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Microsoft discloses zero-day IE flaw used in China attacks

The organized and well-resourced cybercriminals who compromised systems at Google, Adobe and more than 30 other large companies used a previously unknown, zero-day Internet Explorer exploit as part of their arsenal to install data-stealing malware on target machines, researchers at McAfee revealed Thursday.
 

Connecticut attorney general sues over breach

The Connecticut attorney general, using new authority granted under the HITECH Act, is suing a managed health care provider over a data breach that potentially exposed the personal data of 446,000 state residents.
 

Google enables Gmail encryption for everyone

Google announced on Tuesday that it will enable the setting "always use https," which encrypts email as it travels between a user's web browser and Google servers, by default for all Gmail users. Using "https" helps prevent data from being snooped, especially in public W-Fi hotspots, but could make email functions slower since encrypted data travels slower than unmasked data, Sam Schillace, Gmail engineering director, wrote in a blog post Tuesday. Previously, Google left the option of whether to enable the setting up to the user. — AM
 

Haiti quake searches poisoned to hawk fake AV

Cybercriminals have launched a black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign to exploit the earthquake in Haiti, according to security researchers at anti-virus company Panda Security. Searches for "Haiti earthquake donate" or "Haiti earthquake donation" yield malicious links leading to rogue anti-virus products, Luis Corrons, lead researcher at PandaLabs, said in a blog post Wednesday. SEO campaigns are common: Two ongoing ones are leveraging the movie "Avatar" and Google's new Nexus One smartphone. — AM
 

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Google, Adobe targeted by malware in coordinated attack

A number of high-profile companies were targeted in a well-orchestrated attempt to steal intellectual property on behalf of China.
 

Stolen external drive contained Kaiser Permanente patient info

An external drive, containing the personal information of thousands of Kaiser Permanente Northern California patents, was recently stolen from an employee's car.
 

N.Y.-based Suffolk County National Bank server hacked

A hacker recently accessed a computer server hosting the online banking system of the Long Island, N.Y.-based Suffolk County National Bank (SCNB), putting customer login information at risk.
 

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