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Monday, August 13, 2007
* Spam surge sways stock market
* Thoughts from Black Hat
* Universal to test sales of DRM-free music
* Symantec patches critical Norton flaw
* AOL drops free Kaspersky anti-virus, offers McAfee
* SpyProxy takes Web apps security fight to 'virtual sandbox'
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SPAM SURGE SWAYS STOCK MARKET
Last week saw the Internet's biggest-ever spam surge in a single day,
and also offered a lesson on why "pump and dump" stock-market
spam campaigns have become so prevalent, according to Postini.
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THOUGHTS FROM BLACK HAT
Talk to anyone who attends Black Hat USA conferences and you'll hear
about how boring the talks are, how nobody learned anything new, how the
hacks were known last year -- not to mention the ridiculous posers.
Ask those same attendees if they plan to attend next year, and they say
"yeah" as fast as a poker player pushing all in with pocket aces.
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UNIVERSAL TO TEST SALES OF DRM-FREE MUSIC
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the latest major music label to offer
music downloads without copy protection.
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CHECKS FOR NEW WINDOWS SECURITY FLAWS
Microsoft recently announced 11 new vulnerabilities in Windows and
released six security patches. What are the threats, how severe are
they, and do you need the patches urgently or at all?
Get those answers now by tuning in to this free new podcast from
Qualys Vulnerability R&D lab, at:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1898C60:20920CD98AAF82DD29114A10B38C53C4EFF29049075316B4
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SYMANTEC PATCHES CRITICAL NORTON FLAW
A bug in the way Norton AntiVirus software uses the ActiveX programming
language could cause serious problems for users of Symantec's
products.
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AOL DROPS FREE KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS, OFFERS MCAFEE
AOL has quietly stopped offering its free Active Virus Shield software in
favor of a competing alternative from vendor McAfee.
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SPYPROXY TAKES WEB APPS SECURITY FIGHT TO 'VIRTUAL SANDBOX'
Faced with volumes of browser vulnerabilities and Web-based exploits
designed to take advantage of the flaws, security researchers presented
a new process for protecting users with execution-based malware
detection at the ongoing Usenix Security Symposium in Boston on
Wednesday.
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CHECKS FOR NEW WINDOWS SECURITY FLAWS
Microsoft recently announced 11 new vulnerabilities in Windows and
released six security patches. What are the threats, how severe are
they, and do you need the patches urgently or at all?
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Qualys Vulnerability R&D lab, at:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1898C60:20920CD98AAF82DD29114A10B38C53C4EFF29049075316B4
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