Microsoft fixes nasty DNS server, Exchange flaws
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| The Exchange update fixes previously undisclosed flaws in
| Microsoft's messaging software that could be exploited to
| seize control of the server, said Paul Zinski, director of
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| product and market strategy at PatchLink Corp.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070508/tc_infoworld/88368
Important Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista: KB931768
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| Comments: Though not specifically for the core of Vista, all Vista
| releases include IE7, so it is relevant. Details also available in
| security bulletin MS07-027. Maximum rating is 'Critical', though that
| is probably for XP, as it is only listed as 'Important' on my
| machine.
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http://itsvista.com/2007/05/important-update-for-internet-explorer-7-in-windows-vista-kb931768/
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Spam, phishing, spyware pose threats to government cybersecurity
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| Federal agencies are facing emerging cybersecurity threats that
| are the result of increasingly sophisticated methods of attack
| and the blending of once distinct types of attack into more
| complex and damaging forms.
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http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/kouri/070429
FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
| computers pass their shelf life.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
Homeland Security sees cyberthreats on the rise
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| To test the nation's response to a cyberattack, the Department
| of Homeland Security plans to hold another major exercise,
| called Cyberstorm II, in March 2008, Garcia said. A first
| such exercise happened early last year.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-6157809.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2dpbmv
U.S. cyber counterattack: Bomb 'em one way or the other
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| If the United States found itself under a major cyberattack aimed
| at undermining the natio's critical information infrastructure,
| the Department of Defense is prepared, based on the authority of
| the president, to launch a cyber counterattack or an actual
| bombing of an attack source.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/020807-rsa-cyber-attacks.html
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