Attack hits Web servers with outdated Linux kernels

Computerworld Security: March 24, 2014
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Attack hits Web servers with outdated Linux kernels

Web servers running a long-outdated version of the Linux kernel were attacked
with dramatic speed over two days last week, Cisco Systems said on Thursday.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft to review policies after admitting it searched customer email
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2. Internet giants can access your data, too
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3. Newest bug bounty touts $10K rewards, appeals for help in finding Flash flaws
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4. NSA hacked into servers at Huawei
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Microsoft to review policies after admitting it searched customer email

Microsoft promised to subject itself to a more rigorous process before searching
through its customers' email accounts in the future after a recent legal case
revealed that the company searched for evidence of theft of its trade secrets in
a Hotmail account.
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Internet giants can access your data, too

Security protections have been tightened at many of the major online services,
as firms like Google and Microsoft pledge to protect their users against
unwanted prying eyes. But while many people fret about unwarranted government
access to their data, the Internet firms themselves play by their own set of
rules.
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Newest bug bounty touts $10K rewards, appeals for help in finding Flash flaws

A new entry in the cash-for-bugs business, the Internet Bug Bounty, recently
paid out its first $10,000 rewards.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8884619/823929835/662886/33/

NSA hacked into servers at Huawei

The U.S. National Security Agency has hacked into Huawei Technologies servers,
spied on communications of company executives and collected information to plant
so-called backdoors on equipment from the Chinese networking manufacturer,
according to reports published over the weekend.
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