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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Prize for zero-day Windows flaws; Cisco security alert; Cyber-espionage targets B2B

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SPOTLIGHT STORY
Prize for zero-day Windows flaws set at $20,000

By Jeremy Kirk
A security research company is offering $20,000 for information on undisclosed security flaws in Microsoft's Windows OS. Read full story

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Cisco warns of Unified Communications Manager heap overflow flaw, 01/16/08 Cisco has released its first new security alert of the year: a warning that its Cisco Unified Communications Manager - formerly CallManager - contains a heap overflow vulnerability in the Certificate Trust List that could allow a hacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or execute arbitrary code.(Plus: Read what the bloggers are saying.)

Cyber-espionage moves into B2B, 01/16/08 The practice of cyber-espionage is rapidly moving beyond the government sector and finding its way into the world of international business, according to experts with SANS Institute, one of the world's top IT security training organizations.

With trials beginning, another Estonia cyberattack, 01/16/08 With the trial starting for four ethnic Russians charged in connection with rioting last year, the Estonian news site Delfi.ee has weathered a two-week-long denial of service attack.

Wireless LAN scan finds big security holes in NYC retailers’ wireless nets, 01/15/08 About one-third of nearly 800 NYC retailers have "bulletproof" WLAN security, according to a new onsite survey by AirDefense during the National Retail Federation trade show. But the remainder have weak or non-existent ...

Microsoft warns of new Excel vulnerability, 01/16/08 Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability that lies within several versions of the Excel spreadsheet program, Microsoft warned late Tuesday.

Mobile phone retailer slammed for data protection breaches, 01/16/08 The U.K. government's information commissioner has slammed Carphone Warehouse, and its sister company TalkTalk, for breaches of the Data Protection Act.

Oracle fixes critical flaws in quarterly update, 01/16/08 Oracle has released 26 fixes across its product line in its latest critical patch update, nine of which repair flaws that are remotely exploitable.

Web flaw yields free MacWorld VIP pass, 01/16/08 For the second year running, security researcher Kurt Grutzmacher has found a way to get a free "Platinum" pass to the MacWorld Conference & Expo, being held in San Francisco this week.


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