Security Briefing – March 9th

Monday, Monday… get away from me. Didn’t The Mamas and The Papas sing something similar?

Hope your day is magnificent!

Signed,

The Intern (& Dave)

PS. Hey Adobe, two days left. Any luck with that patch?

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And now, the news…

1. Web-based computing spurs privacy concerns – The Globe and Mail
2. PDF Exploit PoC without any user interaction – Security4all
3. New worm variant on the loose – Tech World
4. Facebook suffers another Koobface attack – Tech Watch
5. Daily Telegraph web site compromised, hackers claim – The Guardian
6. Avoid the Minibars at Westin SF – Risk Bloggers
7. Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2009 – Microsoft It’s that time again, kids!
8. Why I employed a felon – Jason Calacanis
9. Physical security directors need to learn to run a business, and vendors need to learn to sell – Security Dreamer
10. History and Ethics of Military Robots – Schneier on Security
11. Aaron Greenspan tells how he sued Google, and won – The Guardian

Finally, news from the Z-list…

12. Metallica’s Lars Ulrich illegally downloads own album – The Register Heavy Metal’s own Oompa Loompa Napster-era mouthpiece finds a way to get back into the headlines.

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