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Tech Alert Briefing for 6/22/2007

June 22, 2007
Update covering June 15 - June 21, 2007

Welcome to Tech Talk! In this week's edition of Tech Talk, BOL Guru Jeff Patterson writes about a malware kit from Russia.


Jeff Patterson,
BOL GURUYou'll also learn about:

  • the return of the laptop battery recall
  • two new data security white papers
  • Apple's two new security updates
  • US-CERT's most recent list of security vulnerabilities

Get the details below.

Beware of Phishing and Pharming
According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, phishing attacks reached an all-time high last year. Designed specifically to educate and assist financial institutions, Harland Financial Solutions? Phishing Response Kit provides a detailed checklist and directives to help institutions respond in the event of a phishing scam. Download the complete kit here.


Impact of Mpack
Over 10,000 websites are now hosting malware developed by the "Mpack" virtual attack kit.Mpack is being sold through Russian forums for $700 including a free year's worth of updates.The attack kit allows cyber criminals to quickly develop sites designed to exploit known security flaws.Find out more in SecurityFix.

Battery Flaw Recharged?
Gateway recalled 14,000 batteries produced by Samsung Electronics.The recall follows reports of overheating from four Gateway laptop users.Read the full story on PC World.Is this the start of another massive notebook battery recall?

For Your Summer Reading List
SANS has two new papers that should be read by every security professional.Security Implications of The Virtualized Data Center discusses the risks involved in virtualizing the data center and how to do it safely.An Incident Handling Process for Small and Medium Businesses provides several excellent ideas for small businesses seeking to develop an incident handling process.

Security Updates from Apple
Apple shipped two updates to correct flaws in Apple TV and OS X.SecurityFix reports that the Apple TV update should be pushed out automatically within a week or so.

US-CERT Spots 101
The US-CERT Vulnerability Summary for the Week of June 11, 2007, lists 45 High, 11 Medium and 45 Low severity vulnerabilities. Gaps were announced in Apache Tomcat; Apple Safari; Cisco Trust Agent; Google Desktop; Microsoft Internet Explorer, Office, Visio, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista; Open Office; SpamAssassin; Subversion; Yahoo! Messenger; and the Linux Kernel.



P.S. from the BOL Team:Have you downloaded the free financial institution phishing attack response kit from Harland Financial Solutions yet?It's excellent!See the link above.


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First published on 06/21/2007

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