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New Windows Worm Creating Botnet Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 03 December 2008 08:07

A new botnet being built, according to security experts. Trend Micro have warned of a new worm that spreads by exploiting a known vulnerability in Windows.

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Hackers take on Al-Qaeda Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Monday, 20 October 2008 04:35

Part of Al-Qaeda's media wing has been taken a down due to most of their forums disappearing from the Internet. These forums are often used by the group to relay messages from their leaders.

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Recap of Patch Tuesday (Oct 2008) Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:36

Big day yesterday for Patch Tuesday as 11 patches were released, four of them gaining MS's "critical" designation. Additionally several important updates were also released. And there is already talk of a nasty new vulnerability on today, Zero-day, that we will have to wait another month for a fix.
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World Bank Group Hacked Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Friday, 10 October 2008 03:45

Gtron Solutions has just been notified that the World Bank Group network (one of largest data repositories of sensitive data) has been compromised by multiple people.

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Adobe Releases Clickjacking Advisory as Demo of Vulnerability Circulates Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 08 October 2008 14:19

Adobe releases an advisory with workarounds for Adobe Flash Player to protect users from clickjacking attacks as the company prepares a patch. Security researchers Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen recently raised red flags over clickjacking issues affecting all the major browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
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