Security World: Security Report: 'Huge' hole found in Fox News server

Monday, July 23, 2007

Security Report: 'Huge' hole found in Fox News server

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SECURITY REPORT

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Monday, July 23, 2007

* 'Huge' hole found in Fox News server
* Security team claims successful iPhone hack
* Piecing together IBM's security puzzle
* Disney subcontractor caught selling customer data
* Texas state Web site leaks sensitive information
* Firefox update slams door on IE zero-day bug

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'HUGE' HOLE FOUND IN FOX NEWS SERVER

Security analysts spotted a gaping security hole in Fox News
Network's Web site on Monday, revealing file directories and
sensitive content, although it appears the problem has been fixed.

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SECURITY TEAM CLAIMS SUCCESSFUL IPHONE HACK

A team of security experts in Baltimore said it has found a flaw
in Apple's iPhone handset that can be used by attackers to
access private data stored on it.

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PIECING TOGETHER IBM'S SECURITY PUZZLE

IBM owns some of the world's leading IT security talent, products, and
services, but executives with the massive company say it will likely
never aim to become what people might label as a true "security
vendor."

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DISNEY SUBCONTRACTOR CAUGHT SELLING CUSTOMER DATA

A subcontractor working for a company that processes and fulfills orders
for the Disney Movie Club sold credit card numbers and other account
information belonging to an unknown number of customers to undercover
law enforcement agents.

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TEXAS STATE WEB SITE LEAKS SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Troy Aikman may not be happy about it, but the State of Texas has made
his address and social security number available via the Internet.

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FIREFOX UPDATE SLAMS DOOR ON IE ZERO-DAY BUG

Mozilla late yesterday patched Firefox to fix nine bugs, including the
controversial critical vulnerability that involved both the open source
Web browser and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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