Security Briefing: April 17th

Friday! For those of you in the Toronto area my band will be playing tonight at Clinton’s. Doors open at 8:30 pm. $10 at the door with proceeds going to cancer research.

Thanks for joining us. Have a great weekend!

Signed,
Dave

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And now, the news…

1. Black Hat ‘supertalk’ Halted Due to Vendor Concerns | PC World
2. The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail time | Ars Technica
3. Researcher finds possible bug in Apple’s iPhone | Computer World
4. Is Spam Really Threatening Earth? I Don’t Believe It | Network World
5. World’s First Mac Botnet? Not Quite. | Washington Post
6. NHS gets 100,000 locked down USB sticks | Silicon.com
7. CERT Releases Dranzer Tool | CERT
8. The Curtain Opens on Facebook’s Democracy Theatre | Light Blue Touchpaper
9. Researcher releases tool to hide malware | Techworld
10. Botnets: 4 Reasons It’s Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them | CSO Online

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