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March '08 Patch Tuesday Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Tuesday, 11 March 2008 09:06

Today, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft plans to release four security bulletins.  These bulletins will address some already exploited vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's Office productivity suite.

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Trojan XLS Attachments in Olympic Emails Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Monday, 10 March 2008 15:02

Malicious XLS attachments have been found in emails that supposedly contain information about this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.  The trojan even goes as far as to leave behind a non-malicious Excel file after it has opened a backdoor so the user does not realize anything has happened.

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Mac Users Beware... Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Friday, 07 March 2008 12:18

As Apple products become more and more popular, hackers are showing more interest in cracking them.  Mac Forensics Lab just released a whitepaper discussing the myriad of problems presented by malware, viruses, worms, and Trojans to OS X.

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New Vulnerability Discovered in Microsoft Access Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Thursday, 06 March 2008 08:28

PandaLabs has uncovered a new vulnerability in Microsoft Access.  Several months ago a similiar issue was detected in Access as well.

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VA Benefits From Increased Security Measures Print E-mail
Written by Rebecca Mints   
Wednesday, 05 March 2008 08:35

Another laptop was stolen from a Veterans Affairs Department employee, but because of the vamped up security measures taken on by the VA their data integrity was not compromised.  They also knew exactly what equipment was missing.

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