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Computerworld Security
November 30, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Latest Microsoft patches cause black screen of death
2. China warns about return of destructive Panda virus
3. Metasploit releases IE attack, but it's unreliable
4. Data-leak lessons learned from the 'Climategate' hack
5. Tom Patterson: 5 counter-fraud tips you've never been told
6. There Probably Will Be an Electronic Pearl Harbor
7. Microsoft adds SSL to AJAX CDN
8. Capsa Keeps Tabs on Your SMB Network
9. Michael Horowitz: Exploiting the portable edition of Firefox
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Latest Microsoft patches cause black screen of death
Microsoft's latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to
seize up and display a black screen, rending the computer useless.
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China warns about return of destructive Panda virus
A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version
of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which infected millions of PCs in the
country three years ago, according to McAfee.
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Metasploit releases IE attack, but it's unreliable
Developers of the open-source Metasploit penetration testing toolkit have
released code that can compromise Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, but the
software is not as reliable as first thought.
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Data-leak lessons learned from the 'Climategate' hack
In case you've missed it, someone recently dumped a large cache of e-mail files
and documents from the University of East Anglia University's prestigious
Climactic Research Unit onto the 'Net. The CRU is one of the leading
climatology research institutions, and its data and models provide much of the
infrastructure on which the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is
based.
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Tom Patterson: 5 counter-fraud tips you've never been told
Five counter-fraud tips you've never been told, for keeping your credit and
debit card safe this holiday
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There Probably Will Be an Electronic Pearl Harbor
For 15 years now, I have been publicly lambasting all of those people who have
made their careers, or at least made fleeting news headlines, based on their
declaration of an imminent Electronic Pearl Harbor. My disdain is based on
several factors, but predominantly the lack of accountability for such
statements. One industry analyst, for example, stated that there will be such an
event by the end of 2003. Six years later, I didn't see anyone revisit the utter
lack of such an event.
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Microsoft adds SSL to AJAX CDN
Free security technology speeds up external-facing Web sites and offers edge
caching support for AJAX libraries, including jQuery and ASP.Net AJAX
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Capsa Keeps Tabs on Your SMB Network
Capsa Network Analyzer Professional Edition (various pricing; free,
feature-limited, 15-day demo) is a powerful tool for network monitoring. It is
not a tool for home users, unless they're very unusual; this is a program aimed
at those whose job includes knowing what's going on with their network at an
extremely technical level. It's a good fit for a small or medium-sized business.
Often, getting the kind of information this program delivers requires PERL
scripts and deep command-line voodoo; Capsa displays and sorts it all in a
surprisingly intuitive way. What it doesn't do, of course, is provide the
training needed to interpret the data. If DNS, SMTP, and IPV6 sound more like
bad Scrabble draws than technical terms, Capsa probably isn't a tool you will
find useful.
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Michael Horowitz: Exploiting the portable edition of Firefox
Portable Firefox lets Windows users maintain multiple, independent copies of the
browser. Why not configure one copy for maximum security? This isn't as safe as
running Firefox under Linux, but it's a step in the right direction.
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Twitter's dirty laundry
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