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FCC chairman calls on ISPs to adopt new security measures
U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers
against cyberattacks, including notifying customers when their computers are
compromised, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said
Wednesday.
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Feds request DNS Changer extension to keep 400K users online
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2. Researcher: 200,000 Windows PCs vulnerable to pcAnywhere hijacking
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3. Patrick Thibodeau: A social engineering story
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Feds request DNS Changer extension to keep 400K users online
U.S. government officials have asked a New York judge to extend an impending
deadline that could sever ties to the Internet for hundreds of thousands of
users infected with the "DNS Changer" malware.
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have collected interviews and articles that cover some of the biggest issues
faced by federal agency IT departments today. Read on to learn about the
technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are
dealing with them.
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Researcher: 200,000 Windows PCs vulnerable to pcAnywhere hijacking
As many as 200,000 systems connected to the Internet could be hijacked by
hackers exploiting bugs in Symantec's pcAnywhere, including up to 5,000
point-of-sale programs that collect credit card data, a researcher said today.
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Patrick Thibodeau: A social engineering story
The Heartland Institute document release show just how effective social
engineering continues to be in getting a company's crown jewels.
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