The SC Magazine Newswire - December 17, 2009

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Latest News

RockYou hack compromises 32 million passwords

Angela Moscaritolo December 15, 2009

A hacker was able to break into the RockYou database and hijack the account credentials of tens of millions of members.

Adobe confirms Reader flaw, advises on workarounds

Dan Kaplan December 16, 2009

Adobe expects to have a fix in place by Jan. 12 for a new, zero-day vulnerability in Reader and Acrobat.

Mozilla closes critical bugs with Firefox 3.5.6

Angela Moscaritolo December 16, 2009

An updated version of Firefox closes a number of "critical" flaws, which could allow an attacker to crash a victim's browser or run arbitrary code.

China toughens domain name registration rules

Dan Kaplan December 15, 2009

China is tightening its requirements for registering for an internet domain name, the nation's Internet Network Information Center has announced. Applicants now must submit their business seal, license and registrant ID within five days of submitting an online application — or the domain name they applied for will be deleted. The new guidelines, announced Friday, come two weeks after McAfee published a report that found that websites registered in China are the second most-likely to infect users' computers with malware. China ranked behind the African nation of Cameroon. — DK

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Exploits expected to grow for Adobe Reader zero-day bug

Dan Kaplan December 15, 2009

Adobe is staring down another unpatched vulnerability in its Reader and Acrobat products.

FBI: Fraudsters earned $150 million in rogue AV scams

Dan Kaplan December 14, 2009

Victims have lost more than $150 million falling for rogue anti-virus schemes, the FBI says in a new warning.

U.S. and Russian officials talk cyberissues

Angela Moscaritolo December 14, 2009

American and Russian officials recently met to discuss cybersecurity issues, such as collaboration among law enforcement bodies and the use of cyberweapons, the New York Times reported in its Saturday editions.

Managers of IT security technology are as important as the products

Max Huang, founder and CEO, O2Security December 14, 2009

As organizations prepare their 2010 security budgets, executives must think about getting the right people in place to oversee the technology.

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