Drupal warns unpatched users: Assume your site was hacked

Computerworld Security: October 31, 2014
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Drupal warns unpatched users: Assume your site was hacked

Drupal users who didn't immediately apply a security patch released on Oct. 15
should consider their sites compromised.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701979/17/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft releases stopgap POODLE protection for Internet Explorer
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701981/19/

2. Vulnerabilities in command-line tools prompt wget and tnftp patches
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701982/20/

3. Google's RAPPOR aims to preserve privacy while snaring software stats
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701983/21/

4. Verizon bans domestic surveillance and net neutrality articles from tech news site
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701984/28/

5. Gigamon says it can analyze attacker SSL traffic without affecting performance
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701985/29/

6. Security vendor coalition cleans 43K malware infections used for cyberespionage
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701986/30/


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The Private Cloud Grows Up

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derive competitive advantage by using virtualization technologies to build the
most agile infrastructures.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701987/31/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=fc7a4810

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Microsoft releases stopgap POODLE protection for Internet Explorer

Microsoft gave Windows customers an easier way to block attacks against Internet
Explorer meant to steal browser session cookies and impersonate victims.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701981/32/

Vulnerabilities in command-line tools prompt wget and tnftp patches

The critical Shellshock vulnerabilities found last month in the Bash Unix shell
motivated security researchers to search for similar flaws in old, but widely
used, command-line utilities.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701982/33/

Google's RAPPOR aims to preserve privacy while snaring software stats

Google is applying a surveying technique from the 1960s to a project that aims
to collect data about users' computers without compromising privacy.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701983/34/

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Why Legacy Diagramming Fails Our Businesses

Accurate network diagrams are the Holy Grail in enterprise network management –
most network teams know they should be documenting their networks but haven't
found a universally good way of doing it.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701988/35/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=70b22c4a

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Verizon bans domestic surveillance and net neutrality articles from tech news site

Know where you won't hear about Verizon injecting a privacy-decimating
'perma-cookie' in consumers' HTTP connections so advertisers can track Verizon
customers across the web? SugarString, Verizon's tech news site, where writers
are not allowed to report on U.S. government surveillance or net neutrality.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701984/36/

Gigamon says it can analyze attacker SSL traffic without affecting performance

Gigamon says it has developed a capability to deeply analyze all SSL/TLS
traffic.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701985/37/

Security vendor coalition cleans 43K malware infections used for cyberespionage

A coalition of security vendors has disrupted the activities of a sophisticated
group of attackers tied to China that, over the past six years, infiltrated the
computers of many Fortune 500 companies, journalists, environmental groups,
software companies, academic institutions, pro-democracy groups and government
agencies around the world.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9056653/823929835/701986/38/



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