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Your weekly security newsletter from theregister.co.uk
for the week ending 13th September 2010

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*** Enterprise Security News ***

MS preps 9 bulletins for September Patch Tuesday
Four critical
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/ms_patch_tuesday_pre_alert/

PayPal update email 'violates own anti-phishing advice'
Oopsie
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/paypal_anti_phishing_fail/

Symantec HackIsWack site still open to rickrolling
We know the game and we're gonna play it
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/symantec_hackiwack_rickrolled_again/

YouGov's voluntary stalkware unpicked
Tracking software 'potentially unwanted'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/yougov_tracking_software/

Koran-burning 'pastor' loses website
Dove World Outreach Center is out of reach
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/doveworld_hacked/

Safari and Firefox updates plug critical holes
Drive-by download guard
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/08/alternative_browser_updates/

MS probes mystery IE bug
URL shortening shenanigans
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/mystery_ie_bug/

Symantec finally secures HackIsWack
It's such a bungle, sometimes, it makes you wonder...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/hackiswack_secure/

USB stick with anti-terror training found outside police station
Keychain cops
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/anti_terror_usb_stick_dumped/


*** Reg Research ***

Anti-malware test reports
Socially engineered malware protection comparative test results.
http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/d/59f/5fa08/1f4/9af49a31?td=week_sec_e


*** Spam News ***

Scammers seize on tax rebates as phishing lure
Greedy sprats
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/07/tax_rebate_scam/


*** Reg Research ***

Understanding anti-malware technologies
This paper outlines the current issues facing the anti-malware industry and the capabilities included as part of Microsoft Forefront Client security.
http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/d/4b0/5fa08/1f4/31e6ebe2?td=week_sec_e


*** ID News ***

Privacy watchdogs challenge laptop seizures at US borders
6,671 travelers searched (so far)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/07/laptop_searches/


*** Crime News ***

Bollywood 'recruits DDoS hired guns to fight movie pirates'
There's totally a movie in that
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/bollywood_cyber_vigilantes_fight_movie_pirates/

$9m RBS WorldPay hack mastermind avoids jail
Extradition unlikely
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/rbs_worldpay_hacker_avoids_jail/

UK hacker fined for personnel database mischief
Email salary details to everyone ploy foiled
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/08/salary_database_hack/


*** Malware News ***

Second SMS Android Trojan targets smut-seeking Russians
Someone's gonna be screwed alright
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/second_sms_android_trojan/

Email worm wants to party like it's 1999 (almost)
'Here you go'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/email_worm_spreading/

Google Instant a potential bonanza for search scams
You type it in here, and it comes out there
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/google_instant_black_hat_seo/

Google slaps malware warning on Radio 3 website
Someone's got to be Brahms and Lizt
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/google_radio3_malware_warning/

Microsoft wins court order crushing mighty spam botnet
Waledac's 276 domain names seized
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/08/waledac_takedown_success/

Spammers exploit another Facebook flaw
Share this
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/07/facebook_spam_abuse/

TechCrunch purges Zeus malware attack
Oh, God
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/07/techchrunch_zeus/

iPad scammers hack Kirstie Allsopp's Twitter
Posh property presenter pwned
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/allsopp_twitter_hack/

Browser security warning lookalike pushes malware
Zeven deadly sins
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/06/scareware_fakes_browsers_warnings/


*** Security News ***

HP eyes $1.46bn ArcSight security buy
Hey, Dell. Wanna bid higher?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/12/hp_arcsight_rumor/

Wikileaks will soon post biggest military leak ever
Focus turns to Iraq
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/wikileaks_iraq_leak/

What Adobe could learn from The Flying Wallendas
Do security safety nets make Reader less safe?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/10/adobe_security_analysis/

Adobe Reader 0day under active attack
No mitigations for click-and-get-hacked exploit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/08/adobe_reader_0day/

Twitter bug creates account hijacking peril
One-click vuln 'ridiculously easy to attack'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/07/twitter_click_and_get_hacked/


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