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Computerworld Security
October 07, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Google confirms Gmail phishing attack
2. Gmail, Yahoo Mail join Hotmail; passwords exposed
3. A look at stolen Hotmail data finds simple passwords
4. Careless downloading makes BlackBerry users spy targets
5. Opinion: P2P law would do nothing but make Congress feel good
6. DHS faces challenge in hiring 1,000 security experts
7. CIA endorses cloud computing, but only internally
8. Mozilla augments Firefox's plug-in check
9. Windows attack code out, but not being used
10. Lose your cell, land your boss in court?
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The Benefits of Virtualization: Why Its Time for IT to Move Now
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Google confirms Gmail phishing attack
Google confirmed today that passwords for its free Gmail online e-mail service
had been harvested by hackers, but downplayed the phishing attack as involving
only a "small number" of accounts.
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Gmail, Yahoo Mail join Hotmail; passwords exposed
Google's Gmail and Yahoo's Mail were also hit by a large-scale phishing attack,
perhaps the same one that snagged at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft's
Windows Live Hotmail.
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A look at stolen Hotmail data finds simple passwords
1234567 may not be a very secure password, but it's popular on Hotmail.
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Careless downloading makes BlackBerry users spy targets
IPhone lovers and other smartphone users should take heed: A security researcher
showed ways to spy on a BlackBerry user during a presentation Wednesday,
including listening to phone conversations, stealing contact lists, reading text
messages, taking and viewing photos and figuring out the handset's location via
GPS.
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Opinion: P2P law would do nothing but make Congress feel good
Ira Winkler doubts that anyone will be made safer by the Informed P2P User Act.
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DHS faces challenge in hiring 1,000 security experts
Security experts say the Department of Homeland Security faces several
challenges in its plan to hire some 1,000 security experts over the next three
years.
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CIA endorses cloud computing, but only internally
One of the U.S. government's strongest advocates of cloud computing is also one
of its most secretive operations: the CIA. The agency has adopted cloud
computing in a big way, and it believes that the cloud approach makes IT
environments more flexible and secure.
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Mozilla augments Firefox's plug-in check
As promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used
by Firefox and helps users get the latest ones available.
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Windows attack code out, but not being used
It has been a week since hackers released software that could be used to attack
a flaw in Windows Vista and Server 2008, but Microsoft and security companies
say that criminals haven't done much with the attack.
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Lose your cell, land your boss in court?
The IT security industry has been around for almost as long as the 25-year-old
PC, but has changed more in the last 2.5 years than all of the rest of that
time combined.
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