Friday, July 29, 2011

Windows XP PCs breed rootkit infections

Computerworld Security: July 29, 2011
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Computers running the decade-old Windows XP make up a huge reservoir of infected
PCs that can spread malware to other systems, a Czech antivirus company said
today.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523263/0/

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http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523264/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft fixes Mac Office bug in Apple's Lion
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523265/0/

2. Phisher who hit 38,500 gets long prison sentence
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523266/0/

3. Tenn. BlueCross finishes enterprise-wide data encryption
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523267/0/

4. Anonymous claims to have breached ManTech
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523268/0/

5. E-commerce sites based on open source code under attack
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523269/0/

6. Google's two-step authentication goes worldwide
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523270/0/

7. Michael Horowitz: A new online banking scam
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523271/0/

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adapt dynamically to changing conditions.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/522535/0/

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Microsoft fixes Mac Office bug in Apple's Lion

Microsoft Thursday released an updated version of Communicator for the Mac that
works with Apple's Lion operating system.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523265/0/

Phisher who hit 38,500 gets long prison sentence

A California man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison Thursday
for his role as the brains behind a widespread phishing scam that took in more
than 38,000 victims.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523266/0/

Tenn. BlueCross finishes enterprise-wide data encryption

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee said today it has completed a year-long effort
to encrypt all of its at-rest data, a move it took after 57 of its hard drives
were stolen in 2009.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523267/0/

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http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523272/0/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuMzUxMUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3d&x=16af9a4f

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Anonymous claims to have breached ManTech

A tweet sent by the hacker group Anonymous at midnight Thursday claims the group
has broken into the network of defense contractor ManTech International and
intends to release seized documents within 24 hours.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523268/0/

E-commerce sites based on open source code under attack

About 100,000 Web pages for e-commerce sites based on the open source OS
Commerce software have been compromised with malware through a mass iFrame
injection attack, according to security firm Armorize.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523269/0/

Google's two-step authentication goes worldwide

Google said Thursday that it has rolled out its two-step authentication sign-in
system to 40 languages across over 150 countries.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523270/0/

Michael Horowitz: A new online banking scam

A new variation of the Man-in-the-Browser attack makes it all the more important
to be as secure as possible when banking online. In this context: Linux good,
Windows bad.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523271/0/

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CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL

Is Google+ being too pedantic about using real names?

Google is adjusting the real-name policy of its Google+ social service to appease angry users -- many kicked off without notice. But Google will still not allow pseudonyms. Is this a good policy?

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7466195/818816221/523023/0/

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