Malware infects US power facilities through USB drives

Computerworld Security: January 16, 2013
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Malware infects US power facilities through USB drives

Two U.S. power companies reported infections of malware during the past three
months, with the bad software apparently brought in through tainted USB drives,
according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control
Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
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1. Congresswoman proposes computer fraud law amendment to honor Aaron Swartz
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3. Java exploit used in Red October cyberespionage attacks, researchers say
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Congresswoman proposes computer fraud law amendment to honor Aaron Swartz

A draft bill to exclude terms of service violations from the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act is to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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6Scan launches free website vulnerability and malware scanning service

6Scan, a Web security startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, launched a new service
on Tuesday that can scan websites for security issues, like vulnerabilities and
malware infections, and allows their owners to automatically fix the identified
problems.
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Java exploit used in Red October cyberespionage attacks, researchers say

The hundreds of government, military and research organizations targeted in a
large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only attacked
using malicious Excel and Word documents, but also with Web-based Java exploits,
according to Seculert researchers.
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