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Computerworld Security
November 21, 2008
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In this issue:
* IETF: Should we ignore the Kaminsky bug?
* Verizon employees accessed Obama's mobile record
* Startup offers rootkit protection, partitioning
* Opinion: Obama's BlackBerry is no security threat
* Massachusetts extends compliance deadline on new data-encryption rules
* Apple patches 12 iPhone bugs, adds Street View, podcast downloads
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* Is this hardware for real? Prove it!
* Inflight credit card fraud
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
IETF: Should we ignore the Kaminsky bug?
The ongoing debate about a serious flaw in the DNS discovered this summer brings to mind a famous quotation from Voltaire: "The perfect is the enemy of the good."
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3917547/80502066/153030/2/
Verizon employees accessed Obama's mobile record
Verizon Wireless has suspended several employees who accessed account information for a flip phone formerly used by President-elect Barack Obama, the company said in a statement Thursday.
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Startup offers rootkit protection, partitioning
Start-up Integrity Global Security is coming out with a version of technology used in the military that can provide the features of virtual machines but with built-in security. 
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MORE TOP STORIES
Opinion: Obama's BlackBerry is no security threat
A lot of the stories about President-elect Barack Obama possibly having to relinquish his BlackBerry when he takes office Jan. 20 are, for a variety of reasons, just plain dumb.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3917547/80502066/153033/2/
Massachusetts extends compliance deadline on new data-encryption rules
Citing the economic downturn, the Massachusetts state government is giving companies more time to comply with tough new regulations on securing the personal data of state residents.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3917547/80502066/153034/2/
Apple patches 12 iPhone bugs, adds Street View, podcast downloads
Apple today released iPhone 2.2, the first update to the phone's firmware in more than two months, patching a dozen security vulnerabilities and adding several new features.
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Security Trends Overview: Targeted Phishing Attack
Today's spam-blocking appliances have little problem weeding out the vast majority of unsophisticated spam campaigns, leaving end-users' inboxes filled with only legitimate email. To combat advanced anti-spam technology and increase their business, online criminals are becoming more dangerous and sophisticated. This overview discusses one of the latest trends in phishing.
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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Is this hardware for real? Prove it!
I can understand how the government is seeking to have vendors verify that the equipment they're selling the government is authentic. According to Gautham Nagesh's article, hundreds of pieces of hardware being used by the government (and later seized) was in fact, counterfeit. Those products are usually inferior and can wind up being very costly -- especially when they result in network failures and data loss. Nagesh notes for example, that the FBI seized over 400 pieces of bogus Cisco network hardware.
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Inflight credit card fraud
Some Asian airlines are reporting rising losses to inflight credit card fraud because there is typically no online credit-card authorization systems at 30,000 feet.
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Today a manager who has risen through the ranks from being a bus driver was hosting a meeting with another agency. He and I have butted heads a few times, since he has tried to manage technology issues that surround him in his job and he is technology-challenged ...
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