Report: Flame part of US-Israeli cyberattack campaign

Computerworld Security: June 21, 2012
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Report: Flame part of US-Israeli cyberattack campaign

The highly sophisticated Flame malware was jointly developed by the U.S. and
Israeli governments in preparation for a cybersabotage campaign to disrupt
Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment efforts, according to a media report.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Google Apps admins can now enforce use of two-step log-in process
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2. Unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services flaw increasingly targeted in attacks, researchers say
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3. Bromium aims to isolate tasks rather than walling off PCs
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Google Apps admins can now enforce use of two-step log-in process

Two-step verification, which adds a second layer of security to a log-in
process, has been available since 2010 in Google Apps, but now IT administrators
will be able to enforce it for all their users as a requirement.
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Unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services flaw increasingly targeted in attacks, researchers say

An unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is being
exploited in attacks launched from compromised websites to infect computers with
malware, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos.
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Bromium aims to isolate tasks rather than walling off PCs

A technology coming later this year from a startup called Bromium will secure
computers not by blocking them off from suspect data and applications but by
isolating anything untrusted from the core of the OS.
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