House Committee Screws Up Whistleblower Email
Someone accidentally sent an email containing all the whistleblower email addresses to the entire list of addresses that submitted tips about abuse in the Justice Department. Then it gets worse. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-29
Malicious PDFs Try To Exploit Adobe Flaw
Fixes for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.1 or prior need to be installed to mitigate a critical vulnerability and the exploits flying around the Internet trying to penetrate those flaws. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-24
OiNK Torrent Tracker Slaughtered By IFPI
Invitation-only music tracker OiNK.cd has been shut down, with its 24-year-old administrator arrested in Britain in connection with the investigation. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-23
Yowza! Oracle Has 51 Patches Pending
Microsoft gets way too much blame for needing lots of patches for their products; Oracle will ship 51 fixes for its products in October. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-16
Ca.Gov Shutdown Avoidable, Says DNS Inventor
Dr. Paul Mockapetris had some comments to make after the federal General Services Administration caused California IT pros grief with a shutdown of their domain record. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-10
Prof's Laptops Stolen At Carnegie Mellon
Two laptops were removed from a locked office during the first weekend of September at Carnegie Mellon University; these laptops contained personally identifying information about students. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-09
Got AV? Maybe You Don't
Having antivirus software installed on a system is not the same as having an updated antivirus solution in place; surprisingly, some people don't understand the difference. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-08
Ca.Gov Domain Still Plagued By Spammers
The kerfuffle that erupted when the General Services Administration evaporated California's ca.gov domain still hasn't yielded a full cleaning of that domain's websites. Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-05
Criminals Hitting Inboxes With Housing Spam
Scams on the rise in September aimed at taking advantage of a drop in interest rates by soliciting personal information for housing-related "offers." Directory:
> News > Security News Date: 2007-10-04
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