Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Security is no secret
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> | The Linux community was one of the first groups to embrace Flask. With
> | the help of open-source developers, NSA created a Linux security module
> | based on Flask, called Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). It is now one
> | of the core features in the widely used Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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> http://www.gcn.com/print/27_17/46673-1.html
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> Mac Enterprise Security: Flawed in Fact, or Flawed Facts?
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> | The six issues that Computerworld described as enterprise security flaws
> | in Mac OS X amount to little more than shibboleths, according to John
> | Martellaro. Some draw from the experience of the wrong type of user,
> | some quote consultants instead of presenting quantitative truth, and
> | some simply speculate, he writes.
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> http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/it-management/63835.html
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> Fortify too has begun aggravating for some attention (publicity to earn
> clients).
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> Recent:
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> With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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> | The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was
> | hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a
> | Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a
> | three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest
> | conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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> Most Retailer Breaches Are Not Disclosed, Gartner Says
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> | While nearly half of U.S. retailers have been hit with some kind of
> | information security attack, only a small percentage of them have
> | actually reported breaches to their customers, research company Gartner
> | reports.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146278/most_retailer_breaches_are_not_disclosed_gartner_says.html
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> Students crack Microsoft CardSpace
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> | Students at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, say they have found
> | a way to steal security tokens in Microsoft's new CardSpace
> | authentication framework. Attackers can apparently get access to
> | protected, encrypted user data ? such as passwords, credit card numbers,
> | and delivery addresses ? when they are transmitted.
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> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/108731/from/rss09
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> Vista Called as Vulnerable as Predecessors
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> | It looks as if Vista's reputation for improved security could be heading
> | for the pages of history. PC Tools has renewed last week's attack on the
> | platform with new figures that appear to back up its claim that Vista is
> | almost as vulnerable as its predecessors.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146281/vista_called_as_vulnerable_as_predecessors.html
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> Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
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> | "[Vista]has been hailed by Microsoft as the most secure version of
> | Windows to date. However, recent research conducted with statistics from
> | over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown
> | that Windows Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year
> | old Windows 2000 operating system, and only 37 per cent more secure than
> | Windows XP," said Simon Clausen, chief exec at PC Tools.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/win_malware_survey/
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> Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145681/vista_as_insecure_as_windows_2000.html
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Excellent reading, Roy. Keep up the good work.
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Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)
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