Bug bounty program outs 7-month-old IE zero-day

Computerworld Security: May 23, 2014
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Bug bounty program outs 7-month-old IE zero-day

An HP bug bounty program has published information about a critical
vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 because Microsoft did not meet its
patch-or-we-go-public deadline.
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1. Microsoft plans to patch IE zero day -- eventually
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2. Point-of-sale attacks accounted for a third of all data breaches in 2013
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3. Cisco to acquire malware prevention company
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4. IT pro gets 4 years in prison for sabotaging ex-employer's system
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5. Obama backs new spy law that tech companies reject
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6. China to block IT products that don't pass 'cybersecurity vetting' tests
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7. Internet 'Do Not Track' system is in shatters
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8. Richi Jennings: eBay FAIL gets even more fail-y, with failworthy password advice #itbwcw
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Microsoft plans to patch IE zero day -- eventually

Microsoft said Thursday it plans eventually to patch a vulnerability in Internet
Explorer 8 that it's known about for seven months, but it didn't say when.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8928442/823929835/672646/34/

Point-of-sale attacks accounted for a third of all data breaches in 2013

A third of data breaches investigated by security firm Trustwave last year
involved compromises of point-of-sale (PoS) systems and over half of all
intrusions targeted payment card data.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8928442/823929835/672647/35/

Cisco to acquire malware prevention company

Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire ThreatGRID, a New York-based
maker of malware analysis and threat intelligence technology.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8928442/823929835/672648/36/

IT pro gets 4 years in prison for sabotaging ex-employer's system

A former network engineer for oil and gas company EnerVest has been sentenced to
four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to sabotaging the
company's systems badly enough to disrupt its business operations for a month.
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Obama backs new spy law that tech companies reject

A tech industry group that has Facebook and Google as participants has rejected
the latest draft of a U.S. legislation that aims to put curbs on surveillance by
the National Security Agency.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8928442/823929835/672650/39/

China to block IT products that don't pass 'cybersecurity vetting' tests

China is threatening to block companies from selling IT products in the nation
if they fail to pass a new 'cybersecurity vetting system' meant to weed out
secret spying and surveillance activities.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8928442/823929835/672651/40/

Internet 'Do Not Track' system is in shatters

Chalk up another victory for corporate surveillance: Five years after advocates
came up with an easy way to let you browse the Web with just a little privacy,
the Do Not Track system is in tatters and that pair of boots you looked at
online last month is still stalking you from website to website.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8928442/823929835/672652/41/

Richi Jennings: eBay FAIL gets even more fail-y, with failworthy password advice #itbwcw


Auction site adds more fail cars to fail train.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) is coming under mounting criticism for its reaction to its
loss of users' passwords and other private info. Or, rather, its lack of
reaction.

Not only that, but the password advice it's giving users seems slightly stupid.

In IT Blogwatch, bloggers spot the choo-choo to Failtown.
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