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Microsoft ships six critical patches, but two lesser vulnerabilities could be killers

2008-02-12 00:00:00 by John Fontana in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft Tuesday released 11 security patches, six with the highest rating of "critical" that span Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer, but some say it is a combination of two non-critical vulnerabilities that should catch the eye of corporate IT
 
Tags: critical, non-critical vulnerabilities, microsoft tuesday, span windows, security patches, internet explorer, combination, office, eye
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft dishes out six critical updates

2008-02-13 16:29:05 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Microsoft released eleven patches on Tuesday, with six of them meriting a critical rating
 
Tags: critical, microsoft, tuesday, patches
 
 
 
 
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Full Presentation "Six Mistakes of Log Management" Released

2008-04-23 19:04:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
As you know, I release my presentations on Slideshare when I get tired of them The time for releasing my famous "Six Mistakes of Log Management" has come View | Upload your own About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: log management, mistakes, org, time, release, famous, slideshare, view, tired
 
 
 
 
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Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)

2008-05-27 00:00:00 by Sandra Gittlen in Network World on Security
 
It takes a lot to shock Chris Goggans; he's been a pen (penetration) tester since 1991, getting paid to break into a wide variety of networks. But he says nothing was as egregious as security lapses in both infrastructure design and patch management at a civilian government agency -- holes that let him hack his way through to a major FBI crime...
 
Tags: shock chris goggans, civilian government agency, patch management, security lapses, hack, hours, infrastructure design, wide variety, lot
 
 
 
 
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Six hours to hack the FBI

2008-05-28 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472e44 in Network World on Security
 
The eighth paragraph of the Computerworld (US) story, "Six hours to hack the FBI (and other pen-testing adventures)," which was posted to the wire Tuesday, has been corrected to give the correct title of Chris Nickerson and the company where he works. The corrected paragraph follows
 
Tags: eighth paragraph, paragraph, hours, chris nickerson, fbi, wire tuesday, hack, correct title, story
 
 
 
 
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U.S. sees six 'disruptivetechnologies' by 2025

2008-09-10 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A top U.S. intelligence official gives a grim view of the U.S. leading up the year 2025, but his report also includes a list of six disruptive technologies that will have significant impact on the U.S. and the world
 
Tags: significant impact, grim view, disruptive technologies, intelligence official, report, top, world, includes, list
 
 
 
 
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Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug

2008-10-10 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft has acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a still-unpatched vulnerability it first reported six months ago. But it's not clear when, or if, it plans to release a patch
 
Tags: exploit code, months ago, plans, vulnerability, release, patch, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug

2008-10-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472bd4 in Network World on Security
 
Microsoft Thursday acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a vulnerability it acknowledged six months ago, but has yet to patch
 
Tags: exploit code, months ago, microsoft thursday, vulnerability, patch
 
 
 
 
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Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
When I wrote this essay -- "Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot" -- I thought a lot about the government inventing terrorist plotters and entrapping them, to make the world seem scarier. Since then, it's been on my list of topics to write about someday Rolling Stone has this excellent article on the topic, about the Joint Terrorism Task...
 
Tags: terrorist, modern terrorist, hossain, terrorist conspiracies, deal hossain claims, yassin aref, aref, terrorist plot, stop federal agents
 
 
 
 
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Sensitive Milwaukee County information posted to Web

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2008-02-13 17:06:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog