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Microsoft Releases IE8 Fix-It Patch

Are you using Internet Explorer 8? If so, you need to read on. A recent zero-day exploit being actively used in the wild and was likely the cause of a watering-hole attack attack that was launched from the US Department of Labor.

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Natural Resource corruption dealt a blow by new eu transparency rules

“Transparency International EU warmly welcomes the agreement secured today on new rules for the EU extractive sector that requires oil, gas, mining and logging companies to disclose what they pay to governments around the world. The deal reached by negotiators from the European Parliament and the Irish EU Presidency means that companies will have to disclose details of tax, bonus and other payments made for every project they operate, over a threshold of 100,000

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North Korea behind March cyberattack, says South Korea

“South Korea has accused North Korea of launching a recent cyberattack that hit tens of thousands of PCs. A spokesman for South Korea's Internet agency said today that six computers in North Korea were identified as the source of the attack, according to The Guardian. Those computers used more than 1,000 IP addresses from across the world to infect 48,000 PCs and servers at South Korean banks and broadcasting stations….”

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U.S. business SEC filings suggest cyber threats may be overstated

“You may arrive at some conflicting conclusions about reported cyber attacks in recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by some of the largest companies in the nation

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Vudu resets user passwords after hard drives lost in office burglary

“Video service Vudu began warning users today that it has instituted a systemwide password reset following an office break-in last month. A burglary March 24 resulted in the loss of hard drives that contained users' sensitive personal information, including names, e-mail addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, account activity, dates of birth, and the last four digits of some credit card numbers, Vudu Chief Technology Officer Prasanna Ganesan informed customers in an e-mail. He said no complete credit card numbers were stolen because the company does not store that information….”

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The Third Scenario Business Continuity Planning in the face of Cyber Threats

“Our lives are interlaced in a gentle existence fabric that is usually balanced between everyday routine and special events. Exceeding that precious balance due to an unusual event such as a flat tire in high noon, a cancellation of a much needed connection flight in the dead of night or your firstborn waking up with a fever in the light of a new day, all are events that remind us how evasive and slippery that warm and cuddly routine is

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Your Facebook friends may be evil bots

“How safe is your online social network? Not very, as it turns out

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NIST sorting comments on cybersecurity framework

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology has 185 days to release the draft framework called for in the president's cybersecurity executive order. Given the tight timeline, the agency is sorting through comments on its recent request for information–well before the comment period ends April 29

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Facebook members in U.K. must pay to hob-knob with celebs

“Facebook users in the U.K. are being treated to the same premium charges their counterparts in the U.S. have been hit with when sending messages to certain high-profile members on the social network, as well as people outside their circle of friends

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Mozilla pulls tracking trigger for Firefox 22, ignores ad industry attacks

“Mozilla has added automatic third-party cookie-blocking to a preview version of Firefox 22, a move that will put the feature in most users hands by late June and the company on a collision course with the online ad industry. Advertising trade groups have blasted the new cookie blocking, calling it “dangerous and highly disturbing,” and promising that Firefox users would see more online ads as a result….”

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