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Top news story
Debian, Ubuntu keys under attack
A recently disclosed vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be exploited by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the forgery of digital signatures and theft of confidential information, a noted security researcher said Thursday.
HD Moore, best known as the exploit researcher who created the Metasploit penetration testing framework, called the vulnerability in Debian and Ubuntu systems "ugly" and said it will be a big job for administrators to find every flawed key, and then re-issue them.
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- Hackers target VoIP accounts
- Botnets offered to non-techies
- Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites
- NATO to build cyber warfare centre
- Microsoft hits out at Vista insecurity claims
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Case study
NASA employee scammed with "dating"attack
The latest targeted attack incident being studied by security pros - a simple online dating scam that endangered NASA's secrets.
Opinion
Principles of good key management
Too many businesses do not understand the importance of proper key management and they are not helped by vendors who make it very difficult to develop enterprise wide policies and systems. Nevertheless, best practice should be implemented.
In-depth
Identity theft isn't just personal, it's corporate
Businesses need to look at their data from a risk perspective and see where they should be prioritising the areas that are of the greatest risk, suggests one expert.
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Instant expert
Do you have what it takes to be a converged CSO?
A converged CSO role is increasingly a technical one. Electronic record issues, data privacy issues and regulatory compliance pressures are becoming more and more complex.
Opinion
The future of anti-virus
On the eve of the Infosec security conference We look at the arms race between virus writers and AV companies and ask what it does for enterprise IT.
Newsletters
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Management
Yahoo hit with hostile bid from Icahn
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn plans to replace Yahoo's entire board with a 10-member slate, he informed company Chairman Roy Bostock in an open letter.
Technology
Cisco rootkit hack threatens Internet
A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has worrying implications for the Internet.
Community
Is SharePoint the 21st Century trojan horse?
The "dirty little secret" of SharePoint is it brings Windows, SQLServer, .NET, SharePoint portal into the datacentre, and drives users to new versions of Office, IE and Vista.
Toolbox
HP to buy EDS for £7.13 billion
Hewlett-Packard has signed a deal to acquire IT outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion (£7.13bn), or $25.00 (£12.8) per share.
