RSA boss Coviello calls for privacy law overhaul

Computerworld Security: October 10, 2012
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RSA boss Coviello calls for privacy law overhaul

In order to keep hackers at bay there must be changes in security budgets and
privacy regulations, RSA Executive Chairman Art Coviello said Tuesday.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft patches 20 bugs, including critical Word flaw
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2. Huawei customers defend their security after congressional report
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3. 'Pinkie Pie' trips up Chrome, close to $60K at Hack in the Box
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4. Regulation is only way to stop social networks from learning more than we want, says researcher
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5. Malware-infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black market
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Microsoft patches 20 bugs, including critical Word flaw

Microsoft today patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint
Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug
used to attack the company's own online services
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Huawei customers defend their security after congressional report

Three U.S.-based service providers that use equipment from Huawei Technologies
said on Tuesday they take strong precautions to ensure the security of their
networks, responding to a congressional report on Monday that said carriers
should not buy from Huawei or ZTE.
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'Pinkie Pie' trips up Chrome, close to $60K at Hack in the Box

It appears the hacker known as "Pinkie Pie" produced the first Chrome
vulnerability at the Hack In the Box conference on Wednesday, just ahead of the
deadline for the competition this afternoon.
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Regulation is only way to stop social networks from learning more than we want, says researcher

Online social networks are gathering information about their users that those
people never intended to disclose, and government regulation may be the only way
to stop the practise, a researcher said Tuesday.
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Malware-infected computers rented as proxy servers on the black market

Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware
to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic
through them, according to security researchers from Symantec.
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