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Google researcher reveals another Windows 0-day
23.05.2013
Tavis Ormandy - the Google researcher known for discovering a slew of Windows, Java and Flash Player vulnerabilities and zero-days and his combative attitude regarding the "responsible disclosure" policy preferred by software companies - has been working on exploiting another Windows zero-day vulnerability and asking for assistance on the Full Disclosure mailing list.
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A look into the EC Council hack
17.05.2013
Update: Wednesday, 22 May 2013 - Tal Be'ery: “We had analyzed a screenshot of what we had thought at the time the current EC council site hack.
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U.S. government tops list of malware buyers
13.05.2013
While vocally and repeatedly tying all kinds of discovered cyber attacks to Chinese hackers, the U.S.
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Microsoft releases Fix it for critical IE8 0-day
09.05.2013
Microsoft has released a one-click Fix it for mitigating the effect of the IE 8 zero-day vulnerability that is being used in watering hole attacks in the wild.
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IE8 0-day used in watering hole attacks
06.05.2013
Last week a U.S. Department of Labor website was discovered to be redirecting users to sites serving a hard-to-detect variant Poison Ivy backdoor Trojan.
Spotlight

Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.
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