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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Following last week’s release of Chrome 9 and a rather brazen $20,000
offering to anyone who can hack their browser at CanSecWest, Google
released a stable
channel update addressing some security flaws and containing a new version
of Flash Player (10.2).
The US government is progressing at a snail’s pace in
securing critical American infrastructure according to a Center for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS) commission
on cybersecurity examining the first two years of the 44th presidency.
Microsoft addressed 22 flaws with 12 separate bulletins in February’s edition of Patch
Tuesday, including three bulletins that were rated critical with the remaining nine
rated as important. Among the programs affected are Microsoft Windows, Internet
Explorer, Office, Visual Studio, and IIS.
New cheap toolkits give amateur
developers the ability to create their own viral Facebook applications, something that’s become a favorite activity of attackers in recent months.
NASDAQ OMX, owners and operators of the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, reported
this weekend that their systems had been infiltrated by unknown hackers. According
to a report in the New York
Times,
NASDAQ OMX contacted federal law enforcement officials after discovering suspicious
files in a part of their US server that is not related to trading.
Vodafone released a statement yesterday confirming that the authorities in Egypt
seized their network to send propaganda text messages to the Egyptian people.
Google has announced plans to pay $20,000 to anyone who can successfully
exploit a vulnerability in their Chrome browser and infiltrate a Cr-48 Chrome
Notebook.
After almost a week without Internet access, Egypt blinked back online Wednesday, according to report
published by Renesys.
Cyber security has been at the forefront of American politics in recent months following high profile cyber security attacks like the Stuxnet worm and Aurora attacks. Those attacks underscored growing concern over the future of cyber security in the U.S. and the lack of native cybersecurity talent. Now a new multi-state competition is seeking to encourage U.S. teens to develop the kinds of cyber security skills needed in the workforce.
Controversy has erupted around the free online dating site, PlentyofFish.com, after the Web site was
found to contain a serious security vulnerability that could have potentially exposed the personal
information of some 30 million users.
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