NIST releases draft cybersecurity framework to more public scrutiny

Computerworld Security: August 30, 2013
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NIST releases draft cybersecurity framework to more public scrutiny

Following through on an order earlier this year from President Obama, the
National Institute of Standards and Technology is rapidly developing a set of
guidelines and best practices to help organizations better secure their IT
systems.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. vBulletin users warned of potential exploit
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2. NTIA's mobile privacy push has failed, groups say
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3. Under legal pressure, Facebook clarifies how it uses your data
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4. FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network
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5. Cisco fixes critical remote command execution vulnerability in Secure Access Control Server
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6. U.S. appetite for Internet user data not unique
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vBulletin users warned of potential exploit

The developers of the popular vBulletin commercial Internet forum software are
investigating a potential exploit and advised users to delete the "install"
directory from their deployments as a precaution.
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NTIA's mobile privacy push has failed, groups say

Lobbyists derailed an effort by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to
create mobile privacy standards, a privacy group charged on Thursday, while some
participants in the process conceded it lacked focus.
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Under legal pressure, Facebook clarifies how it uses your data

Facebook wants to be clear: It can use the names, profile pictures and other
data of its members to deliver ads on the site.
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FTC: Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network

An Atlanta medical testing laboratory had billing information for more than
9,000 customers land on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network in 2008, the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission has alleged.
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Cisco fixes critical remote command execution vulnerability in Secure Access Control Server

Cisco Systems released security patches for Secure Access Control Server for
Windows to address a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated
attackers to remotely execute arbitrary commands and take control of the
underlying operating system.
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U.S. appetite for Internet user data not unique

For all the privacy concerns raised by Edward Snowden's leaks about government
data collection activities, the U.S. is not alone or even always the most
demanding when it comes to law enforcement requests for customer data from
Internet service providers.
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