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Old Operating Systems Die Harder
Dark Reading
Windows XP systems are feeling the big squeeze now, with Windows 8 on the
horizon and Microsoft eliminating its support for XP by April 2014 -- and
new data underlines how risky running older OSes like XP can be. Fortinet's
FortiGuard Labs mapped out a ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/vulnerabilities/240007184/old-operating-systems-die-harder.html>
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A Guide To Network Vulnerability Management
Dark Reading
If you're trying to build an approach to vulnerability management from
square one, the best place to start is to perform a discovery and an audit.
You can't really think about a long-term set of policies and procedures for
ongoing network vulnerability ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/perimeter-security/240007070/a-guide-to-network-vulnerability-management.html>
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Microsoft Issues XSS Patches, but Security Researchers Focus on Oct. Update
eWeek
Both issues are cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, a class of flaw that
allows a script on the client to access resources on the current site or
server. Because the products are not widely used in companies, the risk
from the vulnerabilities is ...
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Issues-XSS-Patches-but-Security-Researchers-Focus-on-Oct-Update-555701/>
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Flash vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 10 to be patched 'shortly'
The Verge
Microsoft has reversed its decision to wait to patch critical
vulnerabilities in Flash for Internet Explorer 10, and will release an
update sooner than previously announced, according to ZDNet. The company's
decision to integrate Flash directly into ...
<http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/11/3315064/adobe-flash-internet-explorer-windows-8-patch>
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Core Security/NT OBJECTives Spider Integrated Solution
Dark Reading
Through the automation of vulnerability identification, validation and risk
prioritization, companies are now able to efficiently monitor their
application security posture, allowing security teams to spend their time
remediating the most material ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/news/240007152/core-security-nt-objectives-spider-integrated-solution.html>
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Are you a defense contractor? Beware the Elderwood Project!
BetaNews
The really malicious zero-day vulnerabilities -- ones that a real keylogger
exponent would eye -- are wildly exploited and influence a common software
and are rare; there were eight of them last year. Even so, while the
previous year collectively ...
<http://betanews.com/2012/09/11/are-you-a-defense-contractor-beware-the-elderwood-project/>
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Upgrade or die: Old vulnerabilities are prime targets
GCN.com
A recent white paper by security strategist Derek Manky examines attack
patterns over the last 13 years and finds that despite a growing number of
vulnerabilities being discovered over time, it is the older flaws that are
the most popular targets ...
<http://gcn.com/articles/2012/09/11/cybereye-fortinet-old-vulnerabilities-most-exploited.aspx>
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Don't Fumble iPad Security with an NFL Playbook
CSO
These programming mistakes become operating system vulnerabilities which
are exploited by threat against (hackers). This summer, Apple released iOS
5.1.1, which addressed three vulnerabilities found in iOS/Safari that
allowed a hacker to establish a ...
<http://www.csoonline.com/article/715924/don-t-fumble-ipad-security-with-an-nfl-playbook>
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The perils of bad patch management
GCN.com
A recent study from Fortinet found that vulnerabilities discovered since
2010 are hardly being touched by hackers, while those in Windows XP -- now
nearing its end of life -- are among the most popular. Symantec's
"Internet Security Threat Report" for ...
<http://gcn.com/articles/2012/09/11/patch-management-explainer.aspx>
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Chip and pin 'weakness' exposed
BBC News
A vulnerability in the widely used chip and pin payment system has been
exposed by Cambridge University researchers. Cards were found to be open to
a form of cloning, despite past assurances from banks that chip and pin
could not be compromised.
<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19559124>
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