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Epsilon Data Breach

Please be advised that RSA has had a security breach.  As a service to NetWorks Group customers the following... Read more

Stuxnet virus represents dire threat, officials say

Reposted from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40238546/ns/technology_and_science-security/

By Lolita C. Baldor

WASHINGTON — A malicious computer attack that appears to target Iran's nuclear plants can be modified to wreak havoc on industrial control... Read more

Passwords: You’re Doing it Wrong

reposted from: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371072,00.asp

By: Sean Carroll

Safe password practices are often the only thing standing between you and identity theft, loss of privacy, and even an empty bank account. Too bad you're not... Read more

Reader, Acrobat Patches Plug 23 Security Holes

reposted from Krebs on Security:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/10/reader-acrobat-patches-plug-23-security-holes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KrebsOnSecurity+%28Krebs+on+Security%29&utm_content=Bloglines

A new... Read more

Hacked! How We Got Attacked by Malware Fiends and Survived

Reposted from: http://www.pcworld.com/article/205316/hacked_how_we_got_attacked_by_malware_fiends_and_survived.html

Analysis: Yes, my Web site was hacked. What was almost as damaging, though, were the tools set up to warn people about it.

It's one... Read more

Password Protection: How to Create Strong Passwords

by Eric Griffith

reprinted from

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368484,00.asp?kc=PCRSS05079TX1K0000992

Every password you have is important. Every one. Here's how to make your passwords uncrackable.

Password Tracking and Changes

It's easy... Read more

Solve Internet Explorer 6 Problems—By Ditching Internet Explorer 6

By Rick Broida

Reprinted from:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/204199/solve_internet_explorer_6_problemsby_ditching_internet_explorer_6.html?tk=hp_new

Reader John is having a problem with Internet Explorer 6 (which he's running on Windows XP Pro... Read more

Google patches 10 Chrome bugs, pays out $10K in bounties

Computerworld - Google on Thursday patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome, but it didn't award any of the researchers who reported bugs its new top-dollar reward of $3,133.

The security update to Chrome 5.0.375.125 fixed two vulnerabilities rated... Read more

Banks seek customers’ help to stop online thieves

Reprinted from:http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-07-29-online-banking-security_N.htm 

By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY

For generations, U.S. consumers have relied on banks to bear the primary responsibility for keeping their hard-earned cash... Read more

Noisy worms replaced by stealthy, targeted attacks

Reprinted from: http://lastwatchdog.com/noisy-worms-replaced-stealthy-targeted-attacks/#more-7056

By Marc Maiffret

Friday, July 13, 2001, started out like any other Friday for me and my friend and colleague Ryan Permeh. We were hanging out, playing... Read more

Crimepack: Packed with Hard Lessons

Reprinted from:  http://krebsonsecurity.com/

Exploit packs — slick, prepackaged bundles of commercial software that attackers can use to booby-trap hacked Web sites with malicious software — are popular in part because they turn hacking for profit... Read more

Fog of cyberwar: internet always favors the offense

Reprinted from:  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/29/internet_warfare_keynote/

The Poland of international conflict

By Dan Goodin in Las Vegas

Black Hat Fighting wars that target computer networks is fraught with risks that don't exist in... Read more

Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180210/Microsoft_slates_record_setting_monster_Patch_Tuesday_next_week?taxonomyId=85

Computerworld - Microsoft... Read more

Google: Brace Yourselves for the Data Explosion

http://www.pcworld.com/article/202723/google_brace_yourselves_for_the_data_explosion.html?tk=hp_new

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says a data tsunami is coming -- and we're totally unprepared to handle the deluge. He's right.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt had... Read more

HHS Withdraws Breach Notification Rule

On 7/28/10, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the withdraw of its Final Rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information. "The Interim Final Rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health... Read more

Broadening Your Access to Juniper Networks Education

The rise of the rogue AV testers

Originally posted at ZDNET - Guest editorial by Costin Raiu

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/the-rise-of-the-rogue-av-testers/6822

Recently, I was sitting around with a number of colleagues from Kaspersky Lab, discussing everybody’s favorite... Read more

Bank Lost Your Account Data? Here’s What to Do

Posted from PC WORLD

http://www.pcworld.com/article/201605/bank_lost_your_account_data_heres_what_to_do.html?&tk=hp_fv

Until early June, AT&T had an online tool that helped iPad 3G owners sign up for its mobile Wi-Fi service: Users typed in the... Read more

Microsoft Security Updates, and a Farewell to Windows XP Service Pack 2

Original Post: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/microsoft-security-updates-and-a-farewell-to-windows-xp-service-pack-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KrebsOnSecurity+%28Krebs+on+Security%29&utm_content=Bloglines

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Millions of routers vulnerable to hack attack - Is yours?

Microsoft Warns of Uptick in Attacks on Unpatched Windows Flaw

Reprinted from:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/microsoft-warns-of-uptick-in-attacks-on-unpatched-windows-flaw/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KrebsOnSecurity+%28Krebs+on+Security%29&utm_content=Bloglines

Microsoft... Read more

China Telecom Shanghai Goes Online with Juniper Networks TX Matrix Plus

World's Most Flexible Multi-Chassis Routing System Supports World Expo City

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 30, 2010 — Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) today announced that the Shanghai Branch of China Telecom Corporation (NYSE: CHA, HKEx: 728) has... Read more

e-Banking Bandits Stole $465,000 From Calif. Escrow Firm

Pirate Bay Hack Exposes User Booty

Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users, according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com.

A... Read more

Online crims not just ‘speccy geeks’, researchers warn

They're normal and they're after your mother's maiden name

By John Leyden • Get more from this author

Posted in Crime, 1st July 2010 15:08 GMT

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SingTel Uses Juniper Networks EX4200 Switches for its Carrier Ethernet Services

From the NetWorks Group Helpdesk

Updating your Software

Seems like we've been getting a large number of questions about patching and upgrading Juniper Networks security products.  Keeping current versions of software is one of the best ways you can keep your network safe.  In... Read more

Security Updates for Firefox, Opera Browsers

Republished from:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/06/security-updates-for-firefox-opera-browsers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KrebsOnSecurity+%28Krebs+on+Security%29&utm_content=Bloglines

Mozilla has shipped a new... Read more

10 Ways to Keep Data Private, Secure on the iPad

News Analysis: A security problem involving 3G network provider AT&T's Website allowed over 100,000 iPad 3G owners' e-mail addresses to seep out into the wild. Such an occurrence calls for some tips on how to keep data private and secure on Apple's... Read more

6 Annoying Router Problems - And How to Fix Them

These days, having access to wireless broadband is an absolute necessity for home offices and small businesses. And after more than a decade of innovations, you would think that the standard wireless gateway/router would be a picture-perfect product... Read more

Cloud Computing and Cloud Services Will Drive the Next Evolution in High Performance Networking

For several decades, service providers have focused their efforts on achieving three primary goals: evolving the network to deliver new services for businesses, consumers, and/or governments; changing the economics of how those services are... Read more

Researchers: Windows 7 and Mac OS X both hit by fundamental flaws

Security holes are so close to the core OSes that fixing them will be hard, say researchers who plan to reveal details next month at the Hack in the Box conference

Note: The following article is reprinted... Read more