Researcher discloses zero-day flaws in SCADA systems

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• Researcher discloses zero-day flaws in SCADA systems
• US-Australia military pact deemed to cover cyberspace
• Tufin automates policy changes and compliance for next-generation firewalls
• Google patches 32 Chrome bugs, revs browser to v.14
• Pledge asks Chinese hackers to reject cybertheft
• Security roundup: Stealing from the military; persistent threats; mammoth security problems; bot armies

Researcher discloses zero-day flaws in SCADA systems Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:14 AM PDT An Italian security researcher this week disclosed details of several zero-day vulnerabilities he discovered in SCADA products from multiple vendors, a disclosure likely to reinforce concerns about critical infrastructures.

US-Australia military pact deemed to cover cyberspace Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:01 AM PDT For the first time, the U.S. has interpreted an existing treaty to include aggression in cyberspace as a trigger for international military cooperation.

Tufin automates policy changes and compliance for next-generation firewalls Posted: 16 Sep 2011 12:34 AM PDT Next-generation firewalls are a big leap forward in terms of knowing who is using what Web-based applications, but tracking the configurations, changes and policies can be a huge task that requires automation tools. Tufin Technologies just announced product enhancements that may make a firewall administrator's job a little easier.

Google patches 32 Chrome bugs, revs browser to v.14 Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:18 PM PDT Google today patched 32 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying more than $14,000 in bug bounties as it also upgraded the stable edition of the browser to version 14.

Pledge asks Chinese hackers to reject cybertheft Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:58 PM PDT Two prominent Chinese hackers have released a convention calling for the rejection of cybertheft and are asking their peers to support it, as China is increasingly seen as the source of international hacking attacks.

Security roundup: Stealing from the military; persistent threats; mammoth security problems; bot armies Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:14 PM PDT Sometimes the difference between selfless valor and selfish cowardice is stark. On the same week that 21-year-old Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer is awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in saving his compatriots in Afghanistan, we hear that Rene Quimby, 42, is sentenced to prison for stealing 16,000 identities of U.S. military service members and using that information to steal from 650 victims.

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