Oracle database admins acknowledge security gaps

Oracle database admins acknowledge security gaps

Oracle database admins acknowledge security gaps

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InfoSec News: Oracle database admins acknowledge security gaps: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/101110-oracle-security-gaps.html
By Ellen Messmer Network World October 11, 2010
Database security is rife with pitfalls, according to 430 Oracle database administrators surveyed by the Independent Oracle Users Group. [...]

Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills

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InfoSec News: Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 12th October 2010
For the past three weeks, internet addresses belonging to Microsoft have been used to route traffic to more than 1,000 fraudulent websites [...]

Smart Grids Offer Cyber Attack Opportunities

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InfoSec News: Smart Grids Offer Cyber Attack Opportunities: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227701134
By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek October 12, 2010
Is your home electricity meter the next device you have to worry about getting hacked? Researchers at last week's IEEE SmartGridComm2010 [...]

Shrinking brains trust risks cyber defence

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InfoSec News: Shrinking brains trust risks cyber defence: http://www.zdnetasia.com/shrinking-brains-trust-risks-cyber-defence-62203650.htm
By Darren Pauli ZDNet Australia October 13, 2010
Australia's cybersecurity capabilities may be at risk due to a lack of PhD-qualified professionals.
Experts in the IT security sector say a nation's cyber capabilities are dependent on the skills of its professionals and students, notably specialist skills honed in post-graduate PhDs.
But the percentage of Australian resident students in security-related PhDs has almost halved over the last 10 years.
Resident students in Queensland University of Technology's IT security doctorates make up less than 10 per cent of total enrolments, a fall from about 50 per cent since the turn of the century. QUT's IT security doctorate program is the nation's largest.
Professor Ed Dawson, senior advisor in the university's Information Security Institute, said that the decline means the government will find it harder to recruit skilled professionals and will face heightened competition in the job market from the private sector.
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Microsoft fixes record 49 holes, including Stuxnet flaw

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InfoSec News: Microsoft fixes record 49 holes, including Stuxnet flaw: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20019353-245.html
By Elinor Mills InSecurity Complex CNet News October 12, 2010
In a record Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released updates today for Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework that feature fixes for 49 [...]

[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, October 3, 2010

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InfoSec News: [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, October 3, 2010: ========================================================================
Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, October 3, 2010
14 Incidents Added.
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Cyber threat: Isro rules out Stuxnet attack on Insat-4 B

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InfoSec News: Cyber threat: Isro rules out Stuxnet attack on Insat-4 B: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6733370.cms
12 Oct, 2010 Srinivas Laxman The Economic Times
MUMBAI: Isro has ruled out possibility of the deadly Stuxnet internet worm attacking Insat-4 B satellite on July 7, resulting in 12 of its 24 transponders shutting down. [...]

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