“Below the Line”: Sum up CW 14.
This weeks outline:
The editorial “Below the Line” is up to highlight news and headlines of the past week. Actually it isn’t possible to draw the whole picture but I hope you will get a nice and handy outline.
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Updates:
Wednesday:
Adobe issues official workaround for PDF vulnerability
Wednesday:
Orphan root certificate in Mozilla creates confusion
Thursday:
Microsoft to repair 25 flaws in Windows, Office and Exchange
Friday:
Adobe introduces automatic update for Reader
Friday:
Microsoft finally to close the VBScript hole in Internet Explorer
Friday:
Remote Command Execution in TYPO3 Core
Vulnerabilities and attack:
Friday:
Hundreds of WordPress blogs hit by ‘networkads.net’ hack
Friday:
Java exploit launches local Windows applications
Saturday:
Researcher uncovers (another) major Facebook security exploit
Crime, prosecution and law:
Sunday:
Casino robbery again – this time in Lyon ![]()
Tuesday:
Shadowserver Foundation GhostNet 2.0 espionage network
Wednesday:
Next generation crooks
White-papers and reports:
Monday:
Forrester: misaligned IT security budgets
Wednesday:
Forrester: Outsourced security extends to wealth of services
Thursday:
ISACA: Cloud computing risks outweigh benefits
Friday:
Emnid-poll: Germans mistrust privacy protection ![]()
Others:
Friday:
Decryption of the Wikileaks helicopter video

