Friday, April 6, 2012

Microsoft slates critical patches, including 'head-scratcher'

Computerworld Security: April 06, 2012
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Microsoft said it would issue six security updates next week, four of them
critical, to patch 11 bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SQL Server and
its virtual private networking platform.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Google patches Chrome for second time in eight days
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7944061/823929835/558583/0/

2. Twitter files lawsuit against alleged spammers and spam tool providers
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7944061/823929835/558584/0/

3. Preston Gralla: A Windows user gloats -- Macs are vulnerable, too
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7944061/823929835/558585/0/

4. UK hacker accessed accounts for 20 months before bust
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7944061/823929835/558586/0/

5. Fast-growing Flashback botnet includes over 600,000 Macs, experts say
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Google patches Chrome for second time in eight days

Google on Thursday patched 12 Chrome vulnerabilities, the second time in eight
days that the search company has updated its browser.
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Twitter files lawsuit against alleged spammers and spam tool providers

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against "five of the most aggressive tool providers
and spammers" in a federal court in San Francisco, opening a new front in its
battle against spam, it said Thursday.
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dealing with them.

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Preston Gralla: A Windows user gloats -- Macs are vulnerable, too

As a long-time Windows user, I've been subject through the years by taunts from
Apple lovers that Macs are invulnerable to attack, unlike PCs with security
holes large enough for trucks to drive through. So pardon me while I gloat over
the news that more than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a Trojan.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7944061/823929835/558585/0/

UK hacker accessed accounts for 20 months before bust

The takedown of Edward Pearson is said to be part of a larger crackdown on
cybercrime in the UK.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7944061/823929835/558586/0/

Fast-growing Flashback botnet includes over 600,000 Macs, experts say

More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback
Trojan horse that's being installed on people's computers with the help of Java
exploits, security researchers from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web said on
Wednesday.
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