Security Report: Stolen laptop had 268,000 blood donor IDs

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SECURITY REPORT

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Monday, Dec 10, 2007
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Table Of Contents:

* Stolen laptop had 268,000 blood donor IDs
* Hackers launch major attack on U.S. military labs
* Facebook doesn't budge on Beacon's broad user tracking
* Keep security advice current
* Upcoming Microsoft patches focus on media formats
* F-Secure: Malware samples doubled in one year
* Cisco warns of bug in desktop software
* Cookie variants skirt blockers, anti-spyware tools

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STOLEN LAPTOP HAD 268,000 BLOOD DONOR IDS

A laptop stolen during a recent blood drive contained sensitive
information on 268,000 Minnesota-region blood donors, Memorial Blood
Centers said Wednesday.

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HACKERS LAUNCH MAJOR ATTACK ON U.S. MILITARY LABS

Hackers have succeeded in breaking into the computer systems of two of
the United States' most important science labs, the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New
Mexico.

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/07/Hackers-launch-attack-on-U.S.-military-labs_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-10

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FACEBOOK DOESN'T BUDGE ON BEACON'S BROAD USER TRACKING

Facebook's CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg has profusely apologized for
missteps in the design and deployment of the Beacon ad system, but he
remains unrepentant about what privacy advocates consider a particularly
egregious feature.

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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/07/Facebook-not-budging-on-Beacon-broad-user-tracking_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-10

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KEEP SECURITY ADVICE CURRENT

Remember when computer security was simple? Advice was as easy as,
"Don't boot with a floppy drive in your A: drive" and "Don't enable the
macro to run." Boy, do I long for the days of yesteryear.

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UPCOMING MICROSOFT PATCHES FOCUS ON MEDIA FORMATS

Microsoft will issue seven security updates next Tuesday, including
critical sets of patches for Windows and Internet Explorer.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/06/Upcoming-Microsoft-patches-focus-on-media-formats_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-10

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F-SECURE: MALWARE SAMPLES DOUBLED IN ONE YEAR

Finnish security vendor F-Secure has collected twice as many malicious
software samples this year than it has over the last 20 years, a trend
that highlights the growing danger of malicious software on the
Internet.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/04/Malware-doubled-in-one-year_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-10

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CISCO WARNS OF BUG IN DESKTOP SOFTWARE

Cisco is advising Windows users of its Cisco Security Agent software to
upgrade the product because of a security bug.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/06/Cisco-warns-of-bug-in-desktop-software_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-10

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COOKIE VARIANTS SKIRT BLOCKERS, ANTI-SPYWARE TOOLS

Just because your Web browser is set to block third-party tracking
cookies that doesn't mean all of them are being blocked.

More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/06/Cookie-variants-skirt-anti-spyware-tools_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-10

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