SECURITY REPORT
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Monday, Nov 19, 2007
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Table Of Contents:
* Senate passes cybercrime bill aimed at restitution
* E-discovery: Many tools exist, but also many questions
* Protect against external threats
* Video distributor to FCC: Stop ISP traffic 'throttling'
* Researchers study open-proxy attacks
* Apple patches 41 bugs in monster day of fixes
* eBay to host 'Red Team' security conference
* Microsoft fixes URI problem in Windows
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SENATE PASSES CYBERCRIME BILL AIMED AT RESTITUTION
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would allow victims of online
identity theft schemes to seek restitution from criminals and expands
the definition of cyberextortion.
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E-DISCOVERY: MANY TOOLS EXIST, BUT ALSO MANY QUESTIONS
Many tools exist that can help companies manage electronic documents in
compliance with court rules, but some attendees of an electronic
discovery conference this week said they don't trust all the
technology.
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PROTECT AGAINST EXTERNAL THREATS
In a previous column, I revealed how the vast majority of computer
security threats facing your environment live on the client side and
require end-user involvement. Users have to be socially engineered to
click an item on their desktop (an e-mail, a file attachment, a URL, or
an application) that they should not have. This is not to say that truly
remote exploits aren't a threat. They are.
More of this article at:
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YOUR LAN IS UNDER ATTACK
A recent study showed that malware-infected zombie PCs are now a
bigger threat to ISPs and Web infrastructure than DoS attacks.
As this brand new IT Strategy Guide explains, an increased use of
peer-to-peer techniques by the attackers has made it harder to fight
back. Download now, compliments of Verio:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1A4C940:20920CD98AAF82DD72C71187FEE6B251A453A46ACB516F29&
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VIDEO DISTRIBUTOR TO FCC: STOP ISP TRAFFIC 'THROTTLING'
A distributor of online video content has filed a complaint with the
U.S. Federal Communications Commission, asking the agency to stop
broadband providers from blocking or slowing p-to-p (peer-to-peer)
traffic.
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http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1A4C935:20920CD98AAF82DD72C71187FEE6B251A453A46ACB516F29&
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RESEARCHERS STUDY OPEN-PROXY ATTACKS
Advertising and click-through fraud is currently topping the list of
malicious activity funnelled through open proxy servers, followed by
junk e-mail, according to a research project deploying fake open proxies
to catch crooks.
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APPLE PATCHES 41 BUGS IN MONSTER DAY OF FIXES
In one of its biggest update days in memory, Apple late Wednesday
patched 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, rolled out the long-anticipated
(and likely last) update for Tiger, quashed 10 bugs in the Windows
version of Safari, and upgraded a slew of other applications.
More of this article at:
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EBAY TO HOST 'RED TEAM' SECURITY CONFERENCE
eBay plans to host its own security conference next February, called
"Red Team eBay."
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MICROSOFT FIXES URI PROBLEM IN WINDOWS
Microsoft has released its November security updates, fixing a critical
Windows bug that has been exploited by online criminals.
More of this article at:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1A4C938:20920CD98AAF82DD72C71187FEE6B251A453A46ACB516F29&
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A recent study showed that malware-infected zombie PCs are now a
bigger threat to ISPs and Web infrastructure than DoS attacks.
As this brand new IT Strategy Guide explains, an increased use of
peer-to-peer techniques by the attackers has made it harder to fight
back. Download now, compliments of Verio:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1A4C940:20920CD98AAF82DD72C71187FEE6B251A453A46ACB516F29&
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