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Vulnerabilities are not Threats
InformationWeek
But I have a pet peeve with a common mis-classification of vulnerabilities
as threats. These two items are distinct, but related items: threats will
often exploit vulnerabilities to achieve their goal. While related,
vulnerabilities are not threats and ...
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Fed Evans: Financial Crisis Exposed Global Vulnerability
Wall Street Journal
By HOWARD PACKOWITZ CHICAGO—The credit crisis ignited by the collapse of
Lehman Brothers in 2008 and ongoing debt troubles in Europe exposed
vulnerabilities in the world's financial system, Chicago Federal Reserve
Bank president Charles Evans said ...
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Mac OS X Office vulnerability being exploited by new malware
ComputerworldUK
By Jeremy Kirk | IDG News Service | Published 10:59, 02 May 12 Microsoft
has detected a new piece of malware targeting Apple OS X computers that
exploits a vulnerability in the Office productivity suite patched nearly
three years ago.
<http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3355196/mac-os-x-office-vulnerability-being-exploited-by-new-malware/>
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2011: Malicious attacks up 81%, 1.1 million identities stolen
Gemini
Mountain View (ip-192.com): The number of malicious attacks on computers
and networks skyrocketed by 81 percent in 2011, while the number of
vulnerabilities decreased by 20 percent. Advanced targeted attacks are
spreading to organizations of all sizes ...
<http://www.ip-192.com/2012/05/02/malicious-attacks-stolen-identities/>
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Heightened Awareness: Small Businesses Address Today's Worker
Vulnerabilities
Business Insider
May is full of important health and wellness awareness dates, including
Employee Health & Fitness Month, Disability Awareness Month and Women's
Health Week (May 13-19). However, whether or not small businesses recognize
these and other official ...
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Two major vulnerabilities discovered in iOS 5.1, jailbreak could be close
at hand
Ubergizmo
According to iOS hacker pod2g, it seems that he and his team discovered two
huge vulnerabilities: 1 kernel land exploit and 1 root land exploit.
Unfortunately the exploits were not detailed, which we're guessing is to
prevent Apple from discovering it ...
<http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/05/two-major-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-ios-5-1-jailbreak-could-be-close-at-hand/>
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Battlegrounds shift in online security wars
Irish Times
The data is contained in its annual Internet Security Threat Report, which
shows that the number of software vulnerabilities discovered, which can be
exploited by malware authors, fell significantly as did the amount of spam
in circulation.
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New Office malware attack hunts Snow Leopard, not Lion
CNET
While the Office-based vulnerability that is used to exploit OS X does not
work in Lion, it serves as a reminder to always keep all software
up-to-date. by Topher Kessler May 2, 2012 4:10 PM PDT Following the recent
malware attacks in OS X, ...
<http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57426530-263/new-office-malware-attack-hunts-snow-leopard-not-lion/>
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Beware the wild west of Web applications
Mass High Tech
Recent data from the Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVD) shows that
the number of new vulnerabilities disclosed decreased significantly during
the first half of 2011. At first glance, this may appear as good news. But
hold on.
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Malicious Cyber Attacks Spike by 81%
Information Management
At the same time, spam levels fell considerably and new vulnerabilities
discovered decreased by 20%. Attackers have embraced easy to use attack
toolkits to efficiently leverage existing vulnerabilities. Moving beyond
spam, cyber criminals are then ...
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