TechWeb - InformationWeek - The exploit code was released July 17, two days after Oracle issued its second-quarter Critical Patch Update. -- read full article
PC World - Oracle is scrambling to create an emergency patch for a severe vulnerability in the company's WebLogic server, as exploit code... -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - At Black Hat, RSnake is expected to demonstrate a zero-day vulnerability that allows for information theft, spoofing, and authentication issues. -- read full article
InfoWorld - What happened this week? The big names posted their quarterly results, the recording industry suffered more setbacks, and the Microsoft-Yahoo-Icahn kerfuffle once again appears to be over (this time it might actually be true). Rogue IT admins and spammers also got their comeuppance, though some managed to escape. -- read full article
AFP - Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.
AP - A convicted spammer fatally shot his wife and young daughter in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday while being sought after escaping prison last weekend, authorities said. -- read full article
CNET - As of Wednesday, an exploit code allowing someone to attack the domain name system (DNS) was available in various places on the Internet. -- read full article
PC World - A survey by McAfee found that SMBs in North America wrongly conclude their revenue is too low to draw the attention of... -- read full article
PC World - Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that can undermine their security exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according... -- read full article
AP - An inmate known as the "spam king" for sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited e-mails has walked away from a federal prison camp in Colorado. -- read full article
