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Flash exploits increase 40 fold in 2011
Exploits targeting bugs in Adobe’s Flash Player increased by more than 40 times in the three months after April, according to Microsoft.
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Mozilla expands bug rewards for other web apps
Mozilla has expanded the scope of its vulnerability reward program and will now pay out for problems found within applications used across its websites.
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Researchers find bugs in archive file formats
Researchers have found ways to hide malicious software in commonly used archival formats that went undetected until recently by most antivirus programs.
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Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
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Microsoft cleans up bugs after biggest patch release
After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
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Dell targets ANZ security opportunities as SecureWorks debuts locally
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AusCERT 2013: Cloud-based scanner identifies new malware by its ancestry
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AusCERT 2013: Users, cats more likely hack culprits than cyber-espionage: Trustwave
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ACMA database keeps finger on Australia’s malware pulse
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Lethal medical device hack taken to next level
Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
