PHP.net compromised, used to attack visitors

Computerworld Security: October 25, 2013
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PHP.net compromised, used to attack visitors

Visitors to the official website for the PHP programming language over the past
couple of days might have had their computers infected with malware.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8772612/823929835/638790/17/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Vulnerabilities in some Netgear router and NAS products open door to remote attacks
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2. Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products
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3. Flash Player now sandboxed under Safari on Mac OS X
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4. Merkel puts NSA spying on EU leaders' meeting agenda
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5. Lavabit encryption key ruling threatens Internet privacy
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Vulnerabilities in some Netgear router and NAS products open door to remote attacks

Vulnerabilities in the management interfaces of some wireless router and
network-attached storage products from Netgear expose the devices to remote
attacks that could result in their complete compromise, researchers warn.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8772612/823929835/638792/31/

Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products

Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address
denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several
products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used
by some of them.
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Flash Player now sandboxed under Safari on Mac OS X

Adobe has worked with Apple to sandbox Flash Player under Safari in Mac OS X,
restricting the ability of attackers to exploit any vulnerabilities they might
find in the browser plug-in.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8772612/823929835/638794/34/

Merkel puts NSA spying on EU leaders' meeting agenda

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that allegations the United
States' National Security Agency hacked her phone is relevant for every citizen
that needs to trust digital communications.
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Lavabit encryption key ruling threatens Internet privacy

A court order forcing former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's email provider to
turn over its master encryption key undermines a critical security feature used
by major Internet services, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Thursday.
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