Alleged Lulzsec member indicted in U.S.

Computerworld Security: June 14, 2012
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Alleged Lulzsec member indicted in U.S.

A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted Ryan Cleary, a British citizen, accusing
him of orchestrating a hacking rampage last year that victimized Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Fox Entertainment Group and others.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Hackers claim to steal 110,000 SSNs from Tenn. school system
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2. Microsoft readies post-Flame Windows Update changes
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3. U.S. lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns
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4. LinkedIn user alerts mistakenly blocked as spam
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5. Merchant information may have been stolen from Global Payments
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6. Exploit available for root-access vulnerability in F5 Networks products
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Hackers claim to steal 110,000 SSNs from Tenn. school system

A hitherto unknown hacking group claimed responsibility for a hacking attack on
a county school system in Tennessee that may have exposed the names, Social
Security Numbers and other personal data belonging to about 110,000 people.
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Microsoft readies post-Flame Windows Update changes

Microsoft will start feeding users an update to the critical Windows Update
service in the next few days, several security experts said today.
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U.S. lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns

Two U.S. lawmakers have asked executives at Chinese telecom companies ZTE and
Huawei to explain their connection to the Chinese government out of concern that
the companies' products represent a risk to U.S. national security.
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LinkedIn user alerts mistakenly blocked as spam

Many of the LinkedIn emails alerts instructing users on how to reset passwords
accessed by hackers were dumped into spam boxes, according to email security
vendor Cloudmark.
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Merchant information may have been stolen from Global Payments

Hackers might have stolen the personal information of individuals who applied
for a merchant account with card payment processor Global Payments.
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Exploit available for root-access vulnerability in F5 Networks products

An exploit for a recently patched vulnerability that allows potential attackers
to obtain administrative access on network appliances from hardware vendor F5
Networks was added to the Metasploit penetration testing framework on Tuesday.
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