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Security News Facebook vulnerable to critical XSS, could lead to malware attacks 23 May 2008 14:12 GMT Facebook, the second most popular social networking site in the U.S according to Nielsen, is currently vulnerable to a critical XSS, allowing the injection and execution of malicious scripts within the popular site. As you can seen in the attached screenshot, the harmless injected scripts in the demonstration successfully load,... Source: ZDNet Facebook security snafu could compromise accounts 23 May 2008 13:00 GMT A researcher has spotted a security problem in Facebook that could lead to hackers taking control of user accounts. Source: Computerworld Image Gallery: Criminal negligence: the sorry state of law enforcement data sharing 23 May 2008 13:00 GMT Law Enforcement Databases chart Source: Computerworld Learn from the latest Internet Security Threat Report update 23 May 2008 13:00 GMT (Source: Symantec) Join Symantec for a free webcast to learn the findings of Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIII. This newly released issue covers the six-month period from July 1 to December 31, 2007. This webcast summary of the Internet Security Threat Report will:
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Source: Computerworld Malware-infected USB drives distributed at security conference 23 May 2008 12:38 GMT The folks at Australian mega-telco Telstra are wiping eggs from their faces after distributing malware-infected USB drives to attendees at this year's AusCERT security conference. AusCERT's marketing manager Claire Groves confirmed the USB sticks came certified pre-owned thanks Dan Geer and were given out at a tutorial... Source: ZDNet More Snake Oil: LifeLock spokesperson's stolen id leads to law suits 23 May 2008 03:30 GMT Can you remember being a kid, when your parents first told you what your SSN was? I remember mine telling me to never give it to anyone. Of course, then as soon as I got my first job as a caddy at the local golf course I had to give... Source: ZDNet Google introducing Safe Browsing diagnostic to help owners of compromised sites 23 May 2008 01:01 GMT Last week, Google's Niels Provos made an announcement regarding a newly introduced feature aiming to help owners of compromised sites in understanding the implications of the compromise, as well as the malicious events that took place when Google last indexed the site. From Google's Online Security Blog : We've... Source: ZDNet TJX whistle blower sacked? 22 May 2008 21:54 GMT TJX, the retailer that was hit with a major security breach, has sacked a whistle blower who was exposing the company's security issues. According to the ha.ckers.org site: I had some very disturbing news today from one of the forum users - he had just been... Source: ZDNet Gaping holes in Trillian IM client 22 May 2008 20:40 GMT Trillian users beware: There are multiple serious security holes in the popular cross-platform IM application. According to alerts issued by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative ZDI, the vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trillian Pro. Trillian users are strongly... Source: ZDNet RSnake picks on Google Health... yes, Google wants your medical records, too! 22 May 2008 15:02 GMT
Interesting article from Robert "RSnake" Hansen yesterday on one of Google's new innovations, the Google Health application. Yeah, imagine that, Google wants to own the content of your medical records, too! You'd think that Google would want to avoid this due to HIPPA complications, as this is a true example of... Source: ZDNet |
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