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Almost all Windows users vulnerable to Flash zero-day attacks
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| More than 9 out of every 10 Windows users are vulnerable to the Flash
| zero-day vulnerability that Adobe won't patch until Thursday, a Danish
| security company said today.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135937/Almost_all_Windows_users_vulnerable_to_Flash_zero_day_attacks
Conficker Mystery to Continue at Black Hat Conference
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| Still, the malware helped build one of the biggest botnets in years—at one
| point reaching around several million, according to some estimates. In May,
| even after months of publicity and work by vendors and researchers, the worm
| was still attempting to infect some 50,000 new PCs daily.
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http://securitywatch.eweek.com/malware/conficker_the_mystery_meat_of_the_malware_world.html
Microsoft offers patches to ward off ActiveX attacks
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| A critical patch for all versions of IE will protect consumers, while a
| security update for Visual Studio will help developers fix the controls and
| components they built that could be affected.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10297328-245.html
Data Detailing New York Stock Exchange Network Exposed on Unsecured Server
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| Sensitive information about the technical infrastructure of the New York
| Stock Exchange’s computer network was left unsecured on a public server for
| possibly more than a year, Threat Level has learned.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/nyse/
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Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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