CommunityDNS News Bits, Friday March 27, 2009.
Leaked memo says Conficker pwns Parliament
Much has been written about the latest version of the Conficker virus to kick-off on April 1. However, the virus could kick-off prior to or after April 1. Case in point, the systems for the UK’s House of Commons was hit by the virus earlier this week.
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Users spurn latest Adobe PDF patches, says researcher
While effort has made by end users and organizations to patch vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, little progress has been made in patching vulnerabilities identified in Adobe Reader.
Adobe Reader, a free application used to read PDF documents, is pervasive in that it is found in the PC, MAC and Unix environments. While hackers have been taking advantage of the vulnerabilities for the last three months, only a small percentage of installed Adobe Readers have downloaded the needed patches.
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Cisco patch bundle lances multiple DoS flaws
Security updates have been released to fix several flaws in its core IOS networking software. The updates, which would allow hackers to crash kits such as VoIP systems, remote access and routers running the IOS networking software. To be specific the updates address a number of vulnerabilities tied to TCP, UDP, mobile and VPN. One vulnerability also allows a normal user to gain administrative status. The vulnerabilities, however, do not allow a hacker to inject code.
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Some Thoughts on ICANN’s Next CEO
Elliot Noss, CEO of TuCows, shares his views on three essential qualities of ICANN’s next CEO.
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IETF to explore new routing technique
Companies that split their network traffic over multiple carriers, know as “multihoming”, are creating scalability issues in the Internet’s routing system.
Cisco has proposed engineering a new tunneling mechanism to be used by the internet’s edge and core routers. “LISP” (Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol) would reduce the number of entries in routing tables stored in core routers that are operated by ISPs.
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Report: IT not scrimping on security during recession
While most disciplines in most industry sectors have been hit by the current economic climate, IT security does not appear to be among them. Whether based on existing term contracts, or realizing the importance of security in IT, sales in this market remain up.
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