Friday | 19 March, 2010
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    Facebook users targeted in massive spam run 19/03/2010 06:50:00

    The messages try to get users to dowload a malicious attachment
    Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee.
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    Law enforcement push for stricter domain name rules 18/03/2010 05:04:00

    The changes would make it more difficult for criminals to register under false details for domain names
    Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.
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    60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says 16/03/2010 07:47:00

    New analyst group research looks at security issues around virtualization
    Sixty percent of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they replace, the analyst firm Gartner said in new research Monday.
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    Trusteer rolls out malware forensic tool for banks 16/03/2010 06:04:00

    The software can detect malware on customer's computers and send it away for analysis
    Security vendor Trusteer's latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked.
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    Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher 11/03/2010 08:25:00

    Last month's Adobe Reader vulnerability now under attack, says F-Secure and Microsoft
    Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, a Finnish security company said today.
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    Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks 11/03/2010 06:26:00

    Researchers expect attacks to explode once exploit code goes public
    Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.
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    Source code management a weak spot in Aurora attacks 05/03/2010 05:56:00

    McAfee says that hackers were after the source code management systems
    Companies should take extra steps to secure their source code from the type of targeted attacks that hit Google, Adobe, Intel and others over the past few months.
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    New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk 01/03/2010 14:10:00

    Microsoft investigates unpatched flaw that affects users running IE7 and IE8
    Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE).
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    UK registry to implement DNS security protocol 01/03/2010 03:34:00

    The system, DNSSEC, prevents hackers from redirecting people from legitimate domains to fraudulent ones
    Nominet, the U.K.'s domain name registry, will begin implementing a security protocol on Monday designed to protect the DNS (Domain Name System).
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    Adobe working to fix security bug in Download Manager 22/02/2010 05:40:00

    Software could give an attacker a way to install an unwanted program
    Adobe Systems is working to fix a glitch in software it uses to speed up downloads of its products that could give hackers a way to push malicious programs onto a victim's PC.
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    Adobe to rush out another critical Reader patch 15/02/2010 07:35:00

    A Flash Player flaw, patched Thursday, affects Reader and Acrobat as well
    Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. The company also patched a critical issue in Flash Player Thursday.
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