Thursday, July 2, 2009

Security Weekly

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July 02, 2009
In this issue
redarrow ATM vendor gets security talk pulled from conferences
redarrow Postini: Google's take on e-mail security
redarrow Botnets lead the way for spam
redarrow Stallman warns of Mono 'risk'
redarrow China delays rule for Net-screening software

Juniper Networks cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.

At the search giant's e-mail security unit, globally distributed automated systems and Zero-Hour software keep spam and viruses out of inboxes.

Spam made up more than 90 percent of all e-mail last month, with networks of zombie PCs producing the vast majority of such messages, MessageLabs says.

The GNU project founder has urged developers to drop use of the open-source toolset, saying it could expose their work to legal action from Microsoft.
Beijing postpones a requirement that PC makers preinstall Green Dam software for filtering Internet content. But it may be just a temporary reprieve.

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