Black Hat promises new exploit techniques, Stuxnet insight

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• Black Hat promises new exploit techniques, Stuxnet insight
• Report: Sprint rejected Huawei, ZTE for security concerns
• IE Zero-Day Doesn't Make the Cut for Patch Tuesday
• CEOP: Reports of inappropriate content on the up
• Adobe Issues Update for Flash, Warning for Reader
• A trio of bugs make news
• Dell Ditches RIM: BlackBerry's Bad Year Just Got Worse

Black Hat promises new exploit techniques, Stuxnet insight Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Black Hat security conference will kick off in Abu Dhabi on Monday with new information revealed about the Stuxnet malicious software program along with other cutting-edge research.

Report: Sprint rejected Huawei, ZTE for security concerns Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT Sprint Nextel turned down bids from ZTE and Huawei Technologies because of U.S. government concerns over possible dangers to national security from the Chinese vendors building critical infrastructure in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

IE Zero-Day Doesn't Make the Cut for Patch Tuesday Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft published its advanced notification for next week's Patch Tuesday. The good news for the November updates is that there are will only be three security bulletins--a relatively calm month following a record-breaking October. The bad news is that the recently discovered IE zero-day is not one of the vulnerabilities being fixed.

CEOP: Reports of inappropriate content on the up Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT The number of reports about inappropriate content on the web has risen, says the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP).

Adobe Issues Update for Flash, Warning for Reader Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT Yesterday was sort of a busy day for Adobe security. Of course, that doesn't seem like such an uncommon occurrence these days. Adobe issued an update to address a security flaw in Flash, and followed up with a new security advisory about a vulnerability impacting Adobe Reader.

A trio of bugs make news Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT Occasionally, a troubleshooting matter is deemed sufficiently newsworthy that it gets "front page" treatment on the Web. Rather than repeat what's already been well covered elsewhere, I typically omit mention of these matters at Bugs & Fixes. This week, however, is an exception. At least three troubleshooting stories have been making the rounds. That seemed too many to ignore. Here's a roundup:

Dell Ditches RIM: BlackBerry's Bad Year Just Got Worse Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PDT Dell dumped RIM's BlackBerry as its business smartphone and announced that it would be supplying 25,000 of its employees with the Windows 7-powered Dell Venue Pro. The move is yet more gloom for RIM that has already been having a stinker of a bad year.

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