Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users
from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe’s Reader, said a security
researcher. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
A fake Facebook toolbar email hides a piece of Trojan Horse malware. Researchers warn to look at the file names for suspicious activity. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
Opera has released version 10.53 of its Opera web browser for Windows
and Mac OS X in order to close a vulnerability which the software maker
rates as “extremely severe.” The hole allows crafted web pages to inject
and run code on a PC. It would only be necessary to visit such a web
page for the vulnerability to be exploited. Read the full article. [The H Security]
Microsoft offered an interim work-around for a SharePoint bug that involved disabling access to the help system by running a pair of commands from the command prompt. The commands modify the access control list (ACL), Windows’ list of file access permissions. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
A 605-page NSA document from 2004 reads like a listing of the pros and cons for a
huge array of defensive and counterintelligence approaches and
technologies that an entity might adopt in defending its networks. There is a key section on deception technologies that discusses the use of honeynet technology to learn more about
attackers’ methods, as well as the potential legal and privacy aspects
of using honeynets. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
Google has restored its “personalized” search suggestions after purging the tool of a critical vulnerability that allowed attackers to steal a user’s web history. Read the full article. [The Register]
Zeldon Morris, a Provo, Utah computer contractor, was sentenced on
Wednesday to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to
stealing close to $2 million from four credit unions that he performed
IT services for. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
European ministers are considering establishing a
new agency that would tie together law enforcement agencies and other
entities dedicated to fighting cybercrime. The Council of the European Union, composed of ministers from 27 countries, issued a document earlier this week calling for the European Commission to draw up a feasibility study on the idea. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
Almost a week ago, Twitter began warning its users about fake Twitter Support emails. Since then, a couple of variants of the email have surfaced, with small differences in the text (“unreaded messages”, “information messages”). Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
A data breach in the United States could cost
enterprises twice as much as the same breach costs companies in other
countries with less stringent disclosure and notification laws, according to Ponemon Institute research. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
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