| Excel Bug Will Be Ignored on Patch Tuesday Microsoft last week said that three Windows security updates, including one rated "critical," will be released tomorrow. Charges beefed up against alleged Sarah Palin hacker The University of Tennessee college student accused of illegally accessing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account was formally charged Monday on new fraud and obstruction of justice charges. Rod Beckstrom resigns as director of National Cybersecurity Center Rod Beckstrom, director of the National Cybersecurity Center, resigns his position in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, complaining about the large role of the National Security Agency in the NCSC's efforts. Mahalo CEO defends hiring convicted botnet leader Jason Calacanis, founder and CEO of search engine start-up Mahalo.com, defends his decision to allow former security researcher John Scheifer to continuing working at his firm even after discovering he was a convicted felon. What's behind the rash of university data breaches? Purdue University last month reported its seventh data breach in the past four years. But Purdue is hardly alone. According to my records, over 300 publicized privacy incidents have occurred at U.S. institutions of higher learning since 2001, with at least 53 colleges and universities experiencing multiple breaches. Mozilla Patches Fastest. NOT! If you take away one thing from reading this, I hope that you take away skepticism. The Mozilla team focuses on security and that is a relatively rare thing in the software industry--and I heartily applaud them for their intent and efforts. I wish more would follow their example. However, I think the vulnerability picture for Firefox may not be quite as rosy as some would wish. Data About Presidential Helicopter Leaked via P2P A company that monitors peer-to-peer networks said it found classified information about the systems used onboard the U.S. president's helicopter in a shared folder on a computer in Iran, after a file containing the data was accidentally leaked on a peer-to-peer network last summer. Foxit PDF viewer also open to attack, say researchers Security researchers Monday warned of several vulnerabilities in Foxit, a free PDF document viewer that many have recommended as an alternative to Adobe Reader, which currently contains an unpatched critical bug of its own. Windows 7 version leaks, why you should worry If you're a BitTorrent user you might have noticed that another Windows 7 post-beta build (7048) – but are "unofficial" releases legit? Microsoft offers guidance on secure, networked Silverlight applications Silverlight 2 allows applications to make Web requests to third-parties and open TCP sockets, increasing security risks. Top Trends: Patch Management Find out how patch-management products work, and what they can do for you, in this Product Guide. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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