Interesting Information Security Bits for 12/18/2008

Good afternoon everybody! I hope your day is going well.

Here are today's Interesting Information Security Bits from around the web.

1. This is nice to see.
   Yahoo to anonymize user data after 90 days | Security - CNET News
   Tags: ( privacy )
2. Time to update Flash Player on Linux.
   Critical Flaw in Flash Player...For Linux! - Security Watch
   Tags: ( flash linux )
3. Part 3 of SynJunkies' tale is ready for your perusal.
   Syn: The Story of an Insider - Part 3. Playing at CSI
   Tags: ( incident-response stories )
4. New version. Haven't played with this one yet. Going to have to check it out.
   /dev/random >> Blog Archive >> OpenVAS 2.0.0. is out
   Tags: ( vulnerability openvas )
5. Mike is getting involved it what appears to be a great new effort in training for penetration testers.
   Getting Information Security Training Right | Episteme
   Tags: ( training pentesting )
6. Nifty new features.
   New Zenmap adds feature that does topology mapping | SecViz
   Tags: ( nmap zenmap )
7. Done't forget folks. Firefox 2 is at end-of-life with 2.0.19 and you lost your safe-browsing capabilities too.
   Firefox 2 Users Will Get No More Security Updates - Security Fix
   Tags: ( firefox patches )
8. I just like this post and Kees's approach.
   Making the world a little better - Kees Leune Information Security Blog
   Tags: ( awareness education )

That's it for today. Have fun!

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Tagged as: Awareness, education, Firefox, flash, incident-response, linux, nmap, openvas, patches, pentesting, Privacy, stories, training, vulnerability, zenmap