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Computerworld Security
December 16, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Kill JavaScript in Adobe Reader to ward off zero-day exploit, experts urge
2. Mozilla patches 10 security bugs with Firefox 3.5.6
3. RockYou hack exposes names, passwords of 30M accounts
4. Rogue antivirus lurks behind Google Doodle searches
5. Mass. Supreme Court throws out lawsuit against BJs over '04 data breach
6. Hot security predictions for 2010
7. Amir Lev: DNS blocklists and reputation services (part 1)
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Kill JavaScript in Adobe Reader to ward off zero-day exploit, experts urge
Security experts today urged Adobe Reader and Acrobat users to disable the
JavaScript option until a patch is issued for a just-disclosed vulnerability.
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Mozilla patches 10 security bugs with Firefox 3.5.6
Mozilla patched 10 bugs in Firefox, half of them critical, in the browser's
rendering and JavaScript engines, media and video libraries, and other
components.
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RockYou hack exposes names, passwords of 30M accounts
Hackers breached a database at social networking application maker RockYou Inc.
and accessed username and password information on more than 30 million
individuals with accounts at the company.
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Rogue antivirus lurks behind Google Doodle searches
In Esperanto the word is "malica." It means malicious and it's the best way of
describing many of the search results Google visitors got Tuesday when the
clicked on Google's front-page Doodle sketch, dedicated to Esperanto's creator.
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Mass. Supreme Court throws out lawsuit against BJs over '04 data breach
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court ruling
dismissing a lawsuit brought against by BJs dozens of credit unions over a 2004
data breach.
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Hot security predictions for 2010
Looking forward to 2010 while trying to erase the memory of 2009 — here are my
security predictions for the new year.
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Amir Lev: DNS blocklists and reputation services (part 1)
In the next three Security Levity posts, I want to talk about 'sender
reputation' and how it's used to filter spam and other undesirable email. What
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