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The Shellshock FAQ: Here’s what you need to know

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
The Shellshock FAQ: Here’s what you need to know
The situation with the Shellshock bug is so fluid and complicated that even insiders have trouble keeping it all straight. These questions and answers may help you to understand the bug — actually “bugs” — and what you should do about them.
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First attacks using ‘shellshock’ Bash bug discovered

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Thursday, September 25th, 2014
First attacks using ‘shellshock’ Bash bug discovered
Within a day of the Bash bug dubbed ‘shellshock’ being disclosed, it appears that attackers are already looking for ways to use it for their advantage.
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Did You Know You Had Diabetes? It’s All Over the Internet
Dan Abate doesn’t have diabetes nor is he aware of any obvious link to the disease. Try telling that to data miners. The 42-year-old information technology worker’s name recently showed up in a database of millions of people with “diabetes interest” sold by Acxiom Corp.
Posted on: September 11, 2014 9:29 pm
French Government Starts Blocking Websites With Views The Gov’t Doesn’t Like
We had been noting, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, how the country that then held a giant “free speech” rally appeared to be, instead, focusing on cracking down on free speech at every opportunity. And target number one: the internet.
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State-sponsored or not, Sony Pictures malware “bomb” used slapdash code
According to multiple reports, unnamed government officials have said that the cyber attack on Sony Pictures was linked to the North Korean government.
Posted on: December 22, 2014 10:24 pm

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