Microsoft joins group seeking to replace passwords

Computerworld Security: December 13, 2013
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Microsoft joins group seeking to replace passwords

Microsoft has joined the FIDO Alliance, an industry group attempting to craft
industry standards that reduce reliance on passwords, long regarded as a weak
point in Web security.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647392/17/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. NASDAQ, other global exchanges to collaborate on cybersecurity
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647394/19/

2. Privacy groups ask FCC to rule that carriers cannot share phone records
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3. Hacker gets 18 months for peddling computer access to U.S. national security lab
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647396/21/

4. Greg Lambert: That's a wrap: One more urgent fix for the last Patch Tuesday of 2013
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647397/28/

5. Bitcoin market price app, 'Bitcoin Alarm,' is carefully cloaked malware
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647398/29/


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NASDAQ, other global exchanges to collaborate on cybersecurity

The World Federation of Exchanges has established an international committee to
collaborate on cybersecurity best practices for global capital markets.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647394/31/

Privacy groups ask FCC to rule that carriers cannot share phone records

Privacy groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to declare that
even "anonymized" phone records have to be protected under a privacy rule that
restricts carriers from sharing customers' information without their consent.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647395/32/

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Hacker gets 18 months for peddling computer access to U.S. national security lab

A Pennsylvania man who hacked into multiple corporate, university and government
computer networks and tried to sell access to them, including supercomputers
from a U.S. national security laboratory, has been sentenced to 18 months in
prison.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647396/34/

Greg Lambert: That's a wrap: One more urgent fix for the last Patch Tuesday of 2013


The final set of Patch Tuesday updates for 2013 sees Microsoft deliver 11
patches, with five updates rated as Critical ─ one exceptionally so ─ and the
remaining six rated as Important. Interestingly, all five Important updates for
December relate to Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. And, though we have
old favorites among the Important updates ─ Remote Code Execution, Elevation of
Privilege, Information Disclosure ─ we have a new vulnerability rated by
Microsoft as "Security Feature Bypass."
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Bitcoin market price app, 'Bitcoin Alarm,' is carefully cloaked malware

If you get a spam message advertising an application called "Bitcoin Alarm," the
name may tell you all you need to know.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8814194/823929835/647398/36/



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