Friday, June 3, 2011

China denies role in Gmail account attacks

Computerworld Security: June 03, 2011
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A Chinese official today denied accusations that the government was responsible
for attacks that accessed hundreds of Google Gmail accounts.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Sony Pictures falls victim to major data breach
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2. Apple strikes back at newest Mac scareware
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3. Hotmail and Yahoo users also victims of targeted attacks
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4. Richi Jennings: Six days to IPv6 Day; I couldn't care less
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Sony Pictures falls victim to major data breach

LulzSec, a hacking group that recently made news for hacking into PBS, claimed
today that it has broken into several Sony Pictures websites and accessed
unencrypted personal information on over 1 million people.
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Apple strikes back at newest Mac scareware

Apple on Wednesday updated the malware engine included with Snow Leopard to
detect the newest version of MacDefender, the fake antivirus program that's
plagued users for the last month.
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Hotmail and Yahoo users also victims of targeted attacks

Web mail users at Yahoo and Hotmail have been hit with the same kind of targeted
attacks that were disclosed earlier this week by Google, according to security
software vendor Trend Micro.
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Richi Jennings: Six days to IPv6 Day; I couldn't care less

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enterprises? Perhaps, but probably not for the reason you think. Let's think
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