NBC.com hacked to serve up banking malware

Computerworld Security: February 22, 2013
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NBC.com hacked to serve up banking malware

Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on
Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. How Colorado's CISO is revamping the state's information security -- on a $6,000 budget
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2. Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in spear-phishing attacks
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8471635/823929835/602049/0/

3. Zendesk says breach compromised email addresses
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8471635/823929835/602050/0/

4. Twitter implements DMARC standard to fight phishing
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How Colorado's CISO is revamping the state's information security -- on a $6,000 budget

Before Jonathan Trull took over as Chief Information Security Office for the
state of Colorado in 2012, he had already been working in the Colorado Office of
the State Auditor for a decade. As the Deputy State Auditor, he was responsible
for overseeing annual audits of the state's systems.
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Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in spear-phishing attacks

Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese
cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target Japanese
and Chinese users.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8471635/823929835/602049/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In-the-Cloud Email Service Replaces Three Point Products

Read this case study for more information on a comprehensive in-the-cloud email
service to help replace three point products.

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Zendesk says breach compromised email addresses

Zendesk said Thursday a hacker gained access to support information for some
customers of its online help desk software.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8471635/823929835/602050/0/

Twitter implements DMARC standard to fight phishing

Twitter has implemented DMARC, a standard for preventing email spoofing, in
order to make it harder for attackers to send phishing emails that appear to
come from twitter.com addresses.
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