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Computerworld Virus and Vulnerability Roundup
July 27, 2006
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In this issue:
* IronPort rolls out bounceback-verification technology
* Missing laptop with data on 540,000 N.Y. state workers found
* Visa looks to bolster security with PCI classification changes
Computerworld Blogs:
* Another computer, another half a million identities
* When encryption doesn't work
* You will be assimilated, eventually!
* Using Google to attack databases
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IronPort rolls out bounceback-verification technology
IronPort Systems Wednesday said it's added a bounceback-verification technology
to its line of e-mail security appliances in order to protect corporations
against spam-based denial-of-service attacks based on large volumes of
bounceback messages.
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Missing laptop with data on 540,000 N.Y. state workers found
A laptop belonging to the New York Special Funds Conservation Committee that
contains personal information on more than half a million New York state
workers has been found.
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Visa looks to bolster security with PCI classification changes
Visa U.S.A. has changed the classification scheme used by its data security
standards program as part of an effort to tighten security requirements for a
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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Another computer, another half a million identities
Martin McKeay: A computer that was being used to transfer data from New York
state agencies to an independent insurance brokerage has gone missing. The
system contained 540,000 records of injured workers who receive workers'
compensation in New York, and...
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http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/716370/1691691/27664/0/
When encryption doesn't work
Robert L. Mitchell: In my interview with Ontrack Data Recovery this week (see
Recovery specialists bring data back from the dead), quite a bit hit the
cutting room floor, including three nuggets by Mike Burmeister, director of
engineering for data recovery...
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
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You will be assimilated, eventually
Jerri Ledford: Martin McKeay wrote earlier this week about national ID cards
that are currently being pursued in the United Kingdom, but his post caught my
eye for an entirely different reason...
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/716370/1691691/27666/0/
Using Google to attack databases
Martin McKeay: The concept isn't new: use Google and the other search engines
to find vulnerable systems and attack them. What seems to be new is the sheer
volume of attacks currently being performed...
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http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/716370/1691691/27667/0/
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