Linux Kernel Bug Reemerges
The Linux kernel has been purged of a bug that gave root access to
untrusted users – again. Read the full article. [The Register]
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Siemens Finds Stuxnet Worm in 14 Plants
A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt
operations has infected at least 14 plants, according to Siemens. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
Twitter Botnet Discovered in Mexico
Security researchers have discovered another botnet that uses Twitter as a command and control channel. Read the full article. [The Register]
Mozilla has stopped providing security updates
to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash
last week. Blogger Michael Horowitz reported on the problem last Sunday after he tried to update older editions of Firefox on several different machines. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
A critical security flaw in current and older versions of the popular open source OpenX ad server allows attackers to remotely compromise a server. Read the full article. [The H Security]
A recent chat with an individual who was almost tricked into helping organized criminals launder thousands of dollars stolen through e-banking fraud displayed one of the more clever and convincing money mule recruitment Web sites encountered. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
A scan of IT systems at US-CERT, the Homeland Security Department’s
primary operational cybersecurity agency, found hundreds of
vulnerabilities that could allow someone to compromise data, according
to a recent inspector general’s report. Read the full article. [Government Computer News]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has doled out grants worth up to
$32 million in total to a pack of universities dedicated to rethinking
everything about the Internet from from its core routing system to its
security architecture and addressing the emergence of cloud computing
and an increasingly mobile society. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Reports are coming in that the Information Commissioner’s Office has
started investigating FIFA, the world football governing body, over
allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans’ – including
their passport data – were accessed by one or more members of staff and
then sold on the black market. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
HEI Hospitality, owner and operator of upscale hotels operating under
the Marriott, Sheraton, Westin and other monikers, has sent letters
informing some 3,400 customers that their credit card data may have been
compromised. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
