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    Sydney Water IT security manager talks governance strategy 03/09/2010 09:41:00

    Policy should be workable and enforceable in practice
    Information security governance should not be treated like corporate governance, IT security steering committees must have the right stakeholders and the board can remain largely unaware of security issues. Those are key strategies for effective security governance, says IT security and assurance manager at Sydney Water, Stephen Frede.
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    WikiLeaks founder Assange questioned by Swedish police 01/09/2010 05:36:00

    Police and prosecutor are keeping mum on how the investigation is progressing
    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has now been questioned by Swedish police regarding a molestation charge directed at him, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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    uTorrent patches application against DLL vulnerability 30/08/2010 04:31:00

    uTorrent is one of many applications that is affected by the vulnerability
    The developers of the uTorrent file-sharing application have released an updated version that fixes a problem that could allow an attacker to load malicious code onto a user's computer.
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    Sticks and stones: Picking on users AND security pros 26/08/2010 02:08:00

    Name-calling is harmful to the cause of security
    I took my share of name-calling as a kid. I did my share of name-calling, too. We're taught that nothing good comes of such behavior. I've been thinking a lot about that since writing an article two weeks ago called "Security blunders 'dumber than dog snot'" during the 2010 USENIX Security Symposium.
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    Adobe fixes 20 vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player 26/08/2010 03:55:00

    Most of the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to run rogue code on a computer
    Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.
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    Avoid Your Business Being Collateral Damage in a Cyber War 26/08/2010 02:34:00

    Most organizations don't have the resources to cope with a serious cyber incident
    All around the world, governments declare they are gearing up for cyber war. I know, I know, to anyone who has been at this for any significant length of time, many of the news stories we are reading today could have, or should have, been written a decade ago, or more. The term "Cyber war" seems to be on everyone's lips again. (Cue the theme music for "Groundhog Day" - again!) In one way, it is hard to take it seriously anymore; in another way, it is incredible that so many governments sound like they are just getting started, again. Nevertheless, even though the chest-beating seems to be a redux, and much of the blustering rhetoric seems to be recycled, the reality on the virtual ground in cyber space is that the capabilities (the offensive ones, at least) have evolved over the last decade, and so have the opportunities. Furthermore, the appetite to use them seems to have grown apace.
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