Security Briefing – March 17th

Happy St. Patty’s Day!

We’re having beer. Not green, it stains my lips. I’ll stick to regular ole brew, thanks.
An unofficial holiday is afoot, make it a great day.

Signed,

The Intern

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And now, the news…

1. Pentel online store hacked; customer credit cards data accessed – Data Breaches Thanks to @TruSecure.
2. The Register Security Webcast is available on demand – The Register An expert look at at the IT security issues facing medium-sized business.
3. Kraken the botnet: The ethics of counter-hacking – Network World
4. Comcast passwords leaked onto the web – C|NET
5. Analyst: Security elusive in the “cloud” – Security Focus
6. Socket Capable Browser Plugins Result In Transparent Proxy Abuse – The Security Practice
7. Facebook: Will the real Kevin Mitnick please stand up? – C|NET
8. Trove of stolen data offers look inside a botnet The Globe and Mail
9. Optimised to fail – Card Readers for online banking – Heise
10. Your datacenter might not be secure enough – Network Security Blog
11. New DNS trojan taints entire LAN from single box – The Register Thanks to @geekgrrl.

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