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Botnet Spreading Powerful SQL Injection Attack Tool (May 14 & 15, 2008)

The Asprox botnet is being used to infect websites through SQL injection attacks.......

Legislators Decry Secrecy Surrounding National Cyber Security initiative (May 12 & 15, 2008)

US legislators are expressing concerns about the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) secrecy surrounding the National Cyber Security Initiative.......

Brute Force SSH Attacks on the Rise (May 12, 13 & 14, 2008)

Brute force secure shell (SSH) attacks have increased significantly over the last several days.......

Woman Indicted in Deadly MySpace Hoax (May 15, 2008)

Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who allegedly used a phony identity on a MySpace account to trick a 13-year-old neighbor, has been indicted in Los Angeles.......

Pair Sign Plea Agreements in Identity Fraud Case (May 13 & 15, 2008)

Jocelyn Kirsch and Edward K.......

MySpace Wins Judgment Against Spammer (May 14, 2008)

MySpace has won a US $223 million judgment against spammer Sanford Wallace and his business partner Walter Rines.......

Man Indicted for Cyberstalking (May 9, 2008)

A Kansas City, Missouri man has been indicted for cyberstalking.......

DNS Trouble at NSA (May 15, 2008)

The US National Security Agency's (NSA) website has been unavailable since Thursday morning due to apparent problems with its DNS servers.......

Vulnerability in Debian and Ubuntu PRNG (May 13 & 15, 2008)

A vulnerability in Debian and Ubuntu makes it easier for attackers to guess cryptographic keys.......

Microsoft Releases Four Bulletins, Three Critical (May 13, 2008)

On Tuesday, May 13, Microsoft released four security bulletins to address a total of six vulnerabilities.......

Study Finds Cox Throttles Filesharing Traffic, Too (May 15, 2008)

A study from the Max Planck Institute says that Comcast throttled or blocked BitTorrent files 24/7 instead of just at peak traffic times, as the cable giant claimed.......

BSA Says Software Piracy is Both Up and Down (May 14 & 15, 2008)

A report conducted by IDC on behalf of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) examines software piracy rates in 108 countries; in 67 of those countries, the piracy rate has fallen; piracy rates increased in just eight of the countries.......

UPCOMING SANS WEBCAST SCHEDULE

WHEN: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 1:00 PM EDT (1700 UTC/GMT)
FEATURING: Rush Carskadden
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