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Australian Local Governments facing global information security vulnerabilities – Government News

Australian Local Governments facing global information security vulnerabilities
Government News
When the International Telecommunication Union, a specialised agency of the United Nations, approached Kaspersky Lab to conduct research into what is now known as the 'Flame' virus, it led to the discovery of what has since been described as one of the

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Patch Tuesday: Fixes 4 critical flaws, 8 remote code execution vulnerabilities

Microsoft released 13 security bulletins, four rated critical, with the suggested deployment priority starting with MS13-068 for Outlook,
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US government is ‘biggest buyer’ of zero-day vulnerabilities, claims report

When it comes to exploiting zero-days for cyberweapons and cyber-spying, China’s not the only “devil” . . .
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Microsoft mega-patch closes critical IE flaws, fixes 57 vulnerabilities

Microsoft patched a whopping 57 vulnerabilities for this February 2013 Patch Tuesday, “coming close to the all-time Patch Tuesday tally of 64 flaws, all patched with fixes in April 2011.” You probably recall the critical zero-day hole in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, then the
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