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Microsoft fixes gaping hole in Windows TCP/IP stack
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. Microsoft urges Windows users to treat this update with the utmost priority.
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Ryan Naraine
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Ryan Naraine
Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, Ryan was Editor-at-Large/Security at eWEEK, leading the magazine's and Web site's coverage of Internet and computer security issues and managing the popular SecurityWatch blog, covering the daily threats, vulnerabilities and IT security technologies. He also covered IT security, hacker attacks and secure content management topics for Jupiter Media's internetnetnews.com.
Ryan can be reached at naraine SHIFT 2 gmail.com. For daily updates on Ryan's activities, follow him on Twitter.
Dancho Danchev
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Dancho Danchev
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SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois, Houston, hacked
According to reports, the SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois, Houston were recently hacked by a malicious attacker using the handle “pr0f”.
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Critical (of) severity
Google’s Michal Zalewski: Instead of “highly critical”, just start telling your users “patch right away”.
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Researchers spot malware using a stolen government certificate
Researchers from F-Secure have spotted a digitally signed malware using a stolen government certificate belonging to the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
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South Korea to block port 25 as anti-spam countermeasure
South Korea is considering a nation wide block of port 25, as a anti-spam countermeasure aiming to reduce the volumes of spam affecting the country.
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Apple fixes iTunes man-in-the-middle security hole
The vulnerability affects both Mac OS X and Windows users and lets a man-in-the-middle attacker offer harmful software that appears to originate from Apple.
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Flash Player dirty dozen: Adobe plugs code execution holes
Adobe has slapped a “critical” rating on this bulletin and recommends that all affected users apply the patch immediately.
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Apple fixes iOS vulnerability exposed by Charlie Miller
Apple fixes the security vulnerability that was at the center of its decision to dismiss Charlie Miller from the iOS developer program.
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Valve's Gabe Newell: Hackers access Steam database comprised of sensitive data
Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, posted a bulletin on Steam letting users know that hackers gained access to a database containing sensitive information. Read his announcement here.
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Open-source Duqu detector toolkit released
The Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS) in Hungary has released an open-source toolkit that can find traces of Duqu infections on computer networks.
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Massive DNS poisoning attack in Brazil serving exploits and malware
Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have detected a massive DNS poisoning attack, affecting Brazilian ISPs.
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