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Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

2014-05-14 16:55:11| InfoWorld: Top News

Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said. The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical update issued Tuesday for IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11. In the accompanying security bulletin, Microsoft noted that the vulnerability had been both known to hackers and used by them prior to yesterday's update.

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Hackers capture dynamic data to prepare for effective, stealthy attacks

2014-05-09 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

Offensive forensics is an attack technique hackers use to capture non-static data that can be useful in performing further attacks, says Joe Sremack, Principal, Berkeley Research Group, LLC, a computer forensics and e-discovery firm. In an offensive forensics procedure, the hacker captures non-static, in-memory data in order to acquire the passwords, encryption keys, or active network session data living there, which can aid them in gaining unrestrained access to precious data.

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Car dealer attacks court fines as "insane" and "outrageous"

2014-05-08 17:21:53| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

The owner of Connaught Motor Company fined A 4,800 for trading cars illegally from his home says the council's action was unjustified Graham Sheekey, 52, of Hortus Road in Chingford, used Auto Trader to advertise cars sold through his registered business, Connaught Motor Company.

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'Fox & Friends' Attacks Editor Exposed Climate Change Censorship

2014-05-02 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: "Fox & Friends" decided to get its revenge on Scientific American editor Michael Moyer after Moyer tweeted that the show's producers had barred him from discussing climate change. Moyer said he had been explicitly told to "pick something else" when he said he thought climate change was an important "future trend" to talk about. His decision to air this behind-the-scenes chat, as well as his subsequent tweets mocking the politics and some of the staffers on the show, led Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade...

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