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A lot of businesses make it a habit to back up their data, and leave it at that. But many do not realize that there is another half to an effective backup system – regularly testing it.
One of the most basic actions a company takes – big or small – with its data is back [...]

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Released: July 12, 2011
Source: US-CERT (U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team)
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2011 describes multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service, or gain unauthorized access to your files or system.
Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the [...]

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From SECNAP Alerts:
Before disbanding in late June, members of the LulzSec hacking group announced the formation of a hacking school. By the end of this month, its first graduates could begin to increase the frequency of cybercrime, with likely concentrations on setting up Zeus botnets and keystroke logging malware.
Estimates are that as many as a [...]

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The AntiSec online hacking movement said Monday it had broken into a server run by a U.S. military contractor and pilfered 90,000 military email addresses and passwords, the latest in a string of attacks on corporate and government targets.
AntiSec, which comprises elements of the Anonymous and Lulz Security collectives, said it got into a network [...]

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Authorities are searching for a suspected computer hacker who tried taking thousands of dollars from a municipal account at the Rabobank in Atascadero. Police say the suspect used fraudulent wire transfers earlier this week to try and take more than $83,000 from the account. They say a “Trojan Horse” computer virus worked its way into [...]

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The jobs section of The Washington Post’s website was hacked last week, exposing about 1.3 million user IDs and e-mail addresses to whoever was behind the attack, The Post said Wednesday, July 6. People whose e-mail addresses were affected may receive junk e-mail or spam, The Post said in an online posting.
No passwords or other [...]

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Are you investing in IT to win—or just to keep up? Many, if not most, companies use IT as a tool, and in doing so they tend to focus on its cost. A better approach is to consider it a strategic asset. Doing so can differentiate your company and increase your profits.
Differentiate your company and [...]

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Essential computer services remain offline nearly a week after cyber-attackers hit another Department of Energy laboratory, this time in the state of Washington. The Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington shut down Internet access and email services following a sophisticated cyber-attack, according to a July 5 post on the facility’s Twitter account. Officials [...]

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From SECNAP Security Alerts:
Popular FTP package download tarball poisoned
 
A backdoor was discovered in the source code of a widely used FTP package. Version 2.3.4 of the source code for vsftpd—billed as probably the most secure and fastest FTP server for Unix-like systems—was replaced with a compromised version with an invalid signature. The dodgy tarball [...]

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From SECNAP Alerts:
First, an article regarding the weekend’s hack of an Apple website, followed by the latest recommended Java update for Apple Mac OS X.
Hackers Claim Apple Online Data Was Compromised
A list of 27 user names and encrypted passwords apparently for an Apple website was posted to the Internet over the weekend with a warning [...]

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