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Malicious browser extensions pose a serious threat and defenses are lacking

2013-09-26 23:33:48| InfoWorld: Top News

Although the number of malicious browser extensions has significantly increased in the past year many security products fail to offer adequate protection against them, while others are simply not designed to do so, according to a security researcher. Attackers have already used such extensions to perform click fraud by inserting rogue advertisements into websites or by hijacking search queries, but research has shown that this type of malware has the potential to cause much more damage.

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Oil hunt in Ugandan national park tests Africa's eco defenses

2013-06-27 12:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park is bisected by the majestic Nile river and boasts some of Africa's wildlife treasures - elephants, lions and a rare giraffe sub-species. Beneath it lies another natural prize: oil. Now French energy giant Total has begun surveys to prepare for seismic tests in the national park, one of Uganda's last great wilderness areas, as a prelude to probable crude production. Total and the Ugandan government insist oil can be extracted from under the national park...

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Mayors Vow to Strengthen Defenses Against Extreme Weather

2013-06-17 19:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: As unprecedented extreme weather and climate change wreak havoc across the country, 48 local elected officials today committed themselves to fortifying their cities, towns, and counties. As the "inaugural signatories" of the Resilient Communities for America Agreement letter, the officials pledged to take cost-effective actions to prepare and protect their communities from the increasing disasters and disruptions fueled by climate change -- heat waves, floods, droughts, severe storms, and wildfires....

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Apple fixes irritating Mountain Lion bugs, firms up Java defenses

2013-06-05 14:21:18| InfoWorld: Top News

Apple on Tuesday updated OS X Mountain Lion, likely for one of the last times, with a combination of compatibility and reliability bug fixes as well as vulnerability patches. The update to OS X 10.8.4 -- the first from Apple since mid-March -- was accompanied by security-only updates for both OS X 10.7, aka Lion, and OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard.

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