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Can Ubuntu save online banking?
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| Not really, says McLaughlin, a Certified
| Information Security Professional and CIO
| of CNL Bank. Accessing online banking from
| your everyday PC is just asking for
| trouble, he says.
|
| In fact, the CIO of the Orlando, Florida-
| based regional bank would like to see all
| of his customers - both consumers and
| businesses - access online banking either
| from a dedicated machine or from a self-
| booting CD-ROM running Ubuntu Linux and
| Firefox.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15815/can_ubuntu_save_online_banking
AVG makes available free Rescue CD
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| AVG Technologies has announced that its
| Rescue CD is now available as a freeware
| utility to all customers.
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http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=23092
AVG offers free emergency boot CD
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| AVG is also offering a version of the
| Rescue CD for Linux-based PCs.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsId=3218358
Goodbye, IE6
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| If you're still running applications that
| are IE6-specific, you have to dump them.
| You're doing your customers a disservice by
| requiring them to use a Web browser that's
| infamous for its lack of security and is
| clearly on its way to the trash can. The
| sooner every company dumps support for IE6
| and starts requiring that its Web
| applications can work with any generic HTML
| 4-compliant Web browser the better.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15811/good_bye_ie_6
Millions continue to click on spam
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| Even though over 80% of email users are
| aware of the existence of bots, tens of
| millions respond to spam in ways that could
| leave them vulnerable to a malware
| infection, according to a Messaging Anti-
| Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) survey.
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http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9063
Energizer battery rechargers still haunted by trojan backdoor
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| Microsoft labels the trojan as Arurizer.A
| and warns that it installs a backdoor on
| user machines that allows attackers to
| upload, download, and delete files at will,
| install additional malware and carry out
| other nefarious deeds.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/18/energizer_battery_trojan_returns/
Naming and Shaming âBadâ ISPs
http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/03/naming-and-shaming-bad-isps/
Panda discovers malware on HTC Magic phone
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| A Panda Security employee discovered three
| malware programs on a recently purchased
| HTC Magic phone when it was plugged it into
| a Windows computer.
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http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/99707/panda-discovers-malware-htc-magic-phone
Malware Found on Another HTC Magic Smartphone
http://www.pcworld.com/article/191734/malware_found_on_another_htc_magic_smartphone.html?tk=rss_news
Vodafone Spain supplies pre-Mariposa'd smartphone (again)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/17/vodafone_mariposa_again/
Vodafone Spain admits 3,000 smartphones shipped with Mariposa
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/19/voda_spain_mariposa_latest/
Malware Infected Memory Cards of 3,000 Vodafone Mobiles
http://www.pcworld.com/article/191931/malware_infected_memory_cards_of_3000_vodafone_mobiles.html?tk=rss_news
How the butterfly botnet was broken
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/03/16/how-the-butterfly-botnet-was-broken-40088328/
Drudge Report, TechCrunch hit by ad malware
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-403673.html
Estonia Defense Minister: Cyberattacks Will Grow
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| Others at the conference agreed. A major
| cyberattack sponsored by terrorists or a
| state will happen within the next decade,
| predicted Jerry Archer, chief information
| security officer with Sallie Mae. "I think
| within the next five to 10 years we will
| have a cyberwar that will turn into a
| shooting war," he said, speaking during a
| panel discussion at the conference.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/191818/estonia_defense_minister_cyberattacks_will_grow.html?tk=rss_news
SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices
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| U.S. regulators are moving to freeze the
| assets and trading accounts of a Russian
| accused of hacking into personal online
| portfolios and manipulating the price of
| dozens of stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock
| Market and New York Stock Exchange.
|
| A New York federal judge on Tuesday sided
| with the Securities and Exchange Commission
| and froze the assets of Broco Investments,
| believed to be a one-trader operation based
| in St. Petersburg, Russia. The SEC said
| Broco capitalized by artificially moving
| prices of more 38 thinly traded securities
| â enabling Broco to profit from up-or-down
| price swings.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/manipulated-stock-prices/
Facebook Users Targeted in Massive Spam Run
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| Facebook's 400 million users have been
| targeted by a spam run that could infect
| their computers with malicious software
| designed to steals passwords and other
| data, according to security researchers at
| McAfee.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191847/facebook_users_targeted_in_massive_spam_run.html
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