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Microsoft to release 9 advisories on Tuesday
05.04.2013
April 2013 advance notice is out and it forecasts an interesting patching session for Microsoft administrators.
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Pwn2Own: IE, Firefox, Chrome and Java go down
07.03.2013
The Pwn2Own competition is underway at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, and during the first day of competition Java, IE 10, Firefox and Chrome were successfully "pwned" by various competitors, bringing them tens of thousands of dollars in prizes.
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Microsoft releases 12 bulletins that address 57 vulnerabilities
12.02.2013
The second Patch Tuesday of 2013 has a much higher volume than usual.
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Watering hole campaign targeting "Reporters without Borders" visitors
24.01.2013
Watering hole attacks continue unabated and, according to Avast's Director of Threat Intelligence Jindrich Kubec, the finger could be safely pointed to China once again.
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Microsoft patches critical IE 0-day used in watering hole attacks
14.01.2013
Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch for the Internet Explorer 0-day recently discovered to have been misused in a series of targeted watering hole attacks linked to the Elderwood gang.
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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