U.S. House moves toward passage of CISPA

Computerworld Security: April 18, 2013
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U.S. House moves toward passage of CISPA

The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer toward passage of the Cyber
Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite concerns that the
cyberthreat information-sharing bill will allow Web-based companies to share a
wide amount of customer information with government agencies.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication
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2. DDOS attacks have increased in number and size this year, report says
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3. Popular home routers contain critical security vulnerabilities
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4. Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date
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5. Targeted attacks up over 2012, SMBs increasingly at risk: Symantec
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Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication

Following similar initiatives by Apple, Google and Facebook, Microsoft is
enabling two-factor authentication for its Microsoft Account service, the log-on
service for many of its online and desktop products.
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DDOS attacks have increased in number and size this year, report says

The volume, duration and frequency of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS)
attacks used to flood websites and other systems with junk traffic have
significantly increased during the first three months of this year, according to
a report released Wednesday by Florida-based DDOS mitigation provider Prolexic.
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Popular home routers contain critical security vulnerabilities

Thirteen popular home and small office routers contain security problems that
could allow a hacker to snoop or modify network traffic, according to new
research.
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Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date

Apple on Tuesday patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari
to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability
plagued Oracle software.
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Targeted attacks up over 2012, SMBs increasingly at risk: Symantec

The number of targeted attacks almost doubled in 2012 compared to the prior
year.
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