Twitter suffers malware spam outbreak

Computerworld Security: July 30, 2012
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Twitter suffers malware spam outbreak


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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Darlene Storm: Day One of Def Con 20
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2. Richi Jennings: DEF CON 20 roundup: Critical lessons for all
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3. Fraudsters tempt Olympic fans with bogus streaming websites
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4. New Mac Trojan hints at ties to high-priced commercial hacking toolkit
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5. Apple to spend $356 million on security company AuthenTec
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6. Google failed to delete all Street View data in UK
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Darlene Storm: Day One of Def Con 20


Def Con 20: Here's a look at a few of the talks presented on day one during the
20th anniversary of Def Con. Charlie Miller showed how slightly bumping into
someone could end up getting an Android smartphone pwned via NFC and Android
Beam. Christopher Soghoian talked about government surveillance via mobile
location data during 'Can you track me now?'
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Richi Jennings: DEF CON 20 roundup: Critical lessons for all


So that was DEF CON 20. The infamous security convention has wound up, leaving
hackers of all hat colors bemused, befuddled, and bewildered. This year saw an
official NSA appearance, which posed more questions than it answered. It also
brought worrying threats to enterprise VPN and Wi-Fi networks. In IT Blogwatch,
bloggers count their Lost Wages.
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Fraudsters tempt Olympic fans with bogus streaming websites

The Olympic Games in London have sparked interest from fraudsters, with a raft
of sites supposedly offering live video streams of events, according to security
vendor Trend Micro.
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New Mac Trojan hints at ties to high-priced commercial hacking toolkit

French security firm Intego discovered a new Mac Trojan horse this week that is
being used to target specific individuals.
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Apple to spend $356 million on security company AuthenTec

In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the
iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile security company AuthenTec for $8 per
share or a little over $356 million, AuthenTec said on Friday.
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Google failed to delete all Street View data in UK

Google disclosed in an email to the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office that
it had not yet deleted all user data collected by its Street View vehicles, as
it had agreed to more than 18 months ago.
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