Monday, June 1, 2009

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June 01, 2009
In this issue
redarrow Data backup service leads to recovery of stolen laptop
redarrow Report: Turkish hackers breached U.S. Army servers
redarrow Obama: Hackers accessed campaign files in 2008
redarrow Experts: Gumblar attack is alive, worse than Conficker
redarrow Microsoft to patch new DirectX hole

Thief steals laptop, uses it to take photos of himself and then gets caught when the owner sees those on the Internet-based data backup service.

Investigators believe hackers used an SQL injection attack to break into U.S. Army servers and redirect visitors to other sites, according to InformationWeek.

Between August and October, the president said Friday, online intruders poked around in material including policy papers and travel plans.

Gumblar Web attack adds new domains, steals data, and continues to propagate after infections are cleaned up, making it worse than Conficker, ScanSafe says.
New hole in DirectX could allow an attacker to take control of a computer if the user visits a site and runs a maliciously crafted QuickTime file.

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