On august 11, 2010, a researcher post information about a bug in Facebook’s login process that revealed the full name, email address and profile picture of all 500 plus million Facebook account holders regardless of your privacy setting. The bug has recently been repaired by Facebook, but posed enormous privacy threat for Facebook users prior to the fix being implemented.
The Wireshark Certification Exam was designed to confirm individual competencies in using Wireshark to locate the cause of network problems (poor performance or security-related) and confirm your knowledge of TCP/IP network communications in general.
Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month, the day on which Microsoft releases security patches.
HackerHalted.com – Register for the 2-day conference by August 31 and receive a FREE iPad onsite. No tricks or anything else to purchase.
SANS is pleased to announce Community SANS Arlington, VA where
we will teach Management 414: SANS Training Program for the
CISSP(R) Certification Exam, October 4 – 9. The course will be
taught by SANS Certified Instructor Ted Demopolous. For complete
course description, event details, and to register, please visit
(https://www.sans.org/arlington-2010-cs).
SC Magazine is pleased offer a unique webcast series – SC Magazine 20/20. The free webcast series features a member of the SC Magazine editorial team sitting down with various industry thought leaders to discuss the past, present and future of IT security. Our next webcast in the series:
The SecurityOrb.com deal of the week comes from TigerDirect.com . It is a refurbished Samsung NP-N130-JA01US Netbook with a webcam and Windows 7 Starter.
Computer hackers have begun targeting power plants and other critical operations around the world in bold new efforts to seize control of them, setting off a scramble to shore up aging, vulnerable systems.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-046 – Critical
Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2286198)
Computer networks controlling the electric grid are plagued with security holes says a new Energy Department report based on the findings of 24 assessments of computer-control systems performed between 2003 and 2009. Many are VERY basic.
