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Monday, July 30, 2007

Security Report: Black Hat security presenter turned away at US border

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SECURITY REPORT

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Monday, July 30, 2007

* Black Hat security presenter turned away at US border
* New 'Glamour' Trojan demands ransom
* Update: California e-voting security not up to snuff
* P-to-P users expose US government secrets
* Take a byte out of ID crime
* Black Hat spurs Apple to patch iPhone

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BLACK HAT SECURITY PRESENTER TURNED AWAY AT US BORDER

A German security expert has been turned away at the U.S. border by
immigration officials while on his way to present at the Black Hat
conference in Las Vegas.

http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=184E692:20920CD98AAF82DD9BE3E7EC9A1C6FC7EFF29049075316B4

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NEW 'GLAMOUR' TROJAN DEMANDS RANSOM

The two most prominent ransomware Trojans of recent times could be the
work of the same people, or a related group of criminals, an analysis
has suggested.

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UPDATE: CALIFORNIA E-VOTING SECURITY NOT UP TO SNUFF

Researchers commissioned by the State of California have found security
issues in every electronic voting system they tested, California
Secretary of State Debra Bowen said Friday.

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P-TO-P USERS EXPOSE US GOVERNMENT SECRETS

Contractors and U.S. government employees are sharing hundreds of secret
documents on peer-to-peer networks, in many cases overriding the default
security settings on their P-to-P software to do so, according to a
company that monitors the networks.

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TAKE A BYTE OUT OF ID CRIME

More than a year after President Bush commissioned a task force on the
topic, the Department of Justice has finally drawn up legislation to
combat identity theft. And if the DoJ's efforts remain consistent with
the objectives stated in the task force's strategic plan (PDF), the new
bill could in fact mark significant progress in protecting personal
identity data.

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BLACK HAT SPURS APPLE TO PATCH IPHONE

With security researchers set to reveal details of a critical security
flaw in the iPhone at the Black Hat 2007 conference next week, Apple
Inc. now has fewer than seven days to patch a critical vulnerability in
the product.

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