Tech Alert Briefing for 7/6/2007
July 6, 2007
Update covering June 29 - July 5, 2007
Welcome to Tech Talk! In this week's edition of Tech Talk, BOL Guru Jeff Patterson writes about personalized malicious emails targeting senior officers and their families.
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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.
Attacks at C-Level
Do you provide greater access to your CEO, CFO and COO than you do for most of your employees?Hackers know that this is often the case, and are now targeting C-level executives with highly personalized emails that include a malicious Word document.Read CSOOnline and ensure your Info Security training includes your top managers.
iPhooled by Free iPhone Offer
Have you won a new iPhone recently?Spammers are hoping that gullible consumers desperate to get their hands on one of the new mobile phones will fall prey to a scam designed to install malicious software on their computers.Additional info is available from ZDNet.
Will Your Avian Flu Plans Fly?
Most IT organizations are not ready for an avian flu pandemic, according to a new study from Ipsos Public Affairs.What do IT managers need to plan for?Overloaded networks from too many people trying to work remotely; paper forms having to be quarantined for up to 24 hours; and people coming back to work in order to keep the business going.Find out more in CSOOnline.
Terrorism in Your Name?
The Washington Post has an interesting article on how stolen identities may be used to facilitate terrorism.From stolen credit card numbers, to computer viruses, to computers hosting videos on how to make your own explosive vest, cybercrime and terrorism often go hand in hand.
Who's Watching Your IT Managers?
Is your data safe from your database administrator?A senior database administrator for a subsidiary of Fidelity National Information Services stole data belonging to 2.3 million consumers and sold it to a data broker.Read the full story from CSOOnline and consider the controls you have in place to protect your data.
Coming Tuesday to a Computer Near You
Microsoft will release six updates this month to fix vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and the .NET Framework.Three of the patches are considered critical, addressing vulnerabilities that allow attackers to take control of a computer.
131 Vulnerabilities Listed
The US-CERT Vulnerability Summary for the Week of June 25, 2007,lists 41 High, 21 Medium and 69 Low severity vulnerabilities. Weaknesses were announced in AOL Instant Messenger, multiple Apple products, IBM WebSphere, Microsoft Windows, IE and MSN Messenger, RIM's Blackberry Enterprise Server, Sun Solaris, Trend Micro OfficeScan, and Red Hat Linux.
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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