How to defend against the OpenSSL Heartbleed flaw

Computerworld Security: April 11, 2014
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How to defend against the OpenSSL Heartbleed flaw

CSOs need to take a number of steps as soon as possible to protect their
organizations against the OpenSSL vulnerability that has shaken the tech
industry, experts say.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Website admins will be busy dealing with Heartbleed
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2. Stung by file-encrypting malware, researchers fight back
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3. BlackBerry 10 OS update fixes remote code execution flaw
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4. Greg Lambert: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2014: The final call for XP updates
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5. FTC can sue companies hit with data breaches, court says
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6. Google ramps up fight against bad apps with tightened Android security
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7. After Heartbleed, Comodo cranks out new SSL certificates
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Website admins will be busy dealing with Heartbleed

Website and server administrators will have to spend considerable time, effort
and money to mitigate all the security risks associated with Heartbleed, one of
the most severe vulnerabilities to endanger encrypted SSL communications in
recent years.
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Stung by file-encrypting malware, researchers fight back

Jose Vildoza's 62-year-old father was using his old Windows computer when a
warning in broken English flashed on the screen: your files have been encrypted.
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BlackBerry 10 OS update fixes remote code execution flaw

BlackBerry released a security update for its BlackBerry 10 OS to address a
critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code on affected devices.
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Greg Lambert: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2014: The final call for XP updates


Well, how do you start, with such a big ending. This Microsoft Patch Tuesday is
the final set of updates and security fixes for Windows XP. Windows XP has been
a tremendously successful operating system and has truly defined the desktop
ecosystem for the past decade. In case you have not yet quite moved on to a
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desktop operating system.

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FTC can sue companies hit with data breaches, court says

A federal court in New Jersey this week affirmed the Federal Trade Commission's
contention that it can sue companies on charges related to data breaches, a
major victory for the agency.
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Google ramps up fight against bad apps with tightened Android security

Google is boosting Android security safeguards to better detect potentially
harmful apps throughout their life cycle.
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After Heartbleed, Comodo cranks out new SSL certificates

Tens of thousands of new digital certificates have been issued by Comodo in the
wake of the "Heartbleed" security flaw, which has put Internet users' data at
risk.
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