Facebook made of Teflon when it comes to privacy

Computerworld Security: January 06, 2014
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Facebook made of Teflon when it comes to privacy

Facebook is being sued for allegedly intercepting users' private messages,
following links and sharing the information with advertisers and marketers, but
analysts doubt the accusations will be enough to make users abandon the social
networking site.
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The DDoS Threat Spectrum

Bolstered by favorable economics, today's global botnets are using distributed
denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to target firewalls, web services, and
applications, often simultaneously. This DDoS threat spectrum includes
conventional network attacks, HTTP and SSL floods, and an emerging wave of
low-bandwidth threats.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. 4 key elements for proactive application security
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650103/19/

2. Darlene Storm: 17 exploits the NSA uses to hack PCs, routers and servers for surveillance
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650104/20/

3. DOJ will appeal judge's ruling against NSA phone program
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650105/21/

4. Costs of NSA phone records collection program outweigh the benefits
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650106/28/

5. Malware delivered to thousands via Yahoo.com ads
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650107/29/

6. Malware from Yahoo ads did not affect US and Mac and mobile users
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4 key elements for proactive application security

We most often hear of the security breaches due to cross site scripting and SQL
injection attacks, after the related vulnerabilities have been successfully
exploited. But what could we do to prevent such attacks occurring in the first
place?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650103/32/

Darlene Storm: 17 exploits the NSA uses to hack PCs, routers and servers for surveillance


Here are 17 NSA ANT exploits targeting PCs, routers and servers listed among 50
in the catalog that target almost every major software, hardware and firmware
product.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650104/33/

DOJ will appeal judge's ruling against NSA phone program

The U.S. Department of Justice will appeal a district judge's opinion saying a
phone records collection program at the National Security Agency likely violates
the U.S. Constitution.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650105/34/

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Managing the Complexity of Connected Machines

M2M, or machine to machine, technology is revolutionizing business today. But IT
professionals who have deployed or are piloting M2M solutions report a variety
of integration challenges.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650110/35/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=27457b5a

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Costs of NSA phone records collection program outweigh the benefits

An analysis of the NSA's controversial bulk telephone records collection
initiative suggests that the cost of running and maintaining the effort may far
outweigh any benefits.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650106/36/

Malware delivered to thousands via Yahoo.com ads

Malicious ads served through Yahoo's ad network delivered malware to thousands
of site visitors, according to researchers at Fox-IT, but Yahoo subsequently
blocked the attack.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8829548/823929835/650107/37/

Malware from Yahoo ads did not affect US and Mac and mobile users

Yahoo said that malware spread by advertisements served by its European websites
had not affected users in North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America as
people in these locations were not served the advertisements.
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