Iran targeted by 'massive cyberattack,' official claims

Computerworld Security: June 22, 2012
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Iran targeted by 'massive cyberattack,' official claims

Iran's intelligence minister has accused the U.S., the U.K. and Israel of
planning a "massive cyberattack" against his country after talks this week over
Iran's nuclear program failed to reach an agreement, Iranian state TV reported
on Thursday.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Darlene Storm: World's best hackers hack the planet to name zNinja for Pentester's World Cup!
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2. Facebook settles 'Sponsored Stories' lawsuit for $10 million
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3. Survey reveals tech security generation gap
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4. Cisco patches bugs in VPN client and security appliances
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5. Researcher: Face.com iOS flaw could have allowed Facebook, Twitter account hijacking
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Darlene Storm: World's best hackers hack the planet to name zNinja for Pentester's World Cup!


There's a hunt going on and an all-out competition among the world's top
hackers to discover who the best digital ninja is, dubbed a zNinja. —
Welcome to the Pentester's World Cup! Over 100,000 hackers gone wild have
downloaded zAnti and the Pentester's World Cup leaderboard is rapidly changing.
May the best hacker win!
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Facebook settles 'Sponsored Stories' lawsuit for $10 million

Facebook has settled a lawsuit in which it was alleged to have used the names
and likeness of the plaintiffs without their prior consent in "Sponsored
Stories" advertisements shown to their online friends on the social networking
website, according to a motion filed by the plaintiffs in a federal court on
Wednesday.
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Survey reveals tech security generation gap

Young, tech-savvy people pay substantially less attention to online security
risks and are therefore more likely to experience security problems than older
people.
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Cisco patches bugs in VPN client and security appliances

Networking equipment vendor Cisco Systems released multiple security updates on
Wednesday to address vulnerabilities in its AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client,
ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA
Services Module and Cisco Application Control Engine software.
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Researcher: Face.com iOS flaw could have allowed Facebook, Twitter account hijacking

Facial recognition start-up Face.com patched a vulnerability in its KLINK iOS
app that could have allowed attackers to hijack the Facebook and Twitter
accounts of its users, according to Ashkan Soltani, the independent security
researcher who claims to have found the flaw.
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