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Red Hat Issues RHEL Security Advisory

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Responding to the attempted break-in to its servers last week, Linux vendor Red Hat has released an update to certain components of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) software packages.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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This Year's Data Breaches Already Exceed 2007 Total

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) lists 449 breaches for 2008 so far, up from 446 for all of last year.

Source(s): InformationWeek

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Midsize Companies Most Worried About Security: Report

Friday, August 22, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Midsize companies are more concerned about information security than they are about reducing business costs, according to new research.

Source(s): Dark Reading

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Microsoft Readies 12 Patches, Reveals New Security Plans

Friday, August 8, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft is getting ready to release a dozen security patches when Patch Tuesday rolls around next week.

Source(s): InformationWeek, Network World

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Customs Can Seize Laptops, iPods

Monday, August 4, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

According to the new Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, U.S. customs officials have the authority to seize and inspect electronic devices, regardless of whether they have reason to think the devices contain dangerous or illegal information.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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Zscaler Launches Cloud-Based Security Service

Monday, August 4, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Security start-up Zscaler has unveiled an online service that applies customer-defined security policies to outbound Web traffic.

Source(s): Network World, The New York Times

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'Spam King' Edward Davidson Bolts from Jail, Later Found Dead

Friday, July 25, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

"Spam King" Edward Davidson, who escaped from jail barely two months into his 21-month sentence for tax evasion and falsifying e-mail headers, was found dead on Thursday, along with his wife and young daughter, in an apparent murder-suicide.

Source(s): The Denver Channel

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DNS Exploit Code Released

Thursday, July 24, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Security experts have warned Internet users to check their DNS connection for security and patch their DNS resolvers immediately.

Source(s): InformationWeek, CNET News

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D-Link Introduces Ethernet-Powered Security Camera

Thursday, July 24, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Network hardware vendor D-Link released an IP-based, networkable dome camera for indoor surveillance.

Source(s): Market Wire via MarketWatch, ChannelWeb

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BlackBerry Gets Security Patch

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Research in Motion (RIM) has issued a patch for for BlackBerry software that addresses a "highly critical" security flaw in the system's handling of PDF files.

Source(s): The Register

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SMBs Not Worried About Security Attacks: McAfee

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

A majority of SMBs think they're not showing up on hackers' radar screens, according to a new report from McAfee.

Source(s): VNUnet

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Symantec Offers Public Beta of Norton 2009

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009, incorporating numerous performance improvements, are now available as public betas.

Source(s): PC World

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Vendors Warn of Microsoft Word Zero-Day Flaw

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft is echoing warnings from Symantec about an unpatched vulnerability in Word that has become the subject of targeted attacks.

Source(s): SearchSecurity.com, The Register

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Google Releases App Security Assessment Tool To Open Source

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Google has released the code to its Ratproxy application security assessment tool to the open-source community, giving developers a new way to inspect their Web apps.

Source(s): InformationWeek

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Microsoft Issues Security Workarounds for Access Ahead of Patch Tuesday

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

On the eve of what most are considering to be a low-key Patch Tuesday, Microsoft separately issued a workaround for an ActiveX vulnerability within its Access database program.

Source(s): The Register, Redmond

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Insider Security Threats Double in Past Year

Thursday, July 3, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Security breaches due to insider action have more than doubled since 2007, according to a new report. One organization is working on an insider risk assessment service.

Source(s): DarkReading

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Microsoft Beefs Up Security For IE 8 Beta 2

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

When Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 debuts next month, it will include a raft of new or upgraded security features designed to safeguard against malware, phishing and scripting attacks.

Source(s): CNET News.com, InformationWeek

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Apple Patches 25 Mac OS Security Flaws

Tuesday, July 1, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Apple has patched 25 security vulnerabilities, more than half of which involved open-source code, in its Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5) operating systems.

Source(s): Macworld, Computerworld

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Dell Introduces Laptop Security Service

Monday, June 30, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Dell introduced Dell ProSupport Mobility Services to help companies track lost laptops, remotely delete sensitive information if necessary, and recover information from damaged computers.

Source(s): ChannelWeb, Dell press release

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PC Tools Launches iAntiVirus for Macs

Monday, June 30, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

PC utility and security vendor PC Tools introduced iAntiVirus, a Mac-specific anti-malware application.

Source(s): Macworld

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Symantec Upgrades DLP Security Software

Friday, June 27, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Symantec aims to simplify content discovery with an upgraded version of its Vontu Data Loss Prevention software suite.

Source(s): eWeek

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Google Resolves App Engine Glitch; Unveils Pricing Plan For Web Site Optimizer

Friday, June 20, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Those who advocate the benefits of cloud computing should take comfort in knowing the flaw that brought down Google's Web application hosting service on Tuesday has been fixed, the Mountain View, Calif.-based search company said.

Source(s): InformationWeek

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Houses Passes Revamped Spy Bill

Friday, June 20, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that overhauls the nation's wiretapping laws, and the same is expected to happen next week when it reaches the Senate.

Source(s): The Washington Post, Reuters

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Apple Patches Safari for Windows Users

Friday, June 20, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Apple has released a new Windows version of Safari that patches four vulnerabilities, including one that had Microsoft telling its customers to not use the browser.

Source(s): Computerworld

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Trend Micro to Entrust Security to the Cloud

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Trend Micro will start relying more on analyzing malware in the cloud rather than on the desktop, resulting it quicker identification of new threats.

Source(s): NetworkWorld, CNET News

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Verizon Study Calls 90% of Data Breaches Preventable

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

A "2008 Data Breach Investigations Report" from Verizon Business finds that nearly nine out of ten business data breaches could have been prevented through reasonable security measures.

Source(s): Yahoo Finance

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PGP Brings Government-Approved Security to Mac OS X

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Data encryption specialist PGP announced an update to its Whole Disk Encryption product that brings same level of functionality and security to Macintoshes as the product already provides to Windows.

Source(s): InternetNews, ChannelWeb

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Safari, IE Bugs Pose Serious Blended Threat to Windows Users

Monday, June 2, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Microsoft is warning Windows Vista and XP users of a blended threat involving Apple's Safari browser and its Internet Explorer browser.

Source(s): InfoWorld

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Apple Releases Security Update, Fixes iCal Vulnerability

Friday, May 30, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Apple has released a 74MB security patch for Tiger and Leopard, addressing more than 40 security issues including the recently publicized iCal vulnerability.

Source(s): ChannelWeb

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Cisco Patches Three Security Vulnerabilities

Thursday, May 22, 2008
By bMighty.com Staff

Cisco has released a trio security patches that fix denial-of-service bugs and a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Source(s): Network World, ChannelWeb

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