InternetVoting writes “After all the controversy surrounding Obama’s Blackberry, word has come that he will get to keep it. Few details are available and neither the National Security Agency nor the White House are talking. The current rumor is that the Blackberry will be used exclusively for personal use and a Sectera Edge will be used for official communications.”
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Linux is a very secure operating system, immune to Windows viruses and trojans. Instead, the potential security threat lies in running malicious code – by accident or voluntarily. It’s easy to avoid the most common attacks by knowing what to look for. Here are a few guidelines and examples of commands that Linux beginners should treat carefully.
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Security breach at US payment processor didn't affect Canadian …
The Canadian Press – 1 hour ago TORONTO – A US-based credit and debit card payment processor says it has closed the security hole in its computer network that may have exposed shoppers to one of the biggest data breaches on record. Credit Card Processor admits potentially huge data theft TG Daily Heartland has No Heart for Violated Customers PC World CBC.ca – TechSpot – DailyTech – Canada.com all 249 news articles Langue : Français |
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Heartland has No Heart for Violated Customers
PC World – 57 minutes ago On Tuesday, one of the busiest news days of the year, Heartland Payment quietly released a statement declaring the company's card processing system had been hacked. Malware creates credit-card chaos at US firm Canada.com Hackers attack credit card processor in massive security breach CBC.ca InternetNews.com – Inquirer – E Canada Now – New York Times all 179 news articles Langue : Français |
The National Journal just published an article with details about the hacking of Congress in 2006, possibly by agents in China, though the attack’s origin is uncertain. The article notes the difficult work of the House Information Systems Security Office, which must set security policies and then try to enforce them on a population of the equivalent of C-level executives. The few members who have called attention to the issue of Congressional cyber-security have been advised to shut up about it, by whom the reporter did not discover. “Armed with this information about how the virus worked, the security officers scanned the House network again. This time, they found more machines that seemed to match the profile — they, too, were infected. Investigators found at least one infected computer in a member’s district office, indicating that the virus had traveled through the House network and may have breached machines far away from Washington. Eventually, the security office determined that eight members’ offices were affected; in most of the offices, the virus had invaded only one machine, but in some offices, it hit multiple computers. It also struck seven committee offices, including Commerce; Transportation and Infrastructure; Homeland Security; and Ways and Means; plus the Commission on China, which monitors human rights and laws in China.”
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Apple has removed a common security measure from its iWork ’09 office suite, according to an official support document. Mirroring a decision taken with iLife, which is bundled with new Macs as well as sold separately, Apple has eliminated the need to enter a serial number when installing a retail copy of iWork ’09. A number is still needed to…
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Windows Virus Infects 9 Million
Techtree.com – 1 hour ago The malicious program includes a code or other malware that could damage both, the system and the network. Being slated by experts as one of the worst malware outbreaks of the past five years, a nasty worm called "Downadup" aka "Conficker" and "Kido" … Conficker seizes city's hospital network Register Windows virus infects 9m computers guardian.co.uk DailyTech – Telegraph.co.uk – Sky News – Idealo Product News all 283 news articles Langue : Français |
nk497 writes “The worm that’s supposedly infected almost nine million PCs running Windows, dubbed Cornficker or Downadup, could lead to a massive botnet, security researchers have said. The worm initially spread to systems unpatched against MS08-067, but has since ‘evolved and is now able to spread to patched computers through portable USB drives through brute-force password-guessing.'”
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Security analysts at F-Secure believe more than 8.9 million computers have been infected by the virus, a worm, which is known variously as Conficker, Kido or Downadup, and targets the Windows operating system
jammag writes “As the wave of pink slips is starting to resemble Robespierre and his guillotine, the maneuvering among tech professionals to hang on to their job is getting ugly. IT Management describes the inter-office competition between the manager of a server farm and the supervisor of networks and security. One was nice, giving his team members credit, taking responsibility when something went wrong. The other was a backstabber who spent plenty of time sucking up to the management. As the inevitable cuts came, who do you think hung on to their job?”
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