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Newsletter
August 2008

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                         SecuritySpace Newsletter
                         Published by E-Soft Inc.

                             August 4th, 2008

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In this month's newsletter:

I.   New This Month:
       1) 94 new vulnerability tests on-line

II. Security News - Your Top 10 Picks of July

III.  Subscription / Removal Information

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I. New This Month

1) 94 new vulnerability tests on-line
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    Security Audits have 94 new tests added this month, bringing
    the total this month to 15198 vulnerability tests on-line.

    Date   Test   Description
    ----   ----   -----------
    Jul 14 61270  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:144 (openldap)
    Jul 14 61268  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:143 (pidgin)
    Jul 14 61265  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:142 (ruby)  
    Jul 14 61266  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:141 (ruby)  
    Jul 14 61267  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:140 (ruby)  
    Jul 14 61264  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:139 (bind)  
    Jul 14 61269  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:138-1 (openoffice.org)
    Jul 14 61263  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:138 (openoffice.org)
    Jul 14 61262  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:137 (openoffice.org)
    Jul 14 61261  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:136 (mozilla-firefox)
    Jul 14 61232  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:135 (gnome-screensaver)
    Jul 14 61231  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:134 (squid) 
    Jul 14 61230  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:133 (sympa) 
    Jul 14 61229  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:132 (gnome-screensaver)
    Jul 14 61228  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:131 (phpMyAdmin)
    Jul 14 61226  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:130 (php4)  
    Jul 14 61227  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:129 (php4)  
    Jul 14 61225  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:128 (php)   
    Jul 14 61224  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:127 (php)   
    Jul 14 61223  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:126 (php)   
    Jul 14 61222  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:125 (php)   
    Jul 14 61251  Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-04 (poppler) 
    Jul 14 61250  Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-03 (libpcre glib)
    Jul 14 61287  FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-08:06.bind.asc)
    Jul 14 61252  FreeBSD Ports: py24-pylons                        
    Jul 14 61286  FreeBSD Ports: poppler                            
    Jul 14 61285  FreeBSD Ports: drupal5                            
    Jul 14 61283  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1608-1 (mysql-dfsg-5.0)
    Jul 14 61282  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1607-1 (iceweasel)   
    Jul 14 61281  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1606-1 (poppler)     
    Jul 14 61249  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1603-1 (bind9)       
    Jul 14 61248  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1602-1 (pcre3)       
    Jul 14 61247  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1601-1 (wordpress)   
    Jul 14 61280  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6281 (bind)             
    Jul 14 61279  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6271 (java-1.7.0-icedtea)
    Jul 14 61278  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6256 (bind)             
    Jul 14 61277  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6226 (moodle)           
    Jul 14 61276  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6220 (WebKit)           
    Jul 14 61275  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6219 (sipp)             
    Jul 14 61274  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6210 (sipp)             
    Jul 14 61273  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6196 (seamonkey)        
    Jul 14 61272  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6193 (seamonkey)        
    Jul 14 61271  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6186 (WebKit)           
    Jul 14 61246  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6164 (jetty)            
    Jul 14 61245  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6141 (jetty)            
    Jul 14 61244  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6127 (devhelp)          
    Jul 14 61243  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6111 (pcre)             
    Jul 14 61242  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6110 (pcre)             
    Jul 14 61241  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6094 (ruby)             
    Jul 14 61240  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6062 (openldap)         
    Jul 14 61239  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6048 (glib2)            
    Jul 14 61238  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6045 (squid)            
    Jul 14 61237  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6038 (linuxdcpp)        
    Jul 14 61236  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6033 (ruby)             
    Jul 14 61235  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6029 (openldap)         
    Jul 14 61234  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-6025 (glib2)            
    Jul 14 61233  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-6018 (linuxdcpp)        
    Jul 14 61260  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0595           
    Jul 14 61254  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0584           
    Jul 14 61255  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0583           
    Jul 14 61259  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0581           
    Jul 14 61258  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0562           
    Jul 14 61257  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0561           
    Jul 14 61256  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0555           
    Jul 14 61253  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0533           
    Jul 7  61200  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:124 (xine-lib)
    Jul 7  61199  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:123 (imlib2)
    Jul 7  61198  Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:122 (clamav)
    Jul 7  61217  Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-02 (motion)  
    Jul 7  61216  Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200807-01 (python)  
    Jul 7  61215  Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200806-11 (ibm-jdk-bin ibm-jre-bin)
    Jul 7  61221  FreeBSD Ports: phpmyadmin                         
    Jul 7  61219  FreeBSD Ports: freetype2                          
    Jul 7  61220  FreeBSD Ports: fetchmail                          
    Jul 7  61214  Debian Security Advisory DSA 1599-1 (dbus)        
    Jul 7  61218  Ubuntu USN-619-1 (firefox)                        
    Jul 7  61213  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5893 (kernel)           
    Jul 7  61212  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-5800 (fetchmail)        
    Jul 7  61211  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5789 (fetchmail)        
    Jul 7  61209  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5739 (perl)             
    Jul 7  61206  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-5691 (horde)            
    Jul 7  61205  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5683 (horde)            
    Jul 7  61204  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5676 (phpMyAdmin)       
    Jul 7  61203  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5664 (ruby)             
    Jul 7  61202  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-5649 (ruby)             
    Jul 7  61201  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-5640 (phpMyAdmin)       
    Jul 7  61210  Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-5480 (libetpan)         
    Jul 7  61207  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5473 (nasm)             
    Jul 7  61208  Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-5469 (libetpan)         
    Jul 7  61197  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0569           
    Jul 7  61196  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0549           
    Jul 7  61195  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0547           
    Jul 7  61194  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0519           
    Jul 7  61193  RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0508           

    http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/last30.html

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II. Security News - Your Top 10 Picks of July

Our readers ranked the following 10 articles as the most interesting
in July (based on click-through percentage):

They are, in order:

    1.  The what, who, when, where, why and how of XSS
        http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2008/071608-tech-update.html
        Story from NetworkWorld

    2.  Biometrics more popular than passwords
        http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2221015/biometrics-popular-secret
        Story from VNUNet

    3.  Mystery surrounds wiped Oyster cards
        http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39446764,00.htm
        Story from ZDNet

    4.  Crackers claim iPhone 3G hack
        http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39446756,00.htm
        Story from ZDNet

    5.  Not a Guessing Game
        http://www.circleid.com/posts/87143_dns_not_a_guessing_game/
        Story from CircleID.com

    6.  NXP sues university over 'Oyster crack'
        http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39444421,00.htm
        Story from ZDNet

    7.  BlackBerry PDF flaw threatens corporate networks
        http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39448050,00.htm
        Story from ZDNet

    8.  Attack code released for Kaminsky DNS flaw
        http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39452070,00.htm
        Story from ZDNet

    9.  Antivirus tools 'pave way' for malware
        http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2220316/security-platforms-malware
        Story from VNUNet

   10.  E-mail encryption: It's easier than you think
        http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2008/072308-tech-update.html
        Story from NetworkWorld

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