Cybersecurity bill fails in U.S. Senate

Computerworld Security: November 15, 2012
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Cybersecurity bill fails in U.S. Senate

The U.S. Senate has voted against moving forward on a cybersecurity bill that
supporters have called critical for national security.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Two indicted in alleged theft of court database source code
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8322037/823929835/590518/0/

2. NASA scrambles to encrypt laptops after major breach
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3. Skype blocks password resets after account hijacking flaw made public
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4. Sharon Machlis: Skype's gaping security hole - and how you could have been safe
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Two indicted in alleged theft of court database source code

Two former employees of Alabama's court system were indicted on Wednesday for
allegedly stealing the source code for a court-records database and transferring
it to a Florida-based company.
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NASA scrambles to encrypt laptops after major breach

NASA is scrambling to implement full disk encryption on agency laptops after one
containing unencrypted personal information on a "large" number of people was
recently stolen.
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Indiana University Virtualizes Mission-Critical Databases

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University deployed VMware
Infrastructure which decreases costs, streamlines server deployment, and reduces
energy consumption.

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Skype blocks password resets after account hijacking flaw made public

Skype has disabled the account password reset option on its website following
reports that the feature can be abused to hijack Skype accounts if the attackers
know the email addresses associated with them.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8322037/823929835/590520/0/

Sharon Machlis: Skype's gaping security hole - and how you could have been safe


Anyone could have hijacked your Skype account if they knew the email address
you used to set it up. But there was an easy to protect yourself from even this
security lapse.
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