SECURITY REPORT
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Monday, Dec 17, 2007
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Table Of Contents:
* True crime: The botnet barons
* Google revs up security play
* Unix admin tried to axe power grid
* Hack this school network, win a router
* FTC chairman won't recuse herself in Google deal
* Malware flood driving new AV
* After attacks, Apple fixes QuickTime bug
* Ask better password questions
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TRUE CRIME: THE BOTNET BARONS
When federal agents announced on November 29 that they'd indicted or
convicted eight individuals accused of using botnets (networks of
computers infected with Trojan horse applications) to engage in criminal
activity, the press release barely explained the nature and extent of
the men's crimes -- or the investigations that led to arrests in an
operation the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have termed Bot
Roast II.
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/17/50FE-busted-botmen_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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GOOGLE REVS UP SECURITY PLAY
Far from being a major player in IT security today, Google has ambitious
designs on becoming a big name in the burgeoning hosted security
market, begging the question, Will your organization ever be ready to
let the world's largest information retrieval company safeguard your
crown jewels?
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/17/google-security-services-plan_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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UNIX ADMIN TRIED TO AXE POWER GRID
A California man pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he shut down the
datacenter responsible for managing the state's electrical supply.
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/14/Unix-admin-tried-to-axe-power-grid_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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setting up best practices, staying in compliance with legal
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solution. Download your copy of this NEW Risk Management Strategy
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HACK THIS SCHOOL NETWORK, WIN A ROUTER
There's a wireless router gathering dust in Bob LaRocca's office. It's
yours if you can hack into his network.
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/14/Hack-school-network-win-router_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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FTC CHAIRMAN WON'T RECUSE HERSELF IN GOOGLE DEAL
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras won't
recuse herself from considering the antitrust implications of Google's
proposed acquisition of DoubleClick, despite a request from two privacy
groups that she do so.
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/14/FTC-chairman-wont-recuse-herself-in-Google-deal_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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MALWARE FLOOD DRIVING NEW AV
During a weeklong period in mid-November, security experts with Symantec
observed roughly 65,000 new applications being downloaded onto the
computers of customers participating in a new research project -- based
on their analysis of the software, as many as 60 percent of the programs
were malicious.
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/14/Malware-flood-driving-new-AV_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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AFTER ATTACKS, APPLE FIXES QUICKTIME BUG
Apple has released a new security patch for QuickTime, its eighth update
this year for the media player software.
More of this article at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/14/After-attacks-Apple-fixes-QuickTime-bug_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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ASK BETTER PASSWORD QUESTIONS
I just love how many Web sites take my complex, hard-to-guess password
and make it as easy to crack as guessing my favorite color or the city
of my birth. It seems nearly every Web site comes with user-accessible,
self-service, password reset questions, and nearly all of those same
sites make resetting or obtaining my password magnitudes easier than
actually knowing my correct password. Thanks.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/14/50OP-secadvise-better-password-questions_1.html?source=NLC-SEC&cgd=2007-12-17
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Guide, compliments of Symantec:
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