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Should we be focusing on vulnerabilities or exploits?
ZDNet (blog)
By Ryan Naraine | February 13, 2012, 9:19am PST Summary: Mitja Kolsek
argues that there's a hidden danger in focusing on limiting exploitability
instead of exterminating vulnerabilities. This post was inspired by a
recent ZDNet article "Offensive ...
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/should-we-be-focusing-on-vulnerabilities-or-exploits/10274>
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Google Wallet Vulnerabilities Highlight Mobile Payment Security Concerns
IT Business Edge (blog)
On my way home the next day, I got several emails regarding the Google
Wallet vulnerabilities. Had I known about it 24 hours earlier, it would
have been the focus of our conversation, wondering whether or not mobile
payment systems are all that secure.
<http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/google-wallet-vulnerabilities-highlight-mobile-payment-security-concerns/?cs=49753>
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Chrome 17, Improved Malware Detection and Vulnerabilities Control
TechLeash
Starting last week, the Chrome browser has been given a facelift – an
update that brings a new web address preloading feature and adds a bonus as
well – a new feat that checks for malware infestation in every file you
download into your computer.
<http://techleash.com/2012/02/chrome-17-improved-malware-detection-and-vulnerabilities-control/>
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Rewind and replay for web app vulnerabilities
ComputerworldUK (blog)
Unfortunately, it is alarmingly common to see well known vulnerabilities
and weakness being baked right in to new applications and systems - just as
if the past 5 years had never happened! A recent report released by Alex
Hopkins of Context Information ...
<http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/security-and-risk/2012/02/rewind-and-replay-for-web-app-vulnerabilities/>
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Google, Facebook: paid security bugs
Generation NT (US)
Google and Facebook have totalled up payments and have indicated that their
payment programs for discovered security vulnerabilities have cost them
dearly. In 2010, Google started an interesting program looking at Google
Chrome and their open source ...
<http://us.generation-nt.com/security-vulnerability-bounty-google-facebook-news-3384041.html>
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IMS: a reform architecture
The Hindu
A frank introductory sentence by the three leaders is worth quoting in its
entirety: "The crisis that engulfed the global economy in 2008 caught
most experts and policymakers by surprise, bringing to light a number of
hitherto unnoticed vulnerabilities ...
<http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2889561.ece>
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Local Man Gets Year In Prison For Selling Border Maps
KGMI
A Bellingham man will be spending the next year behind bars after pleading
guilty to trying to sell sensitive information about potential
vulnerabilities along the US/Canada border. Thirty-two-year old Leif Rankin
admitted that he tried to sell a ...
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IMF: Poverty in Israel among worst in OECD
Globes
"Israel's economy remains strong," concludes the IMF in its draft
concluding statement of the 2012 Article IV Consultation Mission to Israel,
but it cautions, "vulnerabilities remain." The IMF states, "Public debt is
high relative to stronger OECD and ...
<http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000724214>
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SaaS Website Security Startup StopTheHacker Launches Commercial Services
Based ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Today more than 75% of hosted websites have vulnerabilities. Six thousand
websites per day are blacklisted by Google due to inadvertent malware
infestation, and between 2.5% and 5% of all hosted websites are infected --
similar to infection rates for ...
<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saas-website-security-startup-stopthehacker-launches-commercial-services-based-on-initial-funding-round-2012-02-13>
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