« Reply #442 on: February 11, 2010, 07:01:16 AM »
'Aurora' Attacks Still Under Way, Investigators Closing In On Malware Creators
10 February 2010, 8:27 pm

Researchers find 'markers' associated with authors of Aurora malware used in attacks on Google, others

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Workarounds Abound While Oracle Scrambles To Patch Zero-Day Flaw
« Reply #441 on: February 11, 2010, 07:01:13 AM »
Workarounds Abound While Oracle Scrambles To Patch Zero-Day Flaw
10 February 2010, 5:42 pm

How to defend against attacks exploiting new privilege-escalation vulnerability in Oracle 10g, 11g databases

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Healthcare Data Exposed In California Security Breach
« Reply #440 on: February 11, 2010, 07:01:08 AM »
Healthcare Data Exposed In California Security Breach
10 February 2010, 3:23 pm

Social Security numbers appeared on labels used in mass mailing from government healthcare organization

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New Banking Trojan Discovered Targeting Businesses' Financial Accounts
« Reply #439 on: February 10, 2010, 06:00:31 AM »
New Banking Trojan Discovered Targeting Businesses' Financial Accounts
9 February 2010, 10:27 pm

Bugat Trojan spread via the Zbot/Zeus botnet, researchers at SecureWorks say

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Federal CTO Position Needs Formal Description: Report
« Reply #438 on: February 10, 2010, 06:00:28 AM »
Federal CTO Position Needs Formal Description: Report
9 February 2010, 8:15 pm

Without a clear definition, 'it may be difficult for the CTO to affect change in individual federal agencies or systemically throughout the federal government,' states Congressional Research Service report

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Researchers Develop Code That Stops Local Scanning Worms
« Reply #437 on: February 09, 2010, 07:02:58 AM »
Researchers Develop Code That Stops Local Scanning Worms
8 February 2010, 10:00 pm

In tests, algorithm was an efficient estimator of worm virulence and could determine the size of the susceptible host population after only a few infections

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Hacker Unleashes BlackBerry Spyware Source Code
« Reply #436 on: February 09, 2010, 07:02:42 AM »
Hacker Unleashes BlackBerry Spyware Source Code
8 February 2010, 4:08 pm

Proof-of-concept demonstrates ease at which mobile spyware can be created to pilfer text messages and email, eavesdrop, and track victim's physical location via smartphone's GPS

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Product Watch: New Tool Automatically Examines Suspicious Code In Memory
« Reply #435 on: February 09, 2010, 07:00:47 AM »
Product Watch: New Tool Automatically Examines Suspicious Code In Memory
8 February 2010, 4:00 pm

HBGary Responder Professional 2.0 analyzed malware behavior in the Operation Aurora in five minutes

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'Rugged' Initiative Brings Secure Software Development To The Masses
« Reply #434 on: February 06, 2010, 07:00:36 AM »
'Rugged' Initiative Brings Secure Software Development To The Masses
5 February 2010, 9:40 pm

Rugged Software Development initiative an 'on-ramp' for all types of programmers to write resilient code

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Database Account-Provisioning Errors A Major Cause Of Breaches
« Reply #433 on: February 06, 2010, 07:00:28 AM »
Database Account-Provisioning Errors A Major Cause Of Breaches
5 February 2010, 4:19 pm

Database accounts are often managed manually -- if at all

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Twitter Gives Details On Phishing Attack
« Reply #432 on: February 05, 2010, 07:01:40 AM »
Twitter Gives Details On Phishing Attack
4 February 2010, 11:48 pm

Twitter outlines exploit that forced many users to reset their passwords

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Test: Most Web Application Scanners Missed Nearly Half Of Vulnerabilities
« Reply #431 on: February 05, 2010, 07:01:29 AM »
Test: Most Web Application Scanners Missed Nearly Half Of Vulnerabilities
4 February 2010, 10:43 pm

Tools were scanning their own test Websites

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House Mulls First Major Cybersecurity Bill
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House Mulls First Major Cybersecurity Bill
4 February 2010, 6:25 pm

The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009 would fund R&D for a comprehensive cybersecurity plan that would involve the cooperation of several federal agencies

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IBM ISS Researcher Exposes Holes In Cisco's Internet Surveillance Architecture
« Reply #429 on: February 04, 2010, 06:00:21 AM »
IBM ISS Researcher Exposes Holes In Cisco's Internet Surveillance Architecture
3 February 2010, 7:03 pm

Wiretapping architecture could be abused by individuals under surveillance and outside attackers, Cisco reviews recommended fixes

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Black Hat DC: Researchers Reveal Connection String 'Pollution' Attack
« Reply #428 on: February 03, 2010, 08:00:54 AM »
Black Hat DC: Researchers Reveal Connection String 'Pollution' Attack
3 February 2010, 4:43 am

Tool released tests for so-called Connection String Parameter Pollution (CSPP) attack

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