Blaster worm: Lessons learned a decade later

Computerworld Security: August 19, 2013
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Blaster worm: Lessons learned a decade later

10 years ago, I had a life-altering work experience. I was on the team at
Microsoft that was trying to solve 2 huge problems:
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Facebook fixes timeline bug, cites language trouble in delay
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2. XP Z: Microsoft scares Windows XP users straight with undead bug warning
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3. Antone Gonsalves: Windows malware finds its way to Android
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4. Cybercriminals add exploit for patched Java flaw to their arsenal
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5. Greg Lambert: Patch Tuesday history with a touch of critical and important
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Facebook fixes timeline bug, cites language trouble in delay

A Facebook engineer blamed language difficulties and documentation issues for a
delay in fixing a bug that let a security researcher post directly to founder
Mark Zuckerberg's Timeline, which is restricted if two users aren't friends.
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XP Z: Microsoft scares Windows XP users straight with undead bug warning

Microsoft warned Windows XP customers that they face never-patched, never-dead
"zero-day" vulnerabilities if they don't dump the 12-year-old operating system
before its April 2014 retirement.
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Antone Gonsalves: Windows malware finds its way to Android


Criminals are modifying the tools and techniques that have served them well for
breaking into Windows PCs, so they can one day have as much success with Android
smartphones.
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Cybercriminals add exploit for patched Java flaw to their arsenal

Cybercriminals were quick to integrate a newly released exploit for a Java
vulnerability patched in June into a tool used to launch mass attacks against
users, an independent malware researcher warned.
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Greg Lambert: Patch Tuesday history with a touch of critical and important


Patch Tuesday as we know it is nine years old this month – with the first
release cycle raising a good deal of criticism and then relief from enterprise
customers. Patch Tuesday is a huge success for consumers and enterprise clients
alike.
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