This week’s security events include news of a security vulnerability found in MS SQL Server 2000, scammers exploiting older versions of Asterisk VoIP systems to make unauthorized calls, a project at Google that allows native code to be run in a browser, and news of new vulnerabilities discovered in the wake of Microsoft’s largest Patch Tuesday release this week.

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Earlier this week, I ranted about schools and businesses not using controls to prevent students and employees from viewing unsuitable content on the Web. I thought it appropriate to discuss an easy-to-use solution that fits within everyone’s budget.

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Typo-squatting is more than a way to make a buck. It also enables data leakage. Secretive attackers don’t even put up a page corresponding with the squatted-domain. Only an MX record exists to forward emails to potentially malicious mail servers.

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