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Microsoft plays Whack-a-Mole with fixes

Patches from rPath, Ubuntu, Debian, others Fast Flux and New Domains for Storm Summertime security: No letup for IT, and other interesting reading
Security: Threat Alert By Jason Meserve , Network World , 06/30/2008
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Jason Meserve provides up-to-the-minute news on vendor security alerts and fixes.

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Researchers warn of IE6 zero-day bug
Security researchers are warning users about an unpatched cross-site scripting bug in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) that could be used by hackers to capture keystrokes and steal other information. The vulnerability appears to be a variation of a vulnerability first discussed by researchers Manuel Caballero and Fukami at Microsoft's on-site BlueHat security conference early last month, Yichong Lin, an analyst at McAfee, said in an entry to the company's blog. Computerworld, 06/26/2008.

F-Secure: Internet Explorer 6 Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability

Microsoft repairs PCs crippled by XP SP3 update
Nearly three weeks after security vendor Symantec released a free tool to clean up PCs crippled by the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) update, Microsoft issued a fix that should reestablish lost Internet and wireless connections. Computerworld, 06/29/2008.

Microsoft advisory
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Two new updates from rPath:

ruby (multiple flaws)

kernel (multiple flaws, denial of service)
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Three new fixes from Ubuntu:

ruby (multiple flaws)

OpenSSL (denial of service)

Samba (buffer overflow, code execution)
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Two new patches from Debian:

dbus (local privilege escalation)

libtk-img (buffer overflow, code execution)
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Today's malware news:

Fast Flux and New Domains for Storm
Storm has changed its tactics constantly in the past year and a half, and this "love theme" is nothing new. We’ll see how long this theme lasts. Security to the Core blog, 06/28/2008.
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From the interesting reading department:

Hackers hijack critical Internet organization sites
Turkish hackers yesterday defaced the official sites of the international organizations that oversee the Internet's critical routing infrastructure and regulate domain names, researchers said today. Computerworld, 06/27/2008.

Summertime security: No letup for IT
What ever happened to the lazy days of summer? For IT and security managers in businesses, hospitals and universities across the country, summer is just another season to get things done. Here's a roundup of IT security projects we're hearing about. Network World, 06/27/2008.

Malware, spam, botnets growing faster than ever before
The spam and malware tsunami continues to cast a mounting shadow over the Internet this week. Computerworld, 06/26/2008.

Jason Meserve is multimedia editor at Network World.

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