Latest security news.
Phishing researcher ‘targets’ the unsuspecting, 08/09/07: If he weren’t so ethical, Markus Jakobsson could be a world-class online fraudster. In a way, he already is.
Symantec patches critical Norton flaw, 08/09/07: A bug in the way Norton Antivirus software uses the ActiveX programming language could cause serious problems for users of Symantec’s products.
Cisco reports a bunch of IOS flaws: Cisco warned of a bunch of new vulnerabilities affecting IOS, plus a problem with MeetingPlace.
The trouble with Microsoft Identity Management: Security expert Tyson Kopczynski has got some peeves concerning Microsoft’s Certificate Lifecycle Manager.
Huge pump-and-dump spam spike in progress, 08/08/07: A massive spam blast that started Tuesday is still in progress and shows no sign of abating, a security company said.
Microsoft plans nine security updates for next week, 08/09/07: Microsoft will release nine sets of security patches next week, including six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and its Visual Basic development software. (From Microsoft Subnet: Patches and more Microsoft patches: Loads of Windows flaws to be fixed on Tuesday and the mysteriously disappearing Vista service pack is expected to return.)
RSA to buy data leak detection company Tablus, 08/09/07: EMC’s RSA group plans to acquire data leak protection vendor Tablus.
Security firm automates generating attack code, 08/09/07: Security firm Immunity has released a tool aimed at largely automating the process of putting together security exploits, a move some believe will lead to a dramatic rise in the number of “zero-day” exploits making the rounds.
AOL drops free Kaspersky AV, offers McAfee, 08/08/07: AOL has quietly stopped offering its free Active Virus Shield software in favor of a competing alternative from vendor McAfee.
FaceTime exposes customer contact data on its Web site, 08/08/07: Instant messaging security vendor FaceTime Communications confirmed Wednesday that programming errors caused customer contact information to be exposed on its Web site.
Study: Search engine privacy policies improving, 08/08/07: Search-engine providers have begun to compete with each other on privacy protections, but the U.S. still needs to adopt a national privacy law, says a report from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).
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