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Computerworld Virus & Vulnerability Roundup
October 09, 2008
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In this issue:
* Researchers reveal 'clickjacking' attack info
* O.J. Simpson guilty verdict could lead to malicious spam
* Q&A: E-voting security results 'awful,' says Ohio secretary of state
* 'Clickjackers' could hijack webcams, microphones, Adobe warns
* Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches
* Symantec to buy e-mail security vendor MessageLabs
* Tenn. student indicted for hacking Palin's e-mail
* Colorado state Web site dishes out SSNs of CEOs, other top execs
* Obama beats McCain in 'spam-off' by landslide
* Court orders spammers to pay $236M to Iowa ISP
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* Sarah Palin's alleged email hacker pleads, "Not guilty"
* My first NoScript clickjacking warning
* Security vendors are showing movement!
* David Kernell indicted, Yahoo Mail safe again
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Researchers reveal 'clickjacking' attack info
Robert Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman, the security researchers who first warned of clickjacking flaws in Web browsers and browser plug-ins two weeks ago, offered up more details about the flaws today.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143816/2/
O.J. Simpson guilty verdict could lead to malicious spam
Friday's conviction of former pro football star O.J. Simpson on charges related to the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers could be used by malicious spammers to trick computer users, according to MX Logic.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143817/2/
Q&A: E-voting security results 'awful,' says Ohio secretary of state
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says landmark voting equipment tests were much worse than feared, testing is cumbersome, and a hand-counting pilot project is possible -- after the upcoming presidential election.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143818/2/
'Clickjackers' could hijack webcams, microphones, Adobe warns
Adobe Systems is warning users that hackers could use clickjacking attack tactics to secretly turn on a computer's microphone and Web camera.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143819/2/
Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches
Privacy and civil rights groups are welcoming legislation that proposes tough new standards for conducting searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders.
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Symantec to buy e-mail security vendor MessageLabs
Symantec said today it will pay $695 million for MessageLabs, a security vendor that filters out spam and malicious Web traffic. The deal is expected to close by the end of December.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143821/2/
Tenn. student indicted for hacking Palin's e-mail
The Tennessee college student who came under suspicion as the hacker who broke into the e-mail account of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143822/2/
Colorado state Web site dishes out SSNs of CEOs, other top execs
A privacy advocate says the Web site of the Colorado secretary of state is making available the Social Security numbers and other personal data of CEOs, company chairmen, board members and other senior executives at some of the country's largest companies.
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Obama beats McCain in 'spam-off' by landslide
Spammers were nearly seven times more likely to slap Obama's name in the subject line of their spam campaigns than McCain's during September, according to Secure Computing Corp.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143824/2/
Court orders spammers to pay $236M to Iowa ISP
A federal judge has ordered spammers Henry Perez and his wife Suzanne Bartok to pay a small Iowa ISP $236 million in damages for spam they sent in 2003.
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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Sarah Palin's alleged email hacker pleads, "Not guilty"
In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Sarah Palin's alleged email nemesis be indicted, arraigned, released, and fed to the bloggers. Not to mention a new use for an old 2600 joystick...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143826/2/
My first NoScript clickjacking warning
I received a clickjacking warning from my Firefox 3.0 NoScript plugin today. False positive? Coding error? Actual attack?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143827/2/
Security vendors are showing movement!
There have been some nice movements in the security space over the past couple of weeks that show large security vendors separating from the smaller tactical players.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3728231/80502049/143828/2/
David Kernell indicted, Yahoo Mail safe again
David Kernell has been indicted by the Justice Department for breaking into VP hopeful Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, according to an announcement at Justice.gov.
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