Google discloses unpatched Windows vulnerability

Computerworld Security: January 05, 2015
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Google discloses unpatched Windows vulnerability

A Google researcher has disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows 8.1 that
Microsoft didn't fix within a 90-day window Google gave its competitor.
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1. Apple security faces biggest test in 2015
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2. White House okays sanctions against North Korea for Sony hack
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3. Sony looks to appease PlayStation users after Christmas outage
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4. Police blame fraud for most of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9097122/823929835/712752/28/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=73b277bf


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Apple security faces biggest test in 2015

Apple's platforms are likely to suffer their most intensive security tests yet
in 2015.
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White House okays sanctions against North Korea for Sony hack

President Barack Obama has authorized new economic sanctions against North
Korea, in part for the country's alleged hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in
November.
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Sony looks to appease PlayStation users after Christmas outage

If you got a PlayStation 4 for Christmas and network outages spoiled your fun,
Sony hopes to make it up to you.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9097122/823929835/712751/33/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=006da269

Police blame fraud for most of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins

Nearly all of the roughly $370 million in bitcoin that disappeared in the
February 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox probably vanished due to fraudulent
transactions, with only 1 percent taken by hackers, according to a report in
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9097122/823929835/712752/34/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=a3f7230e



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