Cisco going to NSS Labs to sort out alleged firewall issues

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• Cisco going to NSS Labs to sort out alleged firewall issues
• Popular kid's clothing retailer, hit with database breach
• Botnet takedown sets legal, not technical, precedent
• Change.org victim of DDoS attack from China
• Oak Ridge National Lab shuts down Internet, email after cyberattack
• Microsoft kicks off third-party bug warnings with two for Chrome
• The (sorry) state of software security
• Spam perseveres, despite Rustock takedown

Cisco going to NSS Labs to sort out alleged firewall issues Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT Cisco today is expected to confront more directly last week's allegations from NSS Labs that Cisco firewalls are vulnerable to a hacker exploit known as the 'TCP Split Handshake,' an attack that would fool the firewall into thinking the IP connection is a trusted one inside the network.

Popular kid's clothing retailer, hit with database breach Posted: 20 Apr 2011 07:34 AM PDT The Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. said Tuesday that its customer email address database was recently accessed by an unauthorized third party. The database is stored at an external email service provider, according to company officials. The external service provider confirmed that only email addresses were accessed and no other personal information was obtained.

Botnet takedown sets legal, not technical, precedent Posted: 20 Apr 2011 06:37 AM PDT Security experts applaud the U.S. Department of Justice's foray into more aggressive tactics against cybercrime

Change.org victim of DDoS attack from China Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:09 AM PDT Change.org, an online petitioning platform, has come under an ongoing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack originating from China after the site hosted a call urging Chinese authorities to release artist Ai Weiwei from custody.

Oak Ridge National Lab shuts down Internet, email after cyberattack Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:50 AM PDT The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been forced to shut down its email systems and all Internet access for employees since late last Friday, following a sophisticated cyberattack.

Microsoft kicks off third-party bug warnings with two for Chrome Posted: 19 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT Microsoft today released a pair of security advisories for Chrome, the browser built by rival Google -- part of an expansion of the vulnerability disclosure policy Microsoft launched last summer.

The (sorry) state of software security Posted: 18 Apr 2011 10:42 PM PDT Secure software services provider Veracode this week released its security analysis of 4,835 applications that were submitted to the firm for evaluation during an 18-month period.

Spam perseveres, despite Rustock takedown Posted: 19 Apr 2011 09:45 AM PDT Global spam dropped by one-third immediately after the Rustock Botnet was dismantled in mid March, according to the March edition of the Symantec MessageLabs Intelligence monthly report.

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