Security Newsiness – October 28th

Good day –
Today’s articles are a mix of technology, crime and the ever popular “Patch It Quick!”. Hoping there is something of interest across the board. Thanks for joining us.

See you tomorrow!

Signed,
The Intern

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And now, the news…

1. Family Tree of Telecommunication – Neatorama Similar hierarchies can be found at family reunions in Back Hills, Arkansas.
2. Shuttleworth will burn fortune for Ubuntu – The Register
3. Opera scrambles to quash zero-day bug in freshly patched browser – also The Register
4. Microsoft Security Advisory: MS08-067 – Microsoft Thank you, innismir.
5. New Research on Child Identity Theft – Debix Thank you, mortman.
6. Internet Apps & Social Networking Office Boom Linked to Breaches – Dark Reading Before the internet at work, did people actually work 100% of the time?
7. Operation frees dozens of child prostitutes – CNN, Crime 576 child victims freed… for some crimes, there really is no appropriate punishment.
8. Why Virtualization Security is Such a Mess – CSO Online Podcast featuring luminary and poet, Chris Hoff

And because I know at least one person is following this series, Part Two:

9. The netbook newbie’s guide to Linux: Episode Two – The Register, Hardware

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