Attackers use ColdFusion flaw to install Microsoft IIS malware

Computerworld Security: December 17, 2013
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Attackers use ColdFusion flaw to install Microsoft IIS malware

Attackers exploited a vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion to install data-stealing
malware that works as a module for the Microsoft Internet Information Services
Web server software.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Ron Miller: DRM has always been a horrible idea
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8816444/823929835/647896/19/

2. Darlene Storm: 60 sickening Minutes: NSA saved us from Chinese Dr. Evil BIOS plot to brick all PCs
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3. Judge rules NSA spy efforts may be unconstitutional
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8816444/823929835/647898/21/

4. Richi Jennings: NSA flashes BIOS for 60 Minutes (the plot thickens)
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Ron Miller: DRM has always been a horrible idea

And there's mounting evidence that it's counterproductive.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8816444/823929835/647896/30/

Darlene Storm: 60 sickening Minutes: NSA saved us from Chinese Dr. Evil BIOS plot to brick all PCs


If you saw the 60-minute infomercial for the NSA, then you "know"
the spy agency allegedly stops viruses / malware that could brick PCs and
practically destroy the world. So where was it when Cryptolocker ransomware
pretty much did exactly that by destroying data via encrypting it until the
ransom was paid? Where was this intelligence that stopped disaster for any of
the viruses, Trojans, or malware that have trashed computers? "Crap" is what
security researchers call the NSA BIOS plot claim during 60 Minutes.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8816444/823929835/647897/31/

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Judge rules NSA spy efforts may be unconstitutional

In a potential blow to government surveillance efforts, a federal judge today
ruled that the NSA's practice of collecting phone metadata records on millions
of Americans may be unconstitutional.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8816444/823929835/647898/33/

Richi Jennings: NSA flashes BIOS for 60 Minutes (the plot thickens)


NSA saved the world, no BIOS.
American TV news magazine 60 Minutes (NYSE:CBS) is once again in the news, for
allegedly reporting the news. This time, there were no additional revelations of
Amazon's schemes to drop tchotchkes from buzzing drones. Instead, during an
interview by CBS correspondent John Miller with NSA officials, we learned of a
nefarious plot worthy of the best Cold War era spy novels. NSA brass spoke of a
Chinese "BIOS Plot", designed to "brick" all computers and crash the global
economy. The supposed evil plan was foiled by the NSA, with the help of a few
good computer companies. In IT Blogwatch, the Never Say Anything (NSA) interview
is all bloggers can talk about.
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