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Researchers have discovered a rare bug in a Windows-based control software package used by as many as one-third of the world's industrial plants.
Keeping with their practice of tailoring malware-toting email for current events, malicious users are mass mailing what they claim is a rarely-seen video of the execution of Saddam Hussein. The president's signature is the only thing standing in the way of a rare event: an IT-security related bill becoming law. Public and private proof-of-concept code has emerged for the gaping Windows hole plugged by Microsoft on Thursday in an emergency update. As it turns out, Microsoft's emergency fix plugs a previously unknown Windows vulnerability that was being exploited in limited attacks. Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out 11 patches for 20 vulnerabilities. An anti-virus firm warned mobile device users of a new crossover worm this week. Video processors are a powerful weapon when it comes to password cracking, and they're easily available A US court report on wiretapping shows that the phenomenon is up by 20 per cent on last year, reaching its highest ever level, with not even a single surveillance application turned down in the whole of 2007. RSA's chief technology officer thinks security should be left to experts. He tells Paul Fisher why he's no fan of employee awareness training. HSBC has lost a disc containing details of 370,000 of its customers, in an incident which will raise further questions about firms' data security policies. We all dream of being our own boss, but what does it take to set up a successful business in the real world? Mark Mayne has some advice. As the dust settles from one of the largest data breaches since TJX, few fresh details emerged one day after Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain revealed that intruders stole some 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from its computer systems. Security researchers at Symantec have uncovered a click-fraud trojan targeted to the online advertising networks of Google, Yahoo and Baidu.com, China's largest independent internet search engine. Software as a service may seem good news for users, but it could also be an open invitation for attackers. Security experts have warned consumers to be aware of the growing threat of ID theft as the online holiday shopping season reaches full swing.. Apple made up for Microsoft's rare patch skip Tuesday when the computing giant itself released fixes for 45 vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X. A Windows expert has blamed the silent support update that Microsoft deployed in the past two months for PCs running Windows XP with Windows Update being unable to download updates correctly. Time is critical when it comes to patches, so make sure you don't miss out on any critical releases. Don't take log files as absolute truth. They're only as reliable as the systems that generated them.